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Old 08-14-2014, 01:07 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by theaveng View Post
Ford Fiesta 1.0 gave me 70mpg on a highway testdrive. It quickly dropped after I hit some redlights & the turbo was spooling up (for acceleration). That's where a battery would have helped save fuel.
See that's what I'm talking about! I thought the EPAs test was wildly off for this car, now imagine picking some of the low hanging fruit aero wise that is harder with a Prius. If a stock one on a test drive can pull 7O, imagine owning, monitoring, and modding one.
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