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Old 05-07-2012, 04:48 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Thymeclock View Post
I've heard this said by some, but I don't see how the FE is magically going to improve any as the car gets older. There is no logic to it, and I've never experienced it on the many cars I've owned over the years. All have stayed consistent in MPG since new, whether at 1000 miles or 100,000 miles.
The moving parts bed in, the driver gets better used to the vehicle, and the tyres lose their new-ness (improves RR).

It's happened on all cars I've ever had from new, which is 4 out of 5
(Make that 5 out of 6 with the company car included.)
It hasn't happened when I used my parents' cars - which were already run in.
(And didn't happen on the company pool car I got before getting my own company car.)
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