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Old 07-24-2012, 10:49 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
I meant: I thought your dyno news was to test tire pressure. Can't get much more controlled than that!
It isn't obvious to me that that is a test of rolling resistance or fuel economy. The dyno rollers are only about a foot in diameter, so the tire contact patch is completely different than street conditions.

I'm just trying to get a comparrison between two cars, one rather old and the other fairly new
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