Makes sense and no I do not read Motor Trend, not enough porn in it for
me...
But I believe they hype hybrid numbers to increase sales....
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Michael
Maskalans
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 5:03 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Hybrids aren't all they're cracked up to be
On Thu, 13 May 2004, andy levy wrote:
> The EPA uses emissions to take a wild
> guess at the your vehicle's estimated fuel mileage, but in reality,
> you'll more likely only get 75 to 87 percent of that number.
the EPA's milage estimates have nothing to do with emissions.
They have a road course that the test vehicles on, but their testing
practices are based on "average" driving of 30 years ago. They add some
fudge factor from the numbers they get to bring things closer to reality
(like +12% for city and +15% for road or something along those lines) but
they still end up way too high.
If you read Motor Trend, you'd know this. 35 seconds on Google found me
the right article, one comparing the 4 real hybrids so far (prius, old
insight, new insigt and civic) <http://tinyurl.com/2s2fe>
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