On Thursday, 28 November 2013 14:01:25 UTC, The Other Mike wrote:
On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:36:36 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave

wrote:



On Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:19:24 UTC, Adrian wrote:

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:50:35 -0800, whisky-dave wrote:







Don;t they usually 'fake' the stats by using cars without brakes or



proper clutches so they get the best figures for mpg amonst other



things







No.







I've heard they even take out all the seats except the drivers to get



the best result.







You've heard wrong.







They certainly don't test using real driving conditions such as on road



that aren't 100% straight woithout hills or dumps or stops at lights



etc...







Well, no, because that wouldn't be in any way reproducible.







http://www.dft.gov.uk/vca/fcb/the-fu...ing-scheme.asp



That's not the manufacturers way of doing it.



It is.



It was on TV last year how they get the mpg for some cars, which included removing the seats and even the brake pads.



Take the back seats out, take all the seats out, remove the doors, the 8 track

player, the parcel shelf, the nodding dog and the ash trays and it won't make

the slightest bit of difference to the MPG figures when the car remains static

for the entire test.

really what planet do you live on that has zero G ?, next thing you'll be telling me is that the number of passangers doesn't affect mpg.