I am re-testing vehicles using a city-heavy circuits, to get a better handle on what you might expect. If you’re doing mostly highway driving, you could expect the number reported. If not, they would very likely be somewhat lower.

-Rick

Also, the right sidebar, you should either make the block have a gray background or turn that block into a white background. I personally think you should go with white and drop the vertical line. The line looks good for separation but people’s eyes will stop at that line (no joke) and your click thru rate on that ad will be lower with the line there (i’ve tested it).

We lost electronics to the Asians, we lost engineering jobs to … Asians, ooops, yes we did get back some manufacturing tips during the Chrysler Lee Iocca fiasco days, remember the K-cars. Pure trash.

My point? Good article that should end up pointing to American can-do!

Positive attitude combined with get off the couch and quit complaining about bad gooberment (really? mispelled?)

After all, We did elect Obama, which gives us a fifty fifty chance of having a voice. Watch the quivering re-elections as they roll around … people may actually get to see the full weight of their votes in the near future!

Sell it at the normed out level of a comparable gas powered auto - $23k will be the magic mark, lose a few peso’s to build a loyal clientel.

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There’s not doubt that lowering speeds will reduce fuel consumption. While not suggesting one reduce their speed in high rate traffic flow, you can achieve much the same results even at 65mph which is what this test was run at much of the time on I-10. Not holding up traffic by being a hazard.

Tip 2 is very practical but extremely hard to get past a mindset that is our “go-go” society. Much of the instructors understand this very well with a racing background that promotes such things without the term Eco applied to it. Changing tire direction increases tire friction, hard stops are not gas consumers but the longer application before braking burns fuel wastefully, and rapid acceleration applies more fuel than is necessary to move the vehicle. Fuel limits, rolling resistance, and wear/tear are an underlying art in Motor Racing too, most people just don’t equate this as part of racing. Next time your favorite driver is thinking of squeaking one more lap from the tank before his pit stop…let me tell you; there are a lot of Eco tips being used there.

Lastly, the format is as much mental it is physical. Sure I can tell you these things but putting them to use will be harder to do than you think unless you wrap your mind around it. My personal gains if 10-15% in a Titan truck are proof enough to support what I teach.