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Re: quattro vs. FWD fuel numbers

To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Re: quattro vs. FWD fuel numbers
From: frankbauer@thevine.net
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 16:05:46 -0800
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net


> If the premise of a Quattro getting slightly better mileage is true, then
> why does the A4 1.8T 5sp display 31mpg highway as opposed to the A4 1.8T
> 5sp Quattro displaying a highway sticker of 29mpg??

i'll bet the epa cycle is run with an engine on a test stand, not on a
rolling dyno or a real road where tires come into the equation...
frank

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