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Originally Posted by SentraSE-R
Efficiency isn't my focus right now. It's the ethical quandary of saving a little gasoline while increasing my hydrocarbon, NOx, and CO emissions manyfold. Instead of beating the EPA estimates by 76% while spewing out 10X, 20X, or other massive air pollution through an unlit cat, I can simply drive normally (albeit slowly), beat the EPA estimates by 40%, and have normal emissions that are also reduced by 40%.
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That's all well and good, but you don't know yet if the CAT or related systems are working properly, regardless of how you drive. Getting into the ethical quandary seems still premature. Check the systems. Test. Don't guess, right?