QUOTE(wkc5657 @ Dec 8 2017, 01:44 PM)
What is your estimated urban driving percentage?
I would put it this way.
- 50% at urban speed, including bumper to bumper traffic jam ranging from single digit to ~40km/h, and stop at red light.
- 25% at 70-80km/h.
- 25% highway speed where I can get past 100km/h.
Ironically, more than half of my urban speed happened at highway. Damn Malaysian traffic.
But, I think you should get others feedback. It is hard for typical drivers to achieve my fuel economy even they follow right behind me doing same trip at same time with same car traveling at same average speed.
- I tends to glide through corner fast. Lift off earlier and approaching corner with light touch of brake. Urban speed sometime no brake at all. I can't stand those people who still brake hard even they enter corner at 20-30km/h. Understand if it is a T or cross junction for safety and regulation. For Y junction that have converging lane, why on earth some people want to jump right into the main lane. There is an extra lane on the left!
- I spent few months training lift off gas paddle in order to perform minute lift of to drop speed from eg:. 80 to 70. Most drivers only lift of completely and then accelerate hard again. If you follows behind me, you will see less brake lights, and less drastic speed change. Shin muscles very tired at the beginning of the practice, but it worth the effort.
- I drive fast when nothing in front of me, but will just follow the slower car in front most of the time. I seldom switch lanes zipping past traffic, unless the car is too slow. I wasted my fuel most of the time overtaking lorry. They always send flying stones, damn annoying. Sometime if no good opportunity, I will slow down and give way to car behind me.
This post has been edited by constant_weight: Dec 8 2017, 06:18 PM