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Old 11-30-2012, 09:22 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
I think you may find that when driven hard enough, a car will eventually get to the 0 gallons per mile mark.

Of course, the steaming, overheating pile of slagged metal will be doing 0 miles at that point...

A mote pressing question would be how much gas people waste sitting at stoplights or in gridlock without turning the engine off...
Idling is responsible for 13% of the total fuel consumption in the US.

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