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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Well hey - everybody knows that it's impossible to exceed (heck, meet) the rated fuel economy of any car.
And if our silly modifications really worked, the automakers would already be doing this stuff to their vehicles.
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I think one of the challenges we face in English speaking nations is we lack the word, and concept of
lagom. People tend to gravitate to extremes here, and fear extremes.
Say you have an absolutely certain way to reduce fuel consumption by a modest 1% on any car:
If you promise a 1% improvement, nobody cares - even if you can deliver it.
If you promise a 200% improvement, some people will believe and become frustrated and jaded when you only deliver 1%. Everyone else will be skeptical of your 200% claim and reject it outright, even if it
would give them a 1% benefit (better than nothing)
We run into this fear/love of extremes in almost every corner of Western society and far too often let an impossible ideal be the enemy of an achievable good.