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My Mean Green Toaster Machine saved my toast Friday, in a way that an older car probably wouldn't have. I was driving to our Bay Area Ecomodder meet on a wet road, and a car pulled out from my left at an intersection, so I was behind him. Except the fool didn't keep going. He made an illegal u-turn and started back the way he'd come from, and was now blocking both lanes of the road.
I slammed on the brakes, locking the tires on the wet pavement, and came shuddering to a stop, missing the idiot by less than 6 inches. It was during the shuddering stop that I realized my car has antilock brakes. Try that with your 20 year old econobox.
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Darrell
Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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