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holstein13
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Aug 08, 2015

Jake brake on or off driving on flats or small hills?

One of the debates we had this week was whether you should drive with your Jake Brakes on or off while on flat land or small hills. Everyone agreed that you should use them in the mountains or steep ...
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Sprink-Fitter
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Aug 08, 2015
wolfe10 wrote:
Leaving on either an exhaust or engine compression brake 100% of the time is a good way to not use my favorite gear-- COASTING.

Particularly in rolling hills, it is much better for MPG to coast down the hill and gain a little speed to attach the next upgrade than to use your brakes going down and then have to go to WOT going up.

Stop and go traffic or technical driving brings on different priorities.


Are you really that cheap that you would actually coast downhill to save gas ?

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