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Replying to: circlew (Sep 13, 2008 8:16 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Sep 13, 2008 11:29 am) Got 29 round trip doing hypermiling on a trip to Penneylvania last month with 3 passengers. You? Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Sep 13, 2008 11:38 am)
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Sep 13, 2008 11:51 am) Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Sep 13, 2008 12:05 pm)
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Replying to: circlew (Sep 13, 2008 11:38 am) So what was the 22 that you posted before, a typo or are you just incompetent. |
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Sep 13, 2008 12:14 pm) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: sls002 (Sep 13, 2008 12:42 pm)  Regards, OW
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2008 BMW 3-series Elevating the benchmark. Last year this bread-and-butter family of Bimmers scored its 16th-straight 10Best trophy, a record unmatched in the history of this event. And en route to its 17th-straight appearance, the 3-series added a new model, BMW’s first-ever hardtop convertible, and took top honors in two comparison tests: “Winds of Change?” [April 2007] and “40-Somethings” [June 2007]. The formula for these cars seems disarmingly simple: Ample power from a pair of ultra-smooth straight-six engines, one of them force-fed to the tune of 300 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque; suspension tuning that confidently combines supple ride quality with autocross responses; classic coupe and sedan proportions that have evolved gracefully since the 325i made its first 10Best appearance in 1992; supportive seats that could serve a trans-Nebraska cruise on I-80 or a BMW-club track day. Simple, right? But in 17 years, no other carmaker has quite managed to package these attributes as successfully as BMW, although many have tried. Which is precisely why the 3-series continues to be the perennial benchmark of the entry luxury-sports-coupe, -sedan, -convertible class. Regards, OW |
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I checked the EPA ratings for the 4-cyl/6-speed auto Malibu/Aura/G6 for 2009. It's rated at 22/33. The 2008 Malibu with that setup is rated at 22/32. A small difference I know, but it does have me curious. Did GM actually do something to the cars to make the slight highway improvement, or did the EPA just round off differently? Or heck, could be that the car wasn't changed for 2009, but the EPA just happened to re-test and get a slightly better figure. Using the old EPA figures (I still can't get used to these newer, downrated numbers, even if they are supposedly more realistic), I'd imagine that would have been something like 25/36...pretty impressive IMO for a midsized car. Especially if you look back a few years and see how far they've come. A 1999 Malibu, with the 4 cyl/automatic (only a 4-speed) was rated at 19/28 (new ratings) or 22/30 (original window sticker) |
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