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Old 02-23-2007, 11:36 AM
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http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorSelectYear.jsp


the hybrids got killed.
Old 02-23-2007, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by yellow2001,Feb 23 2007, 12:36 PM
the hybrids got killed.
RIP
Old 02-23-2007, 12:45 PM
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Wow, MY2000 goes from 20/26 to 18/23? WTF? I get 22 to 24 in the CITY. And that's not every once in a while, that's all the time!

Did they actually test these older cars, or did they simply apply some scaling factor to them all?
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yeah, i dunno about the site. 2003 went from 20/23/26 to 18/20/24. i get about 20 - 23 in mixed driving. highway only i got 30mpg on a TX -> IL trip.
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Yep, just confirmed - it's a straight scaling, not an actual test.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculator.html
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TSX is screwed up too. Went from 23/26/32 to 20/23/29.

I get maybe 24-25 city and 32-34 highway. EPA testers aren't know for their lead feet....
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Originally Posted by rai,Feb 23 2007, 01:07 PM
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Yup. Especially those SUV with fake MPG.
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Now you can say you beat EPA numbers though, and I think that was the point.
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I never got more then 18-19 mpg in 01 s2000 in the city. I don't get more then 18-19 mpg in my evo. I drive some varied terrain, up and down some hills, some city, some highway and avg 18-20 in the S2000 and evo. These seem more accurate then the old ones.
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I get 24mpg in the City all the time, when I drive conservatively. The more I push it, the lower it'd get. Upper 20's mpg on freeways.


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