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Old 10-21-2011, 04:03 PM   #119 (permalink)
Frank Lee
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Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US)

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Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US)

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90 day: 33.65 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by Quasimoto View Post
Frank, I am dying to know how you manage to get 70MPG out of that '92 Tempo. Maybe you could start a new thread and go over all the mods. That thing must look like the aerocivic.
That was a one segment deal, extreme EOC, extreme 40 mph tailwind right up the tailpipe, on straight E85, put up to show the folly of making an fe claim based on one measurement (which some people are fond of doing). The numbers are factual and real, but in reality it averages about half that.
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