How to accelerate in P&G mode?

[palemelanesian]

Mine's not lean burn. You might actually have better results than I do with light acceleration. One more tool in your toolbox than in mine.

I'm not sure the exact dynamics of WHY slow acceleration works better from a stop, while hard acceleration works for P&G. But it does. For P&G, high throttle is unquestionably the best.

From a stop, for me in my car on my commute, harder acceleration will yield low 60's mpg, while feather-light acceleration will give me upper 60's and sometimes into the 70's.

(RIDE's advice differs from mine in part because he has LOTS of traffic lights to deal with, and I have relatively few. Also, he has lean burn and I don't.)