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Old 02-14-2009, 03:06 AM   #11 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Maybe some of you are overlooking the obvious reason for why your fuel economy is worse with wife/girlfriend in the car - the extra weight :-)
I thought about that, but my wife doesn't weigh anything
But even if she did, an extra 3%-5%, compared to the weight of the car, wouldn't explain a noticeable change in FE. Most of the change is from longer glides and lower average speed, both to the joy of fellow drivers around me

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