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Is my math correct?
If your car at idle uses .25gph and you engine on coast for a mile downhill at a constant 60 mph, you have then used only .00416 gallons of fuel. That equates to doing this 240 times 'engine off' to save a gallon, or eternal vigilance!
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60MPH/.25GPH = 240 MPG engine-on coasting @ 60 MPH.
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my car uses much more than that unless it's warmed up. my big EOC gains are when the car's not warmed up yet. Much less penalty for idling when warm.
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It's better to think of it in a real world drive. If you do a 10 mile drive averaging 40 mpg for 9 of those 10 miles, and incorporate that 1 mile downhill, it looks like this:
EOC 9 miles @ 40 mpg. .025 gal/mile times 9 = .225 gal consumed for 9 miles .225 gallons consumed for 10 miles = 44.44 mpg NICE-on 9 miles @ 40 mpg. .025 gal/mile times 9 = .225 gal consumed for 9 miles .25 GPH consumed for 1/60 of an hour = .25/60 = .004167 gal. .229167 gallons consumed for 10 miles = 43.64 mpg At a more realistic 30 mph, the NICE-on idle usage doubles because the glide takes twice as long, and the car uses .23333 gallons for 10 miles = 42.86 |
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