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Old 03-02-2015, 05:20 PM   #7 (permalink)
Fat Charlie
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Originally Posted by bradze View Post
this car belongs to my wife, who does not care about gas mileage other than the fact that the impreza is supposed to get 36mpg. the best i've seen her avg is 38.
The main part of the problem is here.

You can't get good mileage out of a car if you have a driver who doesn't care about mileage. Putting stealthy mods on the car are one thing, but hypermiling tips? They don't work if the driver doesn't care.
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Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

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