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Old 06-20-2011, 06:58 PM   #57 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web View Post
In the spirit of the lounge, you' all have missed the metric that explains why the Prius are so much faster than ordinary traffic.
The question, though, is whether all/most Priusitachi* are driving faster than ordinary traffic, or whether you just notice the ones that are doing it. After all, if a guy in a Prius gets on the highway half a dozen cars back of you, you aren't going to notice it unless he does speed up & pass. And since you, the hypermiler, are driving at or below traffic speed, you won't be passing many. So pretty much the only ones you'll see are the fast ones, no?


*The proper Japanese plural, of course :-)
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