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Old 11-15-2009, 09:13 PM   #64 (permalink)
JacobAziza
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Location: Oakland, CA
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Big Orange Work Truck - '83 Ford F-250
90 day: 27.54 mpg (US)

Jessica's - '04 Toyota Matrix
90 day: 41.21 mpg (US)

Ninjette - '01 Kawasaki Ninja EX250R
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You guys are so funny

lol
yeah, seriously, I'm finding this more funny than offensive.
like someone pointed out before, I don't really care about proving anything to a bunch of strangers on the inter-webs. I'm just here to share and collect information and help reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Besides, you raise a totally valid point about the accuracy of odos
I know my motorcycle speedo runs about 7% high from the factory.
I kept track of odo readings throughout my 3 jobs today, but have yet to cross reference them against google maps.

I only spent a few hundred on all of my mods (majority of that was electrical upgrades - LED lighting all around, 120v battery charger and 2 deepcycles - to compensate for removing the alternator)
Because I put so many miles on the truck (it provides my primary source of income) and because the 100% biodiesel I run it on is expensive, I should save roughly $1000 a year on fuel bills.

-EDIT- I took a couple wrong turns so its hard to have a 100% accurate comparison, but it looks like the odo is just about spot on with google. GPS is supposed to show up in 2 days...
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?

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