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Old 12-24-2019, 04:52 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hayden55 View Post
Plus he did the test while it was 20F outside. That's a big difference in highway mileage with the Prius. I bet if you convert the math to 70F and 70mph he's almost at 37 ish mpg driving like a normal person.
The cold makes it worse and he was going 70 mph for a bunch of the loop when he wasn't stuck in stop and go traffic, and got 40. That's why I say lean without even more, slow it down, and do it again in the middle of summer on an open back road and go for 50 mpg
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