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Old 05-12-2009, 07:22 PM   #19 (permalink)
Frank Lee
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After you wade through the b***s*** you eventually find this:
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Fuel economy calculation for alternative fuel vehicles multiplies the actual fuel used by a "Fuel Content Factor of 0.15
which when taken into account with their misleading crap, gives the expected fe, which is nothing special at all. Obviously they are banking on the fact that 98% of the people confronted with that steaming pantload aren't going to bother to really read it.