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Originally Posted by Christ
Hey, your exhaust pipe runs somewhere close to that spare tire well, does it not?
There's a way to extract some of the waste heat, probably, if you can make a way to get the exhaust to heat that spare tire well.
When I saw that pic, I thought "weight reduction"... lol. I don't even carry a spare tire anymore in most of the cars I drive. Cara still has hers because I'm lazy and it's underneath her, thus not taking up room, but still probably hurting my aero. I'm going to get a few empty 1lb propane cylinders and fill them up to 150PSI and keep them in the back where the jack goes, since I bent the crap out of the jack about a month ago.
That way, if I get a flat, I'll have some air and I'll even keep a roadside plug kit (or a can of Fix A Flat) to get me home, at least.
About the name - it's actually my name. It's not pronounced how you think it is, either. Lots of people tend to think that it's some religious reference, especially on other forums... it's not. I'm agnostic, and I respect others' religious beliefs.
The "I" isn't a long "I" sound. It's a short "I". The best way to explain it is that it's like saying Crystal without the "al" at the end.
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To the point: My exhaust pipe is to the far left side on the bottom with a chrome end showing from the rear, it is several feet away from the right side of the car where the battery sits at. I like your idea, but as I say, I'm into electronics, and I am not very good with mechanical stuff. About all I ever did was change my plugs and wires. SO it would be a high challenge for me to re-route the exhaust pipe to keep the battery warm, given the distance between them. Shucks, that's something the engineers at GM should of thought of!
I know it makes little sense, but I have not found added weight to impact my mileage very much- not yet anyway. I drove my mother down to her home town in the far east side of Kentucky (mountains are close to West Va, very curvy roads) and I had not learned the art of driving in EOC yet, but my mileage was actually as good or better than I got without the added weight of about 200 pounds of stuff we both brought with us to set up in a house that nobody had lived in for a long time. I really expected the weight to impact my MPG, but it actually was about the same as driving without all of that weight. I still do not understand how that could of happen, but it did. Either way I like to be prepared for emergencies on the road, thus one reason I have a powerful CB Radio in my little car. In these parts it is all too easy to get stranded way out in the mountains and not even see a car go by.
I understand what your saying about your handle/name. But when reading it it's more likely to be pronounced in the Biblical manner, just like "Jesus" is a name of some Hispanics yet is not pronounced the way it reads to most Americans. There are plenty of other examples too, such as a famous river in Africa that is often pronounced wrong.