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MetroMPG · 11-20-2008, 09:58 AM

At $3 gas, 6750 highway miles/year*, 23 mpg = $58 savings. Less as gas drops, more as it increases obviously.

Another note: the speed of testing was just 89 km/h / 55 mph. Actual savings of course increase with speed.

(* that's 45% of EPA's average annual distance of 15k miles total city+hwy)

11-20-2008, 09:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
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