new epa rules

[whoaru99]

Originally Posted by elwood127

The epa 35 mpg rule has no teeth. My 25 mpg astro gets about 19 mpg. Ridiculous that 40 years ago my bug got 35 mpg. What do you guys get?

I've not actually driven my 2009 Impala on a long enough trip to hand calculate an accurate highway mileage, but the computer display typically shows 32-35 mpg with cruise on @ ~60 mph.

I did hand calculate a tank of mixed driving and came up with 24.2 average. The computer showed 24.4.

About the Bug, yeah, I see that alot. The thing people seem to forget is that all these older cars with great mileage were low horsepower. The Bug was around 50 horsepower, my Impala is rated at 211 hp. I'd reckon if we still made some 50 hp cars today the mileage would be higher.