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From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal
Subject: Re: 70 mph fuel economy
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Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 00:04:26 EDT
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In article <1306@cwruecmp.UUCP> cwruacm@cwruecmp.UUCP (CWRU Student Chapter ACM) writes:
>my '84 Honda Prelude get ~27 highway @ ~60 but close to 32 @ ~80.
>windows closed, no AC, singe passenger, alternating trials.
>
>				xoxorich.

How did you arrive at this conclusion?  No, I'm serious.  I do not mean
to insult you, nor do I desire you to flame at me for implying you
don't know what you're talking about.  I would just like to know your
experimental method for determining this.

Such a report should include how you eliminated such variables as when
the last tune-up was, the terrain over which you drove, any strong
headwinds, tire pressure, keeping acceleration and decelartion
equivalent in some reasonable fashion, or some methods for making these
and other considerations irrelevant (such as borrowing the EPA-like
test equipment from somebody).

I am NOT saying you did not do this.  However, several people I know
who have made similar statements had no good experimental data, since
they did not consider thses problems.  I would be interested to know
how you *did* take all these into account.
		Ken Arnold


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