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aerohead · 04-28-2010, 07:09 PM

Tim,thanks for the data.I found my article ( AUTOMOBILE Magazine,Nov. 1996,Pgs 48-49,by Robt. Cumberford ) and at that time, RMI was talking 380-mpg.
If they pushed the car up to speed,fired it off and engaged the power unit and drove at constant low speed with no curves,no hills,no change of velocity,no passing,etc.,they might generate some big numbers as they used to do with the Shell and Mobil Economy Runs.
For 'real world' driving,it's my opinion that they'll never get close,and it's almost a disservice to humanity to have ever broached the topic.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,228 Thanks: 24,375 Thanked 7,357 Times in 4,757 Posts	Faq Tim,thanks for the data.I found my article ( AUTOMOBILE Magazine,Nov. 1996,Pgs 48-49,by Robt. Cumberford ) and at that time, RMI was talking 380-mpg. If they pushed the car up to speed,fired it off and engaged the power unit and drove at constant low speed with no curves,no hills,no change of velocity,no passing,etc.,they might generate some big numbers as they used to do with the Shell and Mobil Economy Runs. For 'real world' driving,it's my opinion that they'll never get close,and it's almost a disservice to humanity to have ever broached the topic.