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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
Since, as you noticed, the old EPA is about the same as the NEDC, then NEDC should also be good for the average driver. My opinion is that it's pretty hard to stay within the NEDC numbers.
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That's my opinion as well.
Reaching the claimed 5L/100 km (47mpg) has been rather hard, and improving upon that didn't come as easy as my fuel log here may make it appear to be.
I've always had decent mileage from my cars even in my wilder years.
I was already "eco-driving" (think hypermiling without coasting, P+G, or physical mods) and driving well below the posted motorway limit before joining up here and starting to use hypermiling tricks like coasting, weight reduction, ...
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I could barely beat them before I started aeromodding and got serious with hypermiling.
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Like you, I've needed hypermiling techniques to go beyond the official numbers.