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Old 05-31-2017, 10:55 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jkv357 View Post
I've questioned the need for the higher speeds on a "Fuel Economy Challenge", but if the course is in an area that has high speed traffic flow you are definitely safer "going with the flow".
The idea is to prove vehicles that are actually useful and can replace the other vehicles in the garage for greater fuel efficiency. So they must be capable of real world use in real traffic as dictated by the rest of the herd. Craig (and others) had contests that were won at 475 mpgUS by vehicles with top speeds of 55 mph 30 years ago. But these vehicles don't help us.
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