23MPG is not "surprisingly fuel efficient"

I want to throw stuff at the TV every time a damn commercial for the Honda Pilot SUV comes on and the announcer (I'm pretty sure it's Kevin Spacey) informs us that, at 23MPG, the Pilot is "surprisingly fuel efficient."

23MPG is not "surprisingly fuel efficient." 98MPG would be surprisingly fuel efficient. 64MPG would be surprisingly fuel efficient. Even 42MPG would still -- alas in these crazy days -- be surprisingly fuel efficient.

But not 23MPG. That's like saying that Twinkies are surprisingly nutritious because you don't actually keel over dead immediately after eating one.

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