Originally Posted by strat61caster (Post 947815)

You can feel the car go into "compressor mode" as the engine shuts off the fuel (a little lurch forward) and if you have the instantaneous mpg on you'll see it jump to 127mpg. When you hit about 1,000 rpm the fuel kicks back on to power the accessories and maintain idle, it'll lurch forward a little bit which took me awhile to figure out.

Originally Posted by tm86 (Post 951939)

Thanks for this explanation. I notice the lurching very often in slow bumper-to-bumper traffic. But sometimes when changing from 3-to-2, it lurches, almost feels like it accelerates slightly.

Do you have any tips on avoiding the lurches because I'm tired of bumping head against the headrest?

Originally Posted by tm86 (Post 951968)

I will pay closer attention but I doubt the lurch occurs at 1K rpm.