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Old 08-02-2016, 12:32 PM   #7 (permalink)
Hersbird
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Sometimes I think people make a MPG claim based on a best case scenario. "I get 18mpg on the highway" really means they got 18 mpg one time, when they drove slow and reset the computer once up to speed. Their actual whole tank, hand caculated mpg is probably 13mpg. Our van on a 360 mile trip got 29 mpg hand caculated, round trip, last week, which means we had ling streatches of 35 mpg. We only average 19 total over the last 2 years, albeit 80% city. So should I tell people a 2011 Town and Country gets 35 mpg highway? Even saying 29 is a bit misleading as it's outside the norm. I wouldn't technically be lying either way, just 26 is more realistic.
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