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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
You'd rather do mods that provide results less effective than you could possibly achieve, because you just don't want to do some simple testing of alternatives? That seems pretty strange to me, but your choice.
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Because while perfect is great, I already have a job. And a family, a house, and all sorts of other things that take a lot of my time. And with a couple fast and dirty mods and no testing, my best tank in this car was 56 mpg over 575.9 miles in a car rated 29 mpg combined. Maybe that tank could have hit 57 mpg if only I'd devoted more time to aero testing, but alas! I have other things to do with my time. I dropped my kids off at camp every day, got to work on time, picked the kids up, got to the grocery store, and did all sorts of other things.
I knew deep down that my car wasn't the ideal aerodynamic shape, but I tolerated it because it carried the family and groceries and other things, and with attentive driving and a couple mods that apparently are only worthy of scorn, I still got nearly double the EPA rating for the car.
Maybe if I'd put more time into testing I'd have gotten 57 mpg on that tank, I don't know.