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What I see from all these "oh my car doesn't get the window sticker rating" complaints is that people who buy these cars probably buy them basically just for fuel economy. Yet what I notice is that the Prii on the road are usually the cars going the fastest.
Anyways, the EPA tests are IMO completely off from real world driving, there is no reason to complain that your car gets worse than what the sticker says because the sticker means very little. My car supposedly does 27 mpg highway. Even with the ludicrously short 5th gear I don't understand how it's even possible to get such bad fuel economy. Yesterday I pulled out my phone and opened Torque and discovered that going 55mph at 3000rpm in gear was returning 38mpg. 27mpg is what happens when the engine is screaming at 4300rpm and I'm doing about 80.
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