If you look at European specs for the same/similar drive trains they quote mileage figures that are close to 40 MPG on the highway for a 2.0T. How can they be *that* far off... here's an idea for the EPA.

Pick three cities with varying terrain, say San Francisco, New York and Denver. Fill up the tank. Drive around in those cities until you run out of fuel. Calculate mileage. Report all three numbers.

Do the same thing with highways. Report the mileage and where it was recorded. Publish that data as it would be much easier to sort out what the mileage would be for a given driver based on his geographic area and city type than this cobbled together method.

According to the EPA numbers for my 1.8T I'm getting between 3 and 4 more MPG on the highway than what's listed for my car. And I drive fast. The city numbers on the EPA test improved w.r.t. my driving at least, but the highway numbers are way off.

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