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Originally Posted by Vman455
"If you’re getting within 10 per cent of your vehicle’s NRCan (EPA) rating, stop reading this, you won’t do much better."
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That's just speaking truth to Murricans. If they're running a full size pickup or SUV, even driving technique can't save them (present company excepted, Slowmover). Hell, even with a manual and hypermiling the hell out of it (and being forced to avoid the big highway for other reasons) I was lucky to average 19 mpg in my wife's XTerra. More than 10% over EPA, but not numbers anyone other than a dedicated hypermiler would see.
Then he ends with a little tough love:
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...but the 90 per cent of what goes into the mileage you get is the way you drive. If you can’t break the habits of jack-rabbit starts, speeds over 100 km/h, excessive idling and such, you might as well buy stocks in oil companies.
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