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Old 07-12-2007, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Geckoboy View Post
Was he suing Toyota or the EPA folks? If he sues Toyota, he wont get anywhere since the EPA is calculated with a standard scientific method. Toyota is not saying it gets that kind of mileage, but EPA testing shows that it does. If he sues the EPA folks, well, he *may* get somewhere, but since they revised their testing procedure, he's just barking up the wrong tree.
So true (except it is a Honda). This is yet another frivolous lawsuit.

Since the EPA is revising all of the numbers for ALL vehicles (hybrids and non-hybrids), anyone who owns a car could sue the EPA for misleading mileage estimates, since they are all TOO HIGH under the current system.

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