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Originally Posted by strat61caster
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.
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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?