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Old 05-28-2010, 06:08 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Who's Benjamin F.T. Jones?
Was reading this article on Yahoo and was thinking it sounded awful familiar. then at the bottom I noticed the shameless plug :P

I hope more people read the article....I buzzed it up, hope it helps!


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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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Old 05-28-2010, 08:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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looks like a young man.

it explains a few things...
had no clue where ecomodder.com came from.
the older rougher, to the point backyard modifiers insults entire markets and a few mods here....

hypermiling has existed since the 50s...and even before then with the beetles, (3 main boxer) a 283 v8 chevy was one of them without a dufus under the hood. the ford 289 was yet another one...my mom had a 30+ mpg falcon in the 70s fuel crunch. It even survived the transfer of non-leaded fuel (with some random overheats)..

these histories I found blow right over this place like a breeze...suggesting the newest is the best...or a carburator conversation, that gpoes away quickly too... low pressure fuel system anybody? I am further understanding now...

recently on a local maine subaru forum, I learned of another co-founder who was surprisingly young. (I shamefully found out after he got killed)..
24 years old. fresh outta college...At age 37 I am more than feeling alot older sometimes.

Glad this place got going, I can't wait for the older knowledge to meet the new, and make real winners. I lurk
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Old 05-28-2010, 11:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 05-29-2010, 07:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
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wonder if he knows he's a famous internet writer :P
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Old 05-29-2010, 10:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Yeah, I'd bet he does. He writes alot of blogs and such.
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Old 05-30-2010, 05:38 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I honestly had no idea. amazing what you can find out about a person sometimes
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Old 05-30-2010, 06:21 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Ben's studying hard for his finals, unaware that he's slowly becoming a legend. Totally clueless.

So when do we start a thread titled "Who's Darin M.M.P.G. Cosgrove?"
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Old 06-01-2010, 10:02 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Hahaha, you guys are nuts.

In less than a week my thesis will be done, and I'll be free!
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Yeehaw!! So where's the party?
My thesis would already be done if I wasn't spending so much time here...


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