Timeline for Is downshifting on hills harmful for non-trucks?
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| Sep 23, 2011 at 12:19 | comment | added | Brian Knoblauch | If you do this a lot, make sure you check the oil more frequently as well. I've found that my cars use more oil if I use engine braking. Not sure why, but guessing that the vacuum is sucking more of it past the rings, where it will then get burned? | |
| Aug 17, 2011 at 3:55 | comment | added | Bob Cross♦ | @theonlylos, you're welcome. I highly recommend both the Waimea Canyon and Mount Washington drives. Both very interesting in a variety of different ways. Drive carefully, though.... | |
| Aug 17, 2011 at 3:25 | vote | accept | theonlylos | ||
| Aug 17, 2011 at 3:25 | comment | added | theonlylos | Thanks very much for the excellent examples! As I'm used to minor hills (with some treacherous Winter icing) typically ddrivers here decide their styles, although knowing that some states require passenger cars to do it, really busts the myth I was seeing on some mechanic website copy (which seemed horribly generic in all cases). | |
| Aug 17, 2011 at 3:17 | vote | accept | theonlylos | ||
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| Aug 16, 2011 at 13:26 | history | edited | Bob Cross♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 16, 2011 at 1:45 | history | answered | Bob Cross♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |