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Smurf · 09-01-2012, 07:15 PM

Longtime lurker here, just wanted to post my story.

Recently, I took a trip from mid-North Dakota to mid-Wisconsin in a 2004 Ford Taurus. Speed was just under the posted speed limits (slower as you get east, faster going west), using the cruise control in the 2nd-from-left lane in Minneapolis/St Paul, letting off the gas well ahead of stops and turns.. The EPA estimate for the Taurus is 25MPG Highway, and according to the digital meter in the dash and math at the pump I was getting 33-35MPG.

We had just got the Taurus four days earlier with a complete tuneup and new tires, I changed absolutely nothing, except drove smarter than the common folk.

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