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Old 12-18-2009, 06:25 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Hi,

The factory MPG gauges in the Toyotas I'm familiar with are optimistic -- they read too high. They really need to have a calibration built in (like the ScanGuage), that can fine tune it.

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I actually don't care if it is optimistic or pessimistic as long as I have a *relative* barometer, aka feedback when I am doing something right or wrong. But, I suppose they would *want* to be accurate for liability reasons that Honda recently dealt with in their Civic Hybrid.

Ha ha, maybe you should sue Toyota,

CarloSW2

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