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Old 01-17-2008, 04:42 PM   #9 (permalink)
Stan
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Originally Posted by AndrewJ View Post
It's like running a Prius EV-only for the whole EPA test to come up with an inflated number.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Drive it in EV-mode for 110 miles over several days while recharging it every night, then drive 40 miles on gas at 40 mpg the last day and announce...voila!...150 mpg!

I think they call that "Enron Economics"...
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