nmadole Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 So yesterday I drove to work and got around 25 MPG, Today I woke up late and drove like a bat out of hell and got 29 MPG... Same Route, Nearly Identical Ambient Temp and weather.... No Idea what happened... Guess I should stop trying to hypermile and just floor it... Looks like I get MPG that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marjen Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Thats the mpg you are getting with a hybrid?? Wow, I think ford is going to be feeling the pressure on these mileage claims soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmadole Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Thats the mpg you are getting with a hybrid?? Wow, I think ford is going to be feeling the pressure on these mileage claims soon. It is about 30 Degrees outside... Hybrids dontlike cold... but I will agree it is lower than one would expect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboTi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Ford is reporting what a federal agency quoted. They are not inventing numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Ford is reporting what a federal agency quoted. They are not inventing numbers. To be fair, that's not really how it works. The EPA sets the procedure but the automakers do the bulk of the testing themselves with EPA just doing audits. The EPA only actually tests 10% to 15% of the vehicles. But Ford has been doing this a long time and they know the EPA test probably better than the EPA and they know the penalties (both internally and externally) if they're caught fudging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmadole Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 This thread is not about my actual mpg numbers its just that when I drove like an idiot I got much better mpg... One time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MineralstangGT Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 This thread is not about my actual mpg numbers its just that when I drove like an idiot I got much better mpg... One time Hey, I'm seriously thinking about getting the hybrid, so if you can drive it like an idiot and get good mileage, I'm in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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