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Originally Posted by Flakbadger
Maybe I'm missing something, but you said on your website that the Insight was returning 60something MPG as it stands now, with no hypermiling.
Why destroy it to put in a diesel engine? Is it really going to be that much more efficient? With driving style alone you could put a manual-trans Insight into the 70MPG range without much difficulty. Is the hassle of installing a TDI engine really going to return that much more impressive MPG?
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Moving from 60 MPG to 70 MPG doesn't save that much fuel
60 MPG = 1.666666(repeating) G/100M
70 MPG = 1.428571(repeating) G/100M
That saves 0.238095(repeating) gallons per 100 miles
That is the same savings as moving from 20 MPG to 21 MPG
20 MPG = 5 G/100M
21 MPG = 4.761904(repeating) G/100M
Difference of 0.238095(repeating)