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Old 03-04-2010, 01:15 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
I'm pretty sure the CAFE test is different than the EPA test. Thus, you get 33 mpg on the CAFE test, but the EPA test you only get 30 mpg. They aren't the same test.
I thought CAFE was based on EPA test cycle readings?

I didn't know there was an actual test to enforce CAFE, I thought it was just a law that said that the average fuel economy per class had to be "X" with future increases, which is where my assumptions came from.
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