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Effect of wet roads on efficiency: estimated 14.5% MPG drop
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Welcome to the site ncracker.
Your statement sounds a bit off the deep end. You are talking about a ~25% decrease in FE from wet roads. I find that pretty hard to believe. Maybe from the crappy traffic, but not from the road being wet.
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