Go Back   EcoModder Forum > Off-Topic > The Lounge
Reload this Page Rolling a car, on purpose!
Register Now
 Register Now

Now available from EcoModder: ScanGauge II fuel economy gauge. Click for details.  

Reply  Post New Thread
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 08-07-2010, 10:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
"Crush"
 
bennelson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
Posts: 3,862

Electric Cycle - '81 KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 S10
90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Prius
90 day: 71.8 mpg (US)
Thanks: 4
Thanked 276 Times in 182 Posts
Rolling a car, on purpose!
You must watch this video.

A couple of guys cross-bred a VW with a hamster-wheel.

They are crazy, but I love their attitude. This video transcends country and language.



(Support Ecomodder.com & get rid of these annoying ads!)      
 
__________________


300mpg.org Learn how to BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR CHEAP
My YouTube Videos
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-07-2010, 10:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
EcoModding Apprentice
 
tumnasgt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Wellington, NZ
Posts: 148

'98 Camry - '98 Camry 220GL
90 day: 29.75 mpg (US)

Slushy - '06 Sonata
90 day: 26.37 mpg (US)
Thanks: 76
Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts
That video sums up exactly what I imagine a smart fortwo doing if you had to slam on the brakes.
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-07-2010, 11:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
...beats walking...
 
Old Tele man's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 3,352

Vibe - '09 Vibe Base (2ZR-FE)
90 day: 32.19 mpg (US)

Goldie Locks - '011 Cruze LTZ
90 day: 29.42 mpg (US)
Thanks: 56
Thanked 330 Times in 249 Posts
...looks like something you'd associate with "redneck barrel racing"

...reminds me of a Russian-made Gremlin-VW
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2010, 12:46 AM   #4 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: 18603, USA
Posts: 699

The Crimson Crawler - '04 Elantra GLS
90 day: 36.71 mpg (US)
Thanks: 184
Thanked 47 Times in 34 Posts
I'm in. I'd do it just once, to experience it!
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-09-2010, 05:54 AM   #5 (permalink)
aero guerrilla
 
Piwoslaw's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Posts: 2,877

Svietlana - '05 307 SW
Diesel
90 day: 55.98 mpg (US)
Thanks: 668
Thanked 361 Times in 229 Posts
They see me rollin'
They hatin'


(Support Ecomodder.com & get rid of these annoying ads!)      
 
__________________
e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be

What matters is where you're going, not how fast.

"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell

Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
  Reply With Quote
Reply  Post New Thread

Tags
golf, hamster wheel, roll, rolling, volkswagon, vw golf

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Compressed Air Car 88CRX Fossil Fuel Free 42 10-08-2010 06:34 AM
I want to get to the bottom of this ethanol killing my mpg Nerys General Efficiency Discussion 172 07-20-2010 01:06 AM
start a "Fire" fly EV project Trevs Introductions 16 04-30-2010 09:00 PM
Getting Off Gas! bennelson Fossil Fuel Free 117 05-19-2009 12:36 PM
$500 and 30mpg car? possible? olderthanme EcoModding Central 6 07-15-2008 09:37 PM



Contact Us - EcoModder.com - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com