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Originally Posted by Pravus Prime
Looking at a single column doesn't tell the whole story. 24 City, 40 Highway MPG? That's a pretty big difference, and that's for cars traveling at 60 miles per hour for the highway as well. As mentioned, it was unlikely that most drivers saw the EPA numbers anyway, let alone maintain an average greater than the old EPA Highway MPG estimate for tank after tank. I'm not saying that it's impossible, after all, I've managed to do that with the FEH, but for all but a very select minority, yes, it probably was "impossible".
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I think that numbers that EPA came up with for the TCH are somehow flawed. I personnaly know three owners who routinely exceed the EPA numbers, and although one of the other ones and myself drive for mileage, I do not think the other two do. I am also certain that if you drive it for power, you will NOT get the EPA numbers, but I am convinced that even a nominal effort at economy will achieve them. After all, I live in a northern state with cooler climes, I use snow tires in the winter, my commute has foothills if indeed not mountains (about 1200 feet between home and work) and half of it is light city driving at 40-45 miles per hour (which is not the best case for the TCH). It is true that my FE will never catch Nash or some of the other southern drivers, but EPA, Bah -- no problem.