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Old 12-25-2014, 05:05 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
P.S. A good part of that is simply percentages as in, +-5% is virtually unnoticeable at 13 mpg (12.35-13.65) but quite noticeable at 40 (38-42).
The study was done in metric units (NEDC).

It you use 20l/100km, +5% becomes 21.

If you use 10l/100km it becomes 10.5.

It doesn't skew numbers like the stupid MPG measure does.

Here's the better link I was looking for:

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/...ope-especially

and another:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/n...aims/index.htm
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