Yet another fuel economy thread, but hopefully more entertaining

[feloniousmonk]

Somewhat OT as there is no Versa content, but given the ever-present discussions regarding fuel economy I thought this is worthwhile sharing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3jLLrmpKs

Most relevant part starts at 5:46 into the video. Entertaining demonstration regarding fuel economy and how the car is driven.

[superskunk]

are you coming to the socal versa meet this saturday in grifith park?

[feloniousmonk]

I'll be working.

Never ever go into advertising if you want a life.

[matttail]

That's a cool video. Of course it's not quite accurate, or lacks all the detaills but it's still cool. I wonder how the versa would compare - probably do really good gas mileage there in 6th gear.

[feloniousmonk]

No it's not scientific. If you are familiar with the Top Gear series, it's more entertainment than anything. Still, the general conclusion they arrived at is pretty fair. It's not what you have but how you drive it. An under-powered car trying to keep a constant high rate of speed isn't going to be efficient at doing what it was never designed to do. If they had done a stop-and-go gridlock traffic test, the prius would've come out ahead of the M3.