How to accelerate in P&G mode?

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Here is my route one way.

4.5 miles, 55 MPH, 1 traffic light at the end, 4 lane non divided highway with Interstate on one side and railroad tracks on the other, perfect for hypermiling because everyone is on the parallel interstate. Plenty of room and time to DFCO and catch the light green every time. 4 different downhill slopes for coasting about 30% of the total distance. I usually stay about 50 MPH on this stretch.

3.5 miles, 45 MPH, 1 traffic light at the end, same 4 lane non divided highway, city park on left, Interstate on right, light traffic. More nice downslopes to help maintain speed when coasting.

3 miles, 45 MPH, 9 traffic lights mostly well timed but some will always catch you due to triggering of light by traffic entering road. Some construction, normally has a left turn lane, but not in construction area. Speed limit drops to 35 in construction part. Still 4 lane, but traffic can get heavy here especially if Interstate is not moving. Left turn at the end is most difficult to time properly, most idling at this point. Lots of DFCO here. Rabbit morons race to red light and mess up your timing.

1 mile, 4 traffic lights, 4 lane divided, very hard to time lights due to light timing controlled by entering traffic. Fortunately lights change fairly quickly.
Lots of DFCO on this short section. This is where the rabbit morons blast by you and crap up your light timing.

3 miles, 1 traffic light at end but right turn on red so waiting time is usually short, two lanes 45 MPH. Lots of elevation changes where coasting speed can remain alomost the same as average speed. Usually not much traffic. Lots of chances to coast down from 45-50 to 30-35, when no one is behind you. Pulse on inclines and glide on declines is the norm here, and that is typical of my strategy with the very gradual elevation changes that are typical on this whole route.

1 mile, 45 MPH, 2 traffic lights, 4 lane divided, traffic is usually fairly heavy. Hard to catch those 2 lights green, sometimes the traffic is 30 or more cars at the light when it changes and there is no way you can coast up on them and catch the light green. Nice chance to coast downhill then back uphill in this stretch.

6/10 mile, 1 traffic light at the end, exit ramp to overpass, good spot to use your speed to coast up the ramp to lower speed limit. DFCO to light at bottom of downslope to left turn at light. In most cases I can catch it green and turn immediately, but the light is switched by someone in the left turn lane, so on occasion you have some idling.

1.4 miles, 40 mph, two lane residential areas and two schools. Opportunities to coast on downhill areas and back uphill at almost constant speed due to elevation changes. Pulse begins halfway up the upslope to speed limit. Opportunities to coast to much lower speeds when no one is behind me.
Left turn at the end of thsi stretch with no traffic light. I make the turn in 3rd gear.

7/10 mile, 40 MPH, two lane, starts downhill so I can coast halfway then pulse and coast one more time on this stretch. Stop sign at the end for DFCO opportunity.

1/10 mile, 35MPH, to vehicle actuated left turn, always a crap shoot on this one. Sometimes I am the trigger, sometimes someone else catches it and I have to race to get through, sometimes I just have to trip it and wait 25 seconds. Ideally I can coast through when I have another vehicle to trip the light at the perfect time.

6/10 mile, 55 MPH, 2 lane, good chance to coast at the end, left turn trip actuated light, another crap shoot as far as timing, worst case is about 25 seconds wait.

19.4 miles 22 traffic lights, usually takes me about 40 minutes if I use this back road route.

In this area the notorious traffic jams are areas that can have 100,000 vehicles cross a single point in one day. Thats better than one vehicle per second (86,400 seconds per day). That means on a two lane choke point you have 50,000 cars daily per lane, every 86,400 seconds, or less than two seconds apart for 24 hours. Of course its always worse because there are times when it is really bad, and times when its not bad at all. 8 mile traffic backups happen almost daily in this area, called the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.

These areas and traffic nightmares are usually not an issue for me. I stay off the beaten path and use roads I have used for 42 years. The same turn I now coast through at 35 MPH (the speed limit), I used to go through at 70 in my 59 Vette. It would do 70 on the average Interstate cloverleaf. I averaged 20-22 MPG in that car in 1973 the year the speed limits were reduced to 55 MPH nationwide. The Vette came with a 4.11 rear end which I ripped apart in two weeks. Changed it to a .308 ($25 part) and it tached 2100 at 62 MPH.

Current average 59.18 MPG

regards
gary