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Old 07-27-2009, 12:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Nevyn View Post
The inherent problem in this is the catch-22 of using gas.

Hypermilers try to stretch every gallon to the max mileage, for whatever reason.

Hypermilers save gas.

Racing from one point to another just to race is a waste of gas.


That's where the problem comes in.
For some it's to get the best gas mileage, regardless of how much gas they use in the process. For example, when Ford was doing it's contest on the Ford Fusion Hybrid, it started with fresh tires. This made Wayne Gerdes upset because fresh tires are bad, so he had someone drive the car around a circular track for thousands of miles to break the tires in, wasting huge amounts of gas. Or so someone within Ford told me.

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