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MetroMPG · 03-23-2008, 10:00 AM

I thought this was going to be a thread about "The Problem with MPG", as in, "why MPG is a lousy metric to use in the discussion of fuel economy". (Which it undoubtedly is.)

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Before you even come up with a format to make "MPG racing" work, you'll have to come up with a pre-emptive explanation for why you are "wasting gas" to save gas.

That's the #1, knee-jerk objection that the non-FE oriented motorhead will lob at you before you even finish your first sentence describing what it is you want to do.

03-23-2008, 10:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
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