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Originally Posted by stevehnm
There are many other similar stories of low mpg - your personal attacks notwithstanding. Why do you feel you have to attack those who wonder about that?
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I haven't read a personal attack from Zeeper directed at you in this thread at all (ok, i forgot the moron comment...but this is a car forum, you've gotta grow some skin!). He has been arguing that your assertions don't have a leg to stand on, and I think he is right for the most part.
With that said, I actually agree with you that this car is overall not living upto the MPG ratings on the sticker - but it isn't the first car to do so, and it won't be the last. There is only 1 reason this car is skewing to bad mpg - after 10000 miles, it is clearly the cold starts that kill it. MPGs will drop 2-3 ticks for me within a mile of our house, and it takes my entire commute (22 miles, all flat highway, little traffic) to make up that initial mpg loss in the first mile.