Did someone say they had a ford fusion? We bought one a few months ago and regularly get 40mpg with it. Hubby got 47 the other day. That was calculated on fill up, not the car's computer.
And it's very comfortable and has all kinds of glorious electronic goodies!!
Patti
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On Jun 21, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com> wrote:
>> Like Pete suggested, smaller cars in NZ overall, maybe? Also I wonder if you have less 'gunk' in your gasoline than we have mandated for ours? Do you have ethanol added to your gas? I wonder what the general low end octane rating is of NZ gas. Ours is 87 except in certain states at high altitude where it is only 85 octane.
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> The energy content, and hence mpg, of pure gasoline (no ethanol added) is the same for all octane ratings. The higher octanes are designed, and only needed, to prevent "knock", or pre-ignition.
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> E10 (10% ethanol, 90% gasoline) has about 3-4% less energy per gallon, and will slightly lower your mpg.
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