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Originally Posted by RandomFact314
IDK how many of you listen to the GoHypermiling Podcast but I listened to a recent but a little bit older one and the guy says he was driving some HUGE truck and he was getting 34 MPG and was saying how crazy it is that he has drove cars 1/5 of the weight and cant get that kind of MPG
My question is, whats up with things like this? How do trucks that can tow 6000 pounds get better MPG than my neon?
This happens in other ways to, like how does my fiancee's kia get 25mpg (epa) on a 1.5 L engine with like 400 less pounds than my car and I get 25mpg (epa) on a bigger engine and heavier car?
And that also makes me think "if the crx got 50mpg, and the prius has a 1/2 electric engine, how come they get about the same mpg, how come toyota couldn't have make the prius get 100 mpg easy? I know with all the electronic crap and "modern conveniences" in new cars weigh it down but why cop out? just make another "FE" prius that DOES get 80/85MPG epa....
I know this is more of a ramble than anything but id like to see anyone's responses on any of the topics or any you think of  |
Random,I don't know if 34-mpg is that big of a deal if they were hypermiling.
When Robert Sikorsky wrote 'How to get More Miles Per Gallon' he described a method of hypermiling in which he could obtain over 200-mpg,and college teams are getting over 7,000-mpg when doing it.
I would presume that during 'normal' driving,his truck returns somewhat less.