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Old 07-06-2014, 08:22 AM   #156 (permalink)
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Honda CBR250R FI Single - '11 Honda CBR250R
90 day: 105.14 mpg (US)

2001 Honda Insight stick - '01 Honda Insight manual
90 day: 60.68 mpg (US)

2009 Honda Fit auto - '09 Honda Fit Auto
90 day: 38.51 mpg (US)

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90 day: 104.48 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by changzuki View Post
[B]Running with the adding-weight theory:
Sheepdog 44 - your Insight outporks Alfred State's by a longshot - but on the GGP track, do you really think you could at least "tie" with their best mpg? By this adding weight theory, surely you have a distinct weight advantage.
C. Michael Lewis killed the best results that Alfred State ever achieved (low 70's) with his box stock Insight at 130 mpgUS on the track, coming back with 95 over the road with luggage, tool box, and food in the car. Bob must have felt that there was some fill up trickery involved (probably was for the first fill) so he just made up some numbers he liked and gave them a 62 so he didn't have to award them the $1000. But I talked to C. Michael while we were trying to pull his car out of the mud who told me what he really got.
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