Thread: 70 MPG US (3.3 L/100 km) challenge (non-hybrid gasoline and diesel cars)
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Old 07-30-2019, 05:51 PM   #107 (permalink)
California98Civic
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i've been trying really hard and even my 2010 Prius can only get 61-62 mpg around town on my tank average going 120 miles now.
I took my flat decklid spoiler and box cavity off a couple days ago. I was keeping 70.5 - 71.0 mpg without too much struggle, though more hypermiling than I have done the last two years. With the spoiler/box off? I struggle for 68.8 - 69.5 mpg. It is a little cooler, but it is still hot.

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Crazy to me the amount of people who will buy Pri' and then proceed to drive them to where the hybrid has no benefit to them over a civic or something.
Yeah. I see the Priuses blasting around all the time, getting 40s, maybe 50... "70 MPG Club - Better than Hybrid" !!!!!!!!!

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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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