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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian
Pick the right horse for the course.
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Absolutely!
And unless she's doing the majority of her driving on the freeway, she should
seriously consider getting a manual. Honda Fit manuals can do remarkably well in sub/urban driving. Pale can show that. Also see:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post337338
(Note these results are from plain, vanilla driving techniques -- nothing you wouldn't encourage your mom to do. This Fit's owner in this case wasn't able to match the 41.2 MPG "demonstration" results very closely during the "coaching" lap, but most drivers could.)
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Originally Posted by UltArc
The EPA runs the exact same test. So under the exact same conditions, it should show how they compare.
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Remember, the EPA does not do the testing. They lay out testing rules, and the automakers are left to do the testing themselves and report the numbers to the EPA.
However, the EPA is focusing more on auditing what the OEM's report --
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ims-27224.html .