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Old 06-17-2008, 09:58 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sickpuppy318 View Post
My mom has an '06 Jeep Cherokee and she seems to think that she gets the best mileage at 65mph. Of course, i always call B/S on that and tell her she doesn't know how to drive anywhere near reasonably. We used to live on long island, and on the LIE flow was at least 80 even though it is a posted 55. I think its a New York thing that she thinks 65 is reasonably slow and her cherokee is reasonably small!
Yeah, I get the same from my fam. People have to be willing to change or accept the Science behind the change. Meanwhile, there's nothing to do but report your own savings She might come around after a while...

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