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As a salesman, inserting the YMMV caveat protects me from bullshit claims like this one because I did, in fact, tell them that their mileage may vary.
Honda used the standard of the time. It's not their fault that the EPA required them to use an unreasonable test to calculate the final number. I think that you could even argue that as a Japanese car maker, they would lobby for the change since the new one favors cars that are actually fuel efficient, which most American cars are decidedly not.
Will, salemanship is the antithesis of business ethics. It's about forcing the facts into an argument that someone who wants something actually needs it. No one NEEDS a Prius since there are lots and lots of alternatives. They convince themselves that do need it, and the salesman's job is to help them do it at this dealership instead of the one down the street.
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