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bwilson4web

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I tried to set the start time to when he fesses up at 18:55:

In this case, there were variables noted but not tested in the video:
  • trailer tongue height and vehicle placement (15:18)
  • trailer weight - the Motor Trend trailer was ~150 lbs heavy (16:00)
The one who controls the benchmark rules, will win. Failures result in 'better' rules or silence. This is why I use the EPA benchmark data.

The rigorous EPA testing rules makes the results reproducible and trustable. Other ad hoc benchmarks are like the infamous "clean mpg" nonsense, hard to impossible to replicate.

Bob Wilson
 
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