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Is it worth it??

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Jun 9th, 2021, 17:09

Tannaton

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Originally Posted by andrewc1267

I have a 1999 v70R it is very uneconomical it's not standard to give you an idea I also drive Merc E63 AMG 6.2 V8 and I think it's better on fuel than the V70R someone might have a standard one on here maybe there a lot better standard

When driven around town and at light throttle, a highly tuned, large capacity normally aspirated engine is likely to be more efficient than a very low compression, smaller engine optimised for forced induction that isn't blowing...

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