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HYPERMILING IN A NEW CORVETTE: ?According to the Corvette?s onboard trip computer, we averaged 30.5?

By Glenn Reynolds

HYPERMILING IN A NEW CORVETTE: “According to the Corvette’s onboard trip computer, we averaged 30.5 mpg with an average speed of 52.8 mph over the 142.8 miles. But it only took 4.358 gallons to refill the Vette’s tank (using the same pump we filled up on), and works to just a bare fraction shy of 32.8 mpg. That’s 32.8 mpg from a sports car that will top out at over 180 mph. That is a parsimonious performance that likely can’t be duplicated by any other car with anywhere near the performance.” But there’s a catch: “The trip was completely undramatic, uneventful, and totally boring.”

And this lesson: “Driven hard and recklessly, even a Prius will suck down dead dinosaurs at a furious rate. Driven carefully and with precision, you will find that a Hummer H2 can return something approaching reasonable mileage.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on June 09, 2009 (boomark / email).