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Old 11-26-2013, 11:01 PM   #8 (permalink)
bestclimb
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One time shots are not reliable estimates of capability. Especially based off of calibrated devices that give a reasonable estimate of fuel usage only after careful observation and tracking of fuel usage.

If you can reliably get close to 30 out of a carivan I would be very interested as a 7 passenger vehicle with that mileage is pretty attractive.

Edit: that said I do not find 30mpg to be too unreasonable as the 2003 gets a rating of 25 highway per EPA
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