Question about torque

[gungadin]

Yes this is what I am instinctively doing and succeeding with. My 20 mile drive to work is mostly 99% rural or on a freeway with few stops. Additionally I'm using downhill grades as opportunities to accelerate. (coasting up the other side). My car is very low to the ground and it helps me to see even the slightest hill or dip in the road.
I've gone from 18mpg for what used to be normal driving to consistantly over 24mpg. I can't quite break the 25mpg barrier but that's my goal for now.
I don't really see me revving to 4000rpms ever in my particular technique. The engine is a performance engine and (I think) the max torque is situated at that rpm for when one would be spending alot of time "performing". There's plenty of power at 2-3000 rpm to get me up to speed and up hills as well.
Otherwise,,I guess I'm lucky that the car is pretty light (2500#) and it will coast for a long way since the shape doesn't offer much wind resistance and if I want to take a sharp corner I can carry lots of speed without touching the brakes.
HA! funny how my mind used to associate my foot on the accelerater pedal with poor fuel economy and now I'm equally concsious about touching the brake pedal.