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Don't worry if you're not getting anywhere close to official figures.
Apparently;
Regulations allow array of tricks to distance test centres from real life
Car firms can tape up doors, disconnect alternator and drive DOWNHILL
They keep temperature at fuel-efficient - and decidedly un-British - 29C
It comes after research showed cars have 18% lower MPG than advertised
Brussels pressure group accuses firms of 'manipulating' the EU rules
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2794886/the-great-miles-gallon-car-firms-cost-hundreds-year-using-crafty-tricks-bump-fuel-economy-figures.html
Apparently;
Regulations allow array of tricks to distance test centres from real life
Car firms can tape up doors, disconnect alternator and drive DOWNHILL
They keep temperature at fuel-efficient - and decidedly un-British - 29C
It comes after research showed cars have 18% lower MPG than advertised
Brussels pressure group accuses firms of 'manipulating' the EU rules
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2794886/the-great-miles-gallon-car-firms-cost-hundreds-year-using-crafty-tricks-bump-fuel-economy-figures.html