University of Waterloo Transit & Ring Road

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I guess I'm the minority. I'm very proud of my 4.4 and 4.6 L/100 km lifetime averages on my two vehicles (310 000 and 165 000 km, respectively). I still think it could help.

It can be helpful when you can do good. But outside of golf, there are few competitions where we will reliably sign up, knowing we will fail. You need only listen to the engine of a truck to tell that its owner is up there averaging 16, even 20 L/100km. When they know the bar for success is half or almost just a third of that, frustration takes over. I'm similarly proud of efficiencies I get on my vehicles, but it's because I can drive well enough to get those efficiencies.