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Old 07-27-2013, 06:00 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Personally I think that's a good graph. There's just one bit incorrect about the card if I'm seeing this right and that's the "These guys on the right" quote; The photos of cars are on the left.

And perhaps the graph should be on the opposite side of the card; It doesn't seem to make sense on the front to me, But I'm only one guy here. Why does it not make sense? The graph, I think, Should be in an introduction to hypermiling page (But should not be the first thing a person sees) and "Page 2" Can have images of vehicles before and after they were modded with "Before average MPG" and "After average MPG" Figures plus the EPA figures.

I think I'm starting to think of this to be bigger than a tear-off sheet. And again, We still need an emphasis on safety here.

An "Obey the speed limit" tip would help a lot as would suggesting going 55 MPH on highways.

I'm thinking of possibly volunteering my own fuel logs, But they're a bit old and I'm not the only one who drove the van and we've had the spark plugs replaced since then. Still, Over 24 MPG for the driving we do in rural Pennsylvania is higher than the EPA HWY figure.
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