That's not really fair. I know that at least one company recently
wanted to quote a lower number for fuel economy for its hybrid car, but
because of federal regulations it had to use the window sticker
numbers. The problem with fuel economy numbers is that the test method
is not very 'real world' anymore.
That said, I did have one car that consistently did better than its
rated fuel economy. It was my '01 TDI Jetta. We almost always got 50
mpg or better on the highway.
~Paul
On Sep 14, 2004, at 7:46 AM, FRED E THOMAS wrote:
> I somewhat agree with what you say, now how about the "CEO" of that
> car company saying the car gets 45 MPG, am I to accept that as fact or
> a selling point, same can be said with 15,000 mile intervals, a whole
> lot of selling "HYPE" goes into making a car a finished product. "FT"
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