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Originally Posted by willravel
I keep getting the impression you're making the suggestion that I'm misrepresenting my lifestyle. I hope that's not the case.
Again, you're assuming that everyone is gunning it in their hybrid. I see no evidence to suggest this. As a matter of fact, I have several friends who drive conservatively in their Priuses and who do not get anywhere near the EPA mileage.
Do you have information, besides the mpg, to suggest these people are burning more gas by driving inefficiently?
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No, you questioned how one could get worse gas mileage, people who drive their sport vehicles to the tolerances of design cannot achieve BOTH great performance and great fuel economy.
No I don't, but Gwhiz who used to post here regularly mentioned that the process for getting the most gas mileage was quite different in his hybrid than thought. It was a matter of learning how to coast more often which is counter intuitive to normal driving of pressing the gas and applying the brake.
It is a different methodology than what people normally do in driving a normal fuel vehicle.
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Originally Posted by willravel
The test should be simple. 100 cars are driven under different conditions and that data should be recorded and then given to the consumer.
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Feasibly that is impossible and you know that.
change a few things like an engine chip and that mileage changes, also change the oil type, change the size of the wheels and tires, all those factor in gas mileage, manual versus automatic, the list goes on and on. you get those really nice 18" wheels, you've changed the gas mileage specs. Again, what is typical usage for you is not the same as typical usage for me or someone who lives in the Mojave desert.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 07-10-2007 at 01:01 PM..
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