I have been in contact with several policemen lately (*) and a couple told me that I will have to pass a car inspection once I change to definitive mods. Happily my mods will be temporary ones for ever
I looked at the official web site with the different documents to be filled to ask for an inspection and couldn't find one corresponding to my car as I didn't changed the width, the height, the length (the
batman wings must be included ?
), the wheelbase, the motor (sir, this is only a
anti-thief system used only when the car is parked, sir), the transmission...
A boat tail will significantly change the length of the car and so will make the inspection mandatory. Also I doubt I would be able to securely tape the boat tail for speeds as high as 130km/h (81mph).
I'm also convinced that I would have been able to reach the 2000km (1243mi) tank if I had my kill switch 1 month sooner.
2 weeks ago I found a flat tire. As i was going to change the front ones before the end of the year, I bought 2 brand new Michelin Energy Saver (**)
These should be helpful to permit me to reach my next goals :
- stay under 3.9L/100 (over 60mpg and under Prius II's CO2 rating of 104g/km) all winter
- attempt the 2000km tank, ie 3.0L/100 (78.4mpg) as soon as possible in spring and
- attempt the 2.79L/100 (84.11mpg) that real kilo-tanker are achieving with a 45L (11.89gal) tank, ie a 2145.3km (1333.3mi) tank.
(*) one talked to me from his motorcycle for more than 5 minutes during a traffic jam. I start/stop the engine several times during the discussion to stay with the flow.
(**) while they aren't broken in, these aren't as well as the old Michelin Energy (old version of Michelin Energy Saver) I had before, but far better than the spare Michelin MXT I used during one week.
Denis.