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Old 08-13-2010, 12:02 AM   #71 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
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Originally Posted by mcrews View Post
Considering it's a car, and she rarely has deviated from her normal driving style

Shadetree,
I love that sentence........It says SOOOOOOOOOO much with so few words........
It is difficult to get her to change her habits. And I said it was a car in that it can't haul loads like a truck can.

Even though she has the Scanguage for every mile she has driven past couple months, there is little change in average mpgs.

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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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