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Old 12-31-2007, 08:32 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I'm with Lazarus & Newton on this one - tank-to-tank testing doesn't generally produce reliable results.

And as a matter of fact - I have no "baseline" to go from. I don't commute with the car, so it doesn't see either typical or frequent use. Check my fuel log - it's all over the map.

I actually did stick the VG's on my car for a 200 km highway trip. Not surprisingly I couldn't conclude anything from the results - and I didn't really try. (Mostly I put them on to show the guy who lent them to me.)

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Originally Posted by bryan View Post
Unlike global climate change, evolution and reiki you should be able to prove this one pretty quickly...
The best way to test them is in a wind tunnel.

Following that, the best way to test them is with instrumentation & a series of back to back A-B-A runs on a deserted road using cruise control to remove the driver from the equation.

I had every intention of trying just that, but my play time in the past year was occupied with other stuff (ie. ForkenSwift). Maybe in '08 I'll add the "hatchback" VG test to Lazarus' sedan test.
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