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Old 04-05-2010, 02:21 AM   #21 (permalink)
orange4boy
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Originally Posted by mechman600 View Post
You're on Bowen Island, hey? I'm in Surrey. Trying to hypermile in the lower mainland is pretty much impossible because most people are simply just a-holes when it comes to driving. I guess that's another reason for going with the ecomod angle vs. the hypermile with what you got.
So true. Everyone is in a big rush to go nowhere. One "advantage" to extreme aero mods is that people often slow down to stare/laugh/take pictures/ask questions. When hypermiling, one must endeavour to ignore the ignoramus.

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