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>> ^robbersdog49:

What is it with American cars? I can routinely get 40mpg out of my VW golf without trying, and it's not a diesel. That's just normal driving around. It would help if he drove a manual.


i drove a vw golf (well a gti, but same deal in this case) for 11 years and consistently got around 22 mpg, maybe like 25-30 if it was all highway driving. this was a 1999, mk4 body style, 2.0 liter engine, automatic. so its not some "american car" thing. your car was either magical, or you're a hell of an exaggerator. or you're talking about a european version that doesn't have the restrictions on exhaust like cars sold in america.

new cars are better, some production cars are now getting rated at over 40 mpg highway without hybrid or diesel engines (hyundai sonata, and chevy cruze i believe).

and back on topic, this hyper miling stuff looks dangerous as hell. too much driving without the engine on and suddenly your power steering and power braking might go out.

I really can't take anything seriously if it has a ridiculous name like "hypermilling".

>> ^calvados:
>> ^harry:
It's a new way to save fuel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling
so who's drafting of who?

>> ^harry:
It's a new way to save fuel.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling

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Baloney. This kind of bull only makes sense to conspiracy theorists and people with lobotomies. There is no such thing as a magical mixture of air and fuel that will miraculously give cars 300MPG efficiency. Nor is it possible to give cars 100MPG, 50MPG, or anything else. The levels they are talking about are only possible under test conditions that cannot be duplicated in actual use. Sure, if you were on a 5 mile straightaway track with no wind, a perfect temperature, no traffic, no need to brake, a fixed MPH, and all the time in the world to accelerate REALLY slowly, coast when you want, no passengers, no air conditioning, and a dozen other favorable conditions... SURE you could probably achieve 75MPG or maybe even 100 under those conditions. Know what? You could probably get 75 to 100 MPG out of your CURRENT car under that kind of artificial circumstance (BTW that is called "Hypermiling"). But take that OPEL P-1 and put a family of 4 in it, a full load of groceries, in the middle of summer with air conditioning, on a windy day, in the middle of stop-and-go traffic and I bet it couldn't get 20 MPG. Wake up. There is no conspiracy. Auto companies aren't trying to 'bury' technology. The simple fact is that the technology does NOT exist on this planet in this dimension that will allow super-efficient MPG under REAL LIFE driving conditions. DUH!

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