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Old 02-19-2009, 12:56 AM   #17 (permalink)
NiHaoMike
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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 joked about how I would be reluctant to let my friend Lauren Stanhouse (who is pretty fat) carpool with me as that'll drop my MPG.
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