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Old 08-10-2006, 09:12 PM
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I think they installed a ScanGage to get readings over 99.9mpg...

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Old 08-11-2006, 08:59 PM
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They used a supermid to get the readings. Just because a car maxes out the FCD doesn't mean thats what its mileage is. For instance on an ideal course built to exploit the advantages of a hybrid car Wayne Gerdes maxed out the insite gauge at 150mpg. It was later reveiled that someone noticed when switched to l/100km it read 1.3 or something. This is about 180mpg or so. So don't think what a gauge reads is what your actual fuel economy is. The gauges can be maxed out.

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