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Old 12-04-2011, 11:40 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rokeby View Post
... I think that most folks either don't know or forget that the MPG numbers coming out of the EPA testing are intended for direct comparison purposes.
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But they are not comparable! If Honda, say, under reports MPGs and Hyundai, say, ultra-tunes their engine to achieve higher EPA MPGs then the comparison is between apples and oranges. People expect to use EPA numbers to compare cars but if automakers are gaming the EPA numbers, then there is no basis for comparison.

If you are interested in MPGs then the only relevant comparison is from real-world MPG numbers. Those numbers are hard to come by; but less so with websites 'crowd sourcing' MPG numbers.
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