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MetroMPG · 03-29-2009, 10:05 PM

71 mpg (US) / 3.3 L/100 km at an average speed of 50 mph / 80 km/h over about 400 miles / 644 km today. That's driving with load and engine off coasting down the steep enough hills.

Like the man says, gotta love a good tail wind!

Where there was no "natural wind", the stars and planets aligned to give me the perfect density/speed of traffic to benefit from the corridor effect. Happy happy.

03-29-2009, 10:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
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