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      01-27-2017, 09:03 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by insanecoder View Post
Went on a road trip yesterday 70% highway 30% backroads
Drove one leg entirely in eco pro (took some discipline believe me)
drove the return leg entirely in sports mode
eco pro leg: 28.9 mpg
sport mode 29.9 mpg
given I kept the sport mode revs down during the trip to try to save gas but still ripped more than a few
avg speed alil lower than usual approx 75mph
eco pro had the benefit of coasting
yet sport mode still beat it mpg
Now you need to make the same trip, but swap the Eco and Sport modes for the opposite legs of the journey.

Too many variables to get a definitive "which is best" from your experiment.
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