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Originally Posted by Gridlock
Yes, but any system that isn't straight forward can be rigged by marketers.
And most people don't want to sit in a dealership and do linear regression to get a simple answer to a simple question.
For most people, they want a car that is comfortable and a color they like.
"Is this fuel efficient?"
"Yes"
"Sold!"
Hell, I wouldn't sit there and automatically know that you can't directly compare the 2 MPG ratings.
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i don't really think ppl need to do any kind of real analysis when it comes to cars.
what do average 200hp cars get these days, 35mpg? something like that -to me i'd just think, ok is this 200hp car i'm buying 35mpg or +/- a couple, we're good to go - if it's 25 mpg, why? i think mpg is more of a relative thing to what you're expecting as opposed to actually sitting there and calculating the dollars and cents of fuel consumption.
the reason i like mpg is that england uses MPG (i'm from there) - US uses mpg (although they use US gallons, but that's a minor adjustment, 35mpg UK = about 30mpg US or so), but canada uses l/100km... i can't compare apples to apples here. so i know that 8l/100km is about 35 mpg or around that. it's all about relative markers.
this is all moot anyway, as we never really get the advertised economy anyways