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Old 08-30-2010, 12:55 PM   #22 (permalink)
PaleMelanesian
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
I doubt it.
Few people do better than the official FE values for their cars, regardless of wether they use diesel or petrol engines.
That seems odd to me. In my limited personal experience (4 vehicles I/we have owned), all it takes to match or beat the old epa rating is not driving like an idiot.

Example: my civic, rated 38 mpg highway (old epa). If I set the cruise control at 65 mph (105 km/h), it'll do 42-44 mpg. Using AC might bring it down to 40, which is still better than the rating.
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