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Old 03-05-2012, 03:27 PM   #50 (permalink)
Kincurd
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...when I read "carpooling" I immediately think "added weight" being carried around, so mpg expectations have to be accordingly reduced.
The added weight is there and I think more city-type driving for the half of the trip. Second half, I get to hop on the highway and I'm the only one in the car. There's a nice gradual hill that leads to my work parking lot for the last 2 miles as well.

I had to deal with stop-n-go traffic for part of it, but still pulled ahead with 57mpg according to my well-calibrated Scangauge. I think that's a record for me.
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