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Old 02-01-2009, 10:06 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
It's very linear and I would have expected it to be less so- more fe drop as speeds go up.
Frank, Based on his statement in the first post - "I couldn't find a good road to do 50 mph so I left it out." - I'd guess the remaining tests were conducted on at least two different roads, perhaps at different times/conditions. eg a few mph difference in wind speed?

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Originally Posted by Formula413 View Post
This is a generic graph from the fueleconomy.gov website:

The generic "graph" is quite likely an artist's illustration intended to emphasize a point as opposed to an actual graphing of data gathered from testing.

Last edited by TestDrive; 02-01-2009 at 10:17 PM.. Reason: gathered not gather
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