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      11-23-2012, 05:35 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by sfax View Post
and get 46.3mpg??? So to recap, cold start, only 2.5 miles never exceeding 31mph, accelerating and decelerating and idling, average speed 12mph. Can you smell something?
Remember the car is also 'conditioned', several hours at the testing temperature, so everything can be in favour of optimal tuning for the test.

But they can't set it up any other way, or comparisons will be less accurate.

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