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Old 05-31-2006, 05:10 AM
ken1784 ken1784 is offline
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Default Re: How to calculate MPG

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Originally Posted by gonavy
Have you red the tutorials or looked at wikipedia or howstuffworks.com, or the Toyota website? They all explain pretty clearly why Toyota hybrids get better mpg in local driving than the highway.
Yes. I know about that.
However, CGameProgrammer wrote...
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Originally Posted by CGameProgrammer
Constant changes in speed will kill mileage. Stopping, then accelerating, then stopping, etc., is really bad for fuel economy, so that's why you get 31.5.
And, he is expecting lower mileage number coming city driving than before.
So, I'm asking him why.

Ken@Japan
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