New EPA Testing Reduces Gas Mileage Estimates - Yahoo! Autos

Found another incentive for losing weight:

New EPA Testing Reduces Gas Mileage Estimates - Yahoo! Autos: "Efficiency"


Scroll to the bottom of the article and you'll find this paragraph:

Remove The Excess Weight:

All that unwanted weight in your car causes your fuel economy to plummet. The EPA says an extra 100 pounds in your vehicle could reduce your miles per gallon by up to 2 percent. It may not seem like a lot, but it adds up over the long haul.

So, skinny people get better gas mileage.

Rhyon is still running a fever, Colin still sounds cruddy, Jay got home at 6am this morning, and I'd really like to go back to bed myself. Since I just put Rhyon back down, maybe I will.