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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian
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.
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That won't be sufficient to match the European rated fuel consumption.
Before joining ecomodder.com, I only managed to stay below the official rating twice in 181 fuelings.
Yet I was already driving 10-15 kph below the speed limit on motorways (120 kph posted); doing the limit elsewhere (mostly 70 kph / 43 mph) doing a lot of DFCO-braking; using LRR tyres; keeping fuel records; eco-parking; ...
It just wasn't enough to beat the official numbers
