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skyking · 12-24-2021, 03:06 PM

Regarding the OP:
I lump it in there with other misguided generalizations. My favorite one is " my car gets better MPG @70 than at < some slower speed >.
Modern engines are not very sensitive to small changes in RPM. What happens is they get a good tank or two, maybe downwind and downhill

That becomes the new standard and they would rather drive faster than do some real sciencing :P

12-24-2021, 03:06 PM	#47 (permalink)
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