[onlineslotetes]

I don't think that any manufactures are going to like this. They work so hard to get their EPA up, and now they are just dropping like mad again.

Seems just as bad as before. In some cases it is dead on for average, and in some cases it is WAY off just like before.
http://fueleconomy.gov/feg/ratings2008.shtml

Half of the cars in my family are accurate, and the other half aren't. It seems like they just swapped roles with the change. Like for my truck, the old way was much closer with my overall economy, and now the new way, even the HWY estimate is way too low. Its funny because even in the cold I get the same economy, and if I drive like a mad man or run A/C, my economy is still higher than the new EPA HWY estimate. Plus in all my experiences, A/C doesn't have a noticeable change, and driving like a bat out of hell does like 1mpg difference, maybe two.
Mythbusters got almost a 1mpg difference running A/C with a whole tank compared to not running A/C at all on a whole tank.

Seems like on average it has dropped two points. So like if the old EPA MPG was 18/25 with an average of 21, it has now dropped to 16/23 with an average of 19.


Stupid EPA, they should just test drive each individual car. Like sit there with caranddriver when they are testing them or something. Get a hands on experiance and report extremely accurate readings you damn lazy f***s.