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Old 08-05-2011, 05:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hackish View Post
For the record the driving cycle to determine fuel economy are very specific and try to emulate the average driver. If you want to save gas you have to move away from that "average".

I never thought of that as a way to explain it. It shifts the concept of the tests away from the vehicle and onto the driver inputs and conditions.
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