RDC98tdi
Veteran Member
I got my words kinda mixed up. I should have clarified coasting vs decelerating more. Good catch.
Post of the week. Ever notice how these people are also forever in the middle lane? Nobody to pass? Middle lane. Want to go faster than other middle-lane traffic? Ride someone's else's bumper in the middle lane. Want to adjust the radio? Slow down to 80 km/h in the middle lane, then stare at the radio without looking up for 15 seconds. Zero driver engagement.A. I use cruise as much as possible except when it's impractical.
I wish more people would use cruise control. It makes speeds more consistent and traffic flows better. It's obnoxious when another car on the road keeps speeding up and slowing down over and over again.
It isn't quite that cut-and-dry. Decelerating in gear is more efficient if you need to control speed, but coasting in neutral is more efficient if you are trying to preserve momentum. There is a huge discussion about this in the fuel economy forum and it is definitely more complex than just "in gear is better because it doesn't inject fuel."
Bingo!agreed. I have a big hill which I go up/down each day (on the highway). If I coast down the hill in gear, I can see the FE go up, and my speed remains constant, but at the bottom of the hill, I need to start accelerating to maintain speed for the next (smaller) hill.
Recently, I've tried taking the same downhill in neutral. FE tops out at 200mpg when the engine is at idle, but my momentum lets the car accelerate slightly, so by the time I get to the bottom of the hill, I have enough momentum to get me up the next hill without pressing the accelerator as much.
My empirical testing has led me to believe this leads to higher FE, for my case.
IF you ever get fed up with VWoC, you can always move the plate[tag] to the "BowTie" brand, and not feel out of place....I think it's easy to tell what option I like.
How long have you been driving (or observing) the idiocies that go on behind the wheel in this country? You want to talk about lane discipline, fine. How 'bout we add lack of use of turn signals, which is turning into a lost art? How about the left elbow continually crooked holding the phone to the ear while the driver attempts the one-armed turn in a congested intersection. These, and other things, are the stuff I only see on a daily basis. We'll leave discussion of the really hair-raising crap for another episode....Post of the week. Ever notice how these people are also forever in the middle lane? Nobody to pass? Middle lane. Want to go faster than other middle-lane traffic? Ride someone's else's bumper in the middle lane. Want to adjust the radio? Slow down to 80 km/h in the middle lane, then stare at the radio without looking up for 15 seconds. Zero driver engagement.
Fixed it for you.How 'bout we add lack of use of turn decorators
I actually considered that! Watched a few youtube videos of the VW vs. the Cruze diesels... The plate would really be fitting then!IF you ever get fed up with VWoC, you can always move the plate[tag] to the "BowTie" brand, and not feel out of place....
I prefer having the transmission in the appropriate gear for the speed I'm travelling as in an emergency situation, I'll have the power I need on tap if I need to get out of the way of something.It isn't quite that cut-and-dry. Decelerating in gear is more efficient if you need to control speed, but coasting in neutral is more efficient if you are trying to preserve momentum. There is a huge discussion about this in the fuel economy forum and it is definitely more complex than just "in gear is better because it doesn't inject fuel."