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Old 06-02-2008, 07:26 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by light-foot View Post
i watched some of the program and i must say that it was pretty good overall. one part i have to disagree with is when the person (forgot his name) giving tips for better FE, said to keep tires to the manufactures specfications. he also said to buy tires with a lower rolling resistance. which makes perfect sense. but only inflating tires to the factory specs kind of contradicts what he suggests of the tires. higher psi in the tires would give even less rolling resistance. i keep my tires to the max sidewall on my 08 corolla at all times.


I just now watched the same segment you're talking about; that isn't the one about hypermiling. It's the same old line the "experts" always talk about. Nothing in there about hypermiling, just the basics that every responsible driver should already be (and far too many aren't) doing.
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