I have a 2004 Honda Accord, that is manual transmission. It runs fine when the engine is on, but when I turn off the engine to conserve gas, and sit and listen to the radio during lunch, about 10 maybe 15 minutes later, everything goes dead and I need a jump. Is that the battery or the alternator?
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Say for instance you are stopped at a fast food place drive through and you want to conserve gas, should you throw it in park and let your foot off the break, or keep it in drive and hold down the break? What setting would save more gas?
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Filed under Gas Conservation FAQ by on Feb 21st, 2010. 2 Comments.
I am interested in simulating a dynamical model of a car to study aspects of “hypermiling” (minimum-fuel optimal control). In order to do this, I would like to use the longitudinal equations of motion for a conventional fuel-injected car with an automatic transmission. If possible, the model should take accelerator deflection as a control input, and the forward vehicle speed as the output, while also modeling the fuel consumption. Hopefully, it would be based on some combination of empirical data and mathematical principles. Are there any conference/journal papers, automotive engineering books, or other sources that would have such a model (and is available to the public)?
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I do it to save gas its called hypermiling, but when i get going i usually throw it in neutral and coast as far as possible. Is this bad for my car?
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Filed under Gas Conservation FAQ by on Feb 19th, 2010. 4 Comments.
i have a 2000 kia sephia and i was wondering if pulse and gliding with the engine off WHILE the car is in gear will hurt my tranny. I ve done it a few times but it thought that maybe i d mess it up eventually(the transmission)
Also the funny thing about it is when i restart the engine its not like it has to engage the starter i just turn the key and hit the accelerator then runs like its always been on!
thanks!
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