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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848
Pimpernell's fuel economy is better than mine, for what reason I do not know. My average in mostly city driving (3 years, 25,000 miles) is 26.9 MPG with a high of about 32 MPG.
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I chalk up wild claims well above EPA rating standards to a fluke fill-up. If the person claiming consistent mpg above the manufacturer's/EPA ratings would start driving every tank 'til dry, they would learn the reality of their miscalculations.
In other words, there's no way to even hit the EPA figure published on the car's manufacturer's window sticker when new.
Claiming a '96 gets 37 mpg @ 70 mph, when the EPA's testing is done on a roller-wheeled treadmill with NO headwind @ 50 mph, reflects -5.2% less mpg, should wake them up to the facts...
I have calculated each and every tank fill since new on my car. 11.5 years now. My '99 has never returned the wild numbers that some claim, much less the EPA Highway rating figure.