Pulse and Glide with the engine running?

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Originally Posted by Geonerd

Brave (and rather rude) talk, but do you have the data to prove it?

Sorry to step on your toes, but I wanted to point out in no uncertain terms that the technique you were recomending was worse for FE than simply driving at a steady speed.
See www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=3140 read the first post, although the whole thread has good info, and specifically this post http://www.gassavers.org/showpost.ph...4&postcount=23

Originally Posted by Geonerd

If your car has a small engine and tall gears,the penalty for 'keeping the engine running' will not be that great. At the same time, the large benefits of a peak efficiency pulse are well established.

Then why recomend keeping the engine running at higher speed with very light throttle? That would be at the lowest efficiency. The idea behind P+G is to maximize peak efficiency use, and minimize use at poor efficiency.

Originally Posted by Geonerd

I never said it was an ideal solution.