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Old 08-28-2005, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by H-townbenzoboy
What I like about these cars is when you're in a traffic jam, you don't have to hit the brakes all of the time, just tap the accelerator pedal a tad, and let off and it'll slow down, when it moves, tap the accelerator again, and when it slows down, it starts slowing down like the brakes are on, in a gasser, I'd be constantly on the brakes. That's one way to save brakes. Another way is when I'm getting off of the freeway, I just let it coast down to speed, and when it coasts down to say, 45-40, I start braking. It works very well on those freeways that are depressed below ground and the offramp is an incline, in situations such as those, I'll just coast nearly all the way to the intersection and hit the brakes when it hits 30.

Same here! I love that feature.....our gasser van can go up those incline ramps and barely lose 10mph!! Its very annoying....especially if I drive it and I've been driving mine a long time.
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