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Old 02-15-2009, 02:40 PM   #33 (permalink)
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WonderWagon - '94 Ford Escort LX
Last 3: 51.52 mpg (US)

DaBluOne - '99 Ford Escort SE
90 day: 48.97 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
When you are running at the minimal energy budget needed to achieve 70mpg, the power hit needed to run the lights takes a bigger chunk out of that energy budget than it does when you running at an energy splurging 20mpg.
Yet another reason to think of FE in terms of fuel unit / distance instead of distance / fuel unit (mpg).
An additional 0.42 - 0.64 gallons consumed per 1000 miles due to lights on.
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