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Old 10-17-2009, 10:44 AM   #92 (permalink)
MadisonMPG
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Diesel is already more fuel efficient. Trucks have a higher load/Cda ratio. Stay at 70mph for nearly all of their trip. Made for hauling, not for city driving or spirited driving. So all of the gear ratios (18 or so of them) are made for highway. They rarely change speeds and they do all of the Hypermiling things because they have to.
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