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Old 08-24-2010, 10:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The Mistress - '88 Bmw 320i Touring SE
Team m8
Last 3: 27.17 mpg (US)

Germany Beadle - '91 Mercedes 300td (estate, N/A)
90 day: 24.63 mpg (US)

The Bloodylingo - '05 Citroen Berlingo Multispace Desire
90 day: 39.77 mpg (US)

Shanner Scaab - '03 Saab 9-5 estate Vector
90 day: 26.19 mpg (US)

Clio 182 - '05 Renault Clio RS 182 182
90 day: 31.73 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
My personal opinion is that each car in the EM garage should use the FE numbers for where and when it was made/bought. This means that new cars bought in the US should use the new EPA, while older cars should use the standard from a few years back, cars bought in Europe should use the European standard, etc.

Of course, this means that models offered on both sides of the pond might have totally different numbers. I doubt that a car made for the European market would get the same results in an EPA test as its American counterpart, and vice versa. Even if the engines are the same size, each will be tuned to pass different emissions regulations on different fuel, each car may be fine-tuned for a different FE testing cycle, and each may have different trim/options.
i whole heartedly agree

However, the garage only has a field for US mpg..

I try to give my figures in imperial and US-i would do l/100km, but i dont know where to start!

is it possible for the garage to show different mpg fifured?

According to my saab manual, it should do 31.4 mpg uk combined
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