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Originally Posted by Xazy
They do not mention that it is based on perfect conditions, instead they just list the optimum (unrealistic) value.
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If such behavior were sufficient grounds for a lawsuit the diet industry wouldn't exist.
No one is being physically harmed, new consumer technology, caveat emptor. There aren't dates to go along with the events in the article, but if he bought the hybrid at any point in the last year without knowing about the fuel efficiency discrepancy then he obviously hasn't done any research at all. I think that awareness of the epa's method's shortcomings has been pretty common knowledge for a couple years.
He should really be suing the epa for their simplistic and generally inaccurate method of determining fuel efficiency.