[ale] [OT] - Ethanol-free gas in the Atlanta area? - and gas saving tips

[John Pilman]

Allen

I'm just curious which car you have. I have not had the same experience
slowing down when I take off the gas in my Subaru or in my wife's Prius;
both CVTs.  I did notice that with cruise control set it will down shift
when coasting downhill.

...John



On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

> If you have a vehicle with a CVT, "coasting" doesn't work well.  I have
> one (probably won't buy another one with a CVT), and taking the foot off
> the gas to coast is about the equivalent of gradually downshifting as you
> slow.  I almost got rear-ending a few times before I got the hang of
> that..lol
> Allen B.
> --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20130917/8fe5c54b/attachment.html>