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Old 04-15-2006, 03:11 AM
BobsterMan BobsterMan is offline
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Originally Posted by Richard Wooldridge
...I do suspect that vehicles with less surplus horsepower and torque will show less of a gain, and that it would be quite possible to overdo the principle to the point that there would even be a mileage drop.
I'm reaching back to remember a magazine story on your "double nickel" in the early days... a Volvo wagon consumed more fuel in overdrive than it did in the straight ratio at 55 mph.
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