I went online and tried “building” myself a new F150 just for the fun of it, and was shocked to see that you can’t even get one without the stop start now. No thanks... I thought it was bad enough when they completely did away with the manual trans.
Coasting trucks, what's the point??
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The theory is it saves fuel.
My company truck does it on cruise, which is mostly why our drivers have horrible mpg according to management...
They put their foot into it to make it go and gain the downhill speed to roll up the next hill...
I tested the theory one night...
Wasn't worth the hassle imho... put your foot into it and roll...
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so our company has the "roll" feature. But it only does it for about 2 mph. So say you have cruise set at 60. At 62 to 64 it goes into neutral. If the hill bumps you to 65 it drops back into gear. I'll be honest. Governed at 64 I'll roll down a hill at 68. But no higher. Granted. At 69 the nanny system sends a message to safety that you went "over speed." LOL
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I know a couple mechanics that’ll turn them up, fuel rail pressure and all.
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