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Originally Posted by Andrew Gibbens
Similarly the best mpg reading is obtained when doing the single most uneconomical thing in driving - using the brakes.
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My
Escape has current "Economy" display as one of it's choices and yes getting off the gas and on the
brakes makes the bar move toward high economy.
From the engines standpoint when I brake I'm coasting and it's the engine being read by the gauge.
I would think the % Engine Load would be useful measure, different engines have different speeds/rpm range where they are most efficient. Finding that spot would be easier with a guage than it is to drive at specific speeds for long enough to get mpg readings for each. And when the terrain changes the "best" speed may well be different.
I do a highway commute of about 25 miles, so I am able to spend a week driving the same route at a specific speed to "find" the speed that yields the best mpg for my daily commute. That speed is different in my 4 cyl Pontiac than it was in my 4 cyl Accord, and is different still in my wifes V6
Escape.