Using DFCO to increase your MPG

[BailOut]

AustinYaris,

churp hit it dead on. As for costing in N vs. 3 I don't know if you have the AT or MT but with my 5MT I can maintain my speed in a 5th gear DFCO on as little as a 2% grade.

Part of taking advantage of DFCO is selecting the right gear for the scenario. As I've mentioned a few times before this is where the MT really outshines the AT but the AT is by no means unusable for this.

[AustinYaris]

Originally Posted by BailOut

AustinYaris,

churp hit it dead on. As for costing in N vs. 3 I don't know if you have the AT or MT but with my 5MT I can maintain my speed in a 5th gear DFCO on as little as a 2% grade.

Part of taking advantage of DFCO is selecting the right gear for the scenario. As I've mentioned a few times before this is where the MT really outshines the AT but the AT is by no means unusable for this.

Ah... I see where I was confused... the 3rd gear thing really only applies to AT... I actually have a MT.... So you can use DFCO in the other gears... For some stupid reason, I thought DFCO would work only in 3rd gear regardless of MT or AT. Anyways.. I just got my Scangauge II today. I'll have to try out this DFCO. I'll post my results in a few days.