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You should be able to beat EPA in any vehicle, just by keeping your speeds to 5 mpg over the speed limits. I don't have any long-term experience driving any of the vehicles you mentioned, but I like the Buick and Escort swap. The final generation Escort was really a Mazda, and was far more reliable and refined than the '02 Focus. Ford didn't fix the early Focuses until the '03 model year. The '02 Escort would make a serious hypermiling machine.
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Darrell
Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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