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On Acceleration

Submitted by David DeFranza on January 17, 2008 - 06:30.

Excellent advice Sprithitler. Many people use cruise control for acceleration because, in many newer cars, it is the most even, steady means of speeding up.

I also couldn't agree more with your advice on tackling hills.

Many cars with automatic transmission have a 'sport' button, or something like it. This essentially tells the car to stay in a low gear longer, as doing this does indeed increase speed at acceleration. If you want to save gas, be sure this feature is switched 'off.'

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