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5000 mile trip ahead for my S70!

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Re: 5000 mile trip ahead for my S70!

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I'm not saying mustang is making anything up! I just suspect there is some sort of consistent error in calculating these numbers. Accurate MPG numbers are surprisingly difficult to get. When it is between what someone tells me and physics I gotta go with the physics until I see the data.
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Q2 - Totaled in 2022. Not my fault.
2011 XC60 - sold
2000 V70XC - given to a friend, wish I still had it.
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Post by IVIUSTANG »

instarx wrote:I'm not saying mustang is making anything up! I just suspect he is making some sort of consistent error in calculating these numbers. Accurate MPG numbers are surprisingly difficult to get. When it comes down to what someone tells me and physics I gotta go with the physics until I see the data.
:lol: Maybe I should mention that a month ago I was going head on into a 50 MPH wind in Minnesota and got less than 18 MPG, I suggest only telling the good stories would make me seem like I have an agenda or a just out of my mind on the figures. I promise I will document any anamolies that I post in the future!

- Jesse
1998 S70 T5 SE 290,000 KM sideswiped total loss(Sweet ride!)
2007 S60 2.5T loaded 63,000 KM SOLD!
2006 XC70 350,000 KM, 2" BadSwede lift kit, steel skidplate, Hilton Stage 1 tune, big burly tires :D
2008 S80 V8 245,000 KM SOLD!
2015 V60 T5 Premier+ 98,000KM
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