12-29-2006, 06:24 PM
Wouldn't the option with the least amount of throttle be the most efficient because you're not dumping as much fuel into the engine?
edit: I think the example is flawed/misleading because 3rd gear wouldn't be light throttle, it would be a light throttle increase. You'd still need more throttle to start with to do the 45mph stated to begin with. So my answer is it really depends on the gearing of the car and how much throttle required to maintain 45 in each gear.
edit: I think the example is flawed/misleading because 3rd gear wouldn't be light throttle, it would be a light throttle increase. You'd still need more throttle to start with to do the 45mph stated to begin with. So my answer is it really depends on the gearing of the car and how much throttle required to maintain 45 in each gear.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth