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Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving?
vile8 writes "With the high gas prices and ongoing gas gouging in my hometown many people are trying to find a reasonable way to save gas. One of the things I've noticed is people driving exceptionally slow, 30mph in 45mph zones, etc. So I had to take a quick look and find out if driving slow is helpful in getting better mileage. I know horsepower increases substantially with wind resistance, but with charts like this one from truckandbarter.com it appears mileage is actually about the same between 27mph and 58mph or so. So I'm curious what all the drivers out there with the cool efficiency computers are getting ... of specific interest would be the hemis with MDS; how do those do with the cylinder shutoff mode at different speeds?" Related: are there any practical hypermiling techniques that you've found for people not ready to purchase a new car, nor give up driving generally?
Uhm, wouldn't it "idle" in both cases? Or why would it required more if you pressed in the clutch? Because the software "believes" it have to be ready?
Are you fucking stupid or something ??
Your transmission is JUST an automatic.
you don't get "The best of both worlds".
Your engine is connected to the tarns via a fluid coupler (Tourq (sp) converter) You get no more braking by shifting to a lower gear then the guy in the car next to you.
You sir are a car salesman's wet dream. I bet you also paid for the undercoating and rustproofing also.
I'm calling "bullsh*t" on almost everyone here.
Okay, geeks: Raise you hands if you've ever opened the hood of your car? Next, who here has ever personally changed the oil in their own car? A tire?
Don't feel bad. This subject has been brought up the in wrong place. It's as if I walked into the service bay of an auto repair establishment and started asking computer-related questions.
Big humorous component....