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Originally Posted by xcel
Hi Lakedude:
___Did you receive 52% better then combined (44.3 mpg vs. 29 mpg) in an ~ 50% City/Highway drive or even if compared to straight highway (44.3 mpg vs. 34 mpg and this was not a pure highway test drive), 30% better then EPA estimates on your first tank in your HCH?
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You know that I did not. 52% is huge! You are the man.
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After all, without my game gauge experience in the MDX or your own in the Vette(s), do you really think we could jump behind the wheel of an AH and hit hypermiler like averages just by driving like we used too?
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No, your point is well taken. Now that I think about it I've had one of those gauges since '96, they really do help a lot. One of the first things I learned was that in the Vettes the higher the gear the better, even going up most hills. I had alway downshifted before. The HCH is different, it does not have the power to blast up every hill in top gear so downshifting is sometimes required.