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Originally Posted by Mike Noc
Keeping your foot off the brake pedal is by far the best way to improve fuel consumption. Amazes me how some people just look at the car in front of them and are constantly on and off the brake pedal. When I taught my kids to drive I made sure they were aware of what was happening in the distance to save fuel. See the lights change to red further down the road, then take your foot straight off the gas pedal - no point in continuing to add fuel only to hit the brakes a few seconds later. Give a bit more space between you and the car in front and keep an eye on the horizon and you can reduce wasting fuel by braking.
And as I'm old school I still engine brake - the diesels shut off fuel when the car is above engine idle speed.
Drove coaches back in the day and you had more choices of braking - exhaust brake and an hydraulic retarder were options.
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but Mike, if you take your foot off the throttle on the approach to red traffic lights, think how much time you waste getting to those red lights.
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