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Old 09-03-2008, 08:05 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Evil Pumpkin - '08 Scion xD RS 1.0 #1633
90 day: 35.45 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by ConnClark View Post
so to save 1 gallon of fuel you will have to burn 4 gallons. Net fuel savings -3 gallons.

not a winning proposition by any means.
Taking your calculations for dead on accurate, I see this as ... for every 4 gallons you burn you get an extra fifth for free ... so he should see a 25% increase in efficiency ... Is that so bad? Other than slowing down, no other mods I have done to my personal vehicle have yielded a percentage improvement that high.
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