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Old 01-26-2014, 08:27 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cobb View Post
There is a gentleman here who works for Toy and put a prius engine with working vvt/atkinsons or miller cycle in a conventional vehicle. I think he posted in the eco mode it was a dog to drove, but got like 40 mpg. In regular mode it got like 30 I want to say.
Wow thats not very impressive. I am borrowing a friends Ford Torus wagon with 3.0L V6.
I did basic modifications to my driving techniques, never going over speed limit,coasting when possible, no fast acceleration and minimal braking.
On a 29 mile round trip of mixed driving, I got a trip ave. of 36mpg and over 40mpg HWY. according to the android app torque. I have not driven the car enough to verify those numbers.
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