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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:12 PM Original message |
Coast when you can, |
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dubeskin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've noticed that too |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. call it Mindful Driving or Hypermiling |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just make sure you don't ride the brake pedal |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. at this point I think of braking as wasting money I spent on gas |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've been doing that for awhile....... |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I do |
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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. We have to do all the little things the best we can |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think it's easier with a 5-speed |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I've learned to do that too........ |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. My VW would allow me to "switch" over to a sort of manual |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I drive a Nissan........ |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've been a coaster since gas prices began going ballistic |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Stepping on the brake uses as much as stepping on the gas! |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. I coast AND I shut off the engine at drive-throughs. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I've also begun rolling through non-busy intersections |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think you are quite right! |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. that's true........ |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've noticed the same. The only |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kicked and recommended. |
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