Mileage lawsuit

Proac · Post by **Proac** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:03 pm

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Compani ... ai-at-home I wonder if it will happen over here

Stevethegreatgolfer · Post by **Stevethegreatgolfer** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:15 am

Isn't the biggest problem that official govt figures seem to be unobtainable and therefore the issue is with the appropriateness or relevance of the tests.

Professorib · Post by **Professorib** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:58 pm

One for the "Negative Boring Comments" thread?

Spinal · Post by **Spinal** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:33 pm

Interesting - thanks for posting.To the best of my knowledge, we don't have an equivalent of a class action lawsuit in the UK... which means that the likelihood of getting (any) fairness to MPG figures is minimal. What I found interesting was that looking at MPG figures a while back, most manufacturers will test in ideal conditions, and will disable some equiment to make the car be more efficient. Things like the alternator are disconnected altogether to reduce load in some cases... not exactly realistic! M.

Stevethegreatgolfer · Post by **Stevethegreatgolfer** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:50 pm

I don't think it is "negative" or "boring". How many Forum members bought without any consideration of MPG?

Deleted User 759 · Post by **Deleted User 759** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:27 pm

I dunno, the modern day alternators are intelligent in that during acceleration they are switched off. During cruising and de-acceleration they are switched back on. This tech is found in the DIG-S Micra, as well as the QQ

Proac · Post by **Proac** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:56 pm

Thanks for all your positive and negative comments on a subject close to our wallets

supergrover · Post by **supergrover** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:16 pm

Fuel economy was the most important thing for me. Having had the car 2 days, I'm pleasantly surprised to find I can get pretty close to the quoted figures - my dual carriageway, motorway and A road commute today saw 74.3mpg there, and 72.6mpg back. Mind you, I do drive sedately!

The manufacturer fuel consumption tests are very scientific, if a tad unrealistic, mainly because they are conducted on a rolling road, so aerodynamic drag and hills don't come into the equation.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Euro ... 2014-07-21 20:22:10

Spinal · Post by **Spinal** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:42 am

As it was for me - and the main reason of not going for the 4x4...So while I don't have my car yet, I'm really glad to see people getting near the quoted figures on their cars!What I found interesting is that looking online, some manufacturers had different figures for the US and Europe. Furthermore, (even taking US and UK gallons into account) the US figures seemed to be less than the UK ones.Now, whether that's a result of poorer fuel quality (large parts of the states run on 85 ron fuel), or due to the lawsuits is pure speculation...Interesting to note nonetheless I found...M.

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