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new EPA mileage estimates
In your daily Grist column, you say "A GM exec objected that it's not the aged testing standards that are the problem, but variations in people's driving habits, which skew how far they get on a gallon of gas. See, people? You're just driving 'em wrong."
Well, I have to agree with the GM exec. My wife and I have never averaged under the EPA ratings for all the cars we've owned. We live in an inner ring suburb of Chicago (Skokie), so we do city, suburban, and highway driving. Getting good mileage is a function of how you drive. Changing the EPA estimate sends the wrong message to people. It says that the way you drive is fine, it was the EPA's fault. Well, it's not. It is the way you drive!Russ Kohnken
On New fuel-economy tests at EPA posted 4 years ago 5 Responses