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Old 11-02-2023, 09:45 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Fair enough. But from my perspective, you got two posts from the resident curmudgeon and one request for extraordinary evidence for an extraordinary[?] claim.
I represent both those descriptions.

I feel that I showed restraint in my annoyance at a "test" that controlled for zero variables.

I'm stopping short of claiming the results are wrong, but nobody should have confidence in the results of an uncontrolled experiment.

We're to believe Ford spent money testing it, then went through the expense of installing it, for something consumers aren't even going to notice (as evidenced by the OP admitting their initial ignorance), just to ruin fuel economy? Possible, but highly unlikely.
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