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Originally Posted by MLL67RSSS
As mentioned they totally redid the way the EPA does the mileage testing. The reason was BEFORE people would never get what the EPA stickers said on the windows and they just COULD NOT understand the fact that those numbers were there so you could compare different cars and know that "X" car will get a couple more MPG's than "Y" car. They took those numbers as gospel and were upset when "It said I'd get 25 MPG and I only get 23, stupid EPA what a scam!" So they now do the testing loop differently to get more "real world" numbers and are more conservative with those numbers because a lot of people were/are just stupid.
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My bonneville is rated at 27 Highway. I went from buffalo to mid MI and got gas right before i got on the road and right after I got off expressway. I got 32 we had just changed the plugs and wires....not bad for a 2004 with over 100K and 4 snow tires. I only used 13 gallons the whole trip. and with our firehawk with auto we get 24-25 easy on the highway and thats only rated at 23! I know people with 6 speed ls1s who can get damn dear 30 and they are only rated for 25