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Piwoslaw · 12-21-2010, 04:05 AM

Oh, the Lazy Factor

But that's easier to overcome than the WAF (Wife Approval Factor)... I like the "I'm so lazy I don't want to go faster" attitude. I can see it as an excuse for engine off coasting: "My engine is so lazy it doesn't want to idle".

So, since you keep your speed down, how do other drivers react? I try to keep my speed less than 10km/h above the legal limit, which (as you know) is very slow by Polish standards, and drivers make sure I know about that

As for the engine blanket you should be cautious, since a gasser runs hotter than a diesel. Of course, when hypermiling (pulse & glide, EO(ff)C, engine braking, etc.) your efficiency rises, so engine temperatures may slightly drop. The engine blanket does keep the engine warmer after parking the car, though.

12-21-2010, 04:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Piwoslaw aero guerrilla Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 3,753 Svietlana II - '13 Peugeot 308SW e-HDI 6sp 90 day: 58.1 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,341 Thanked 752 Times in 477 Posts	Oh, the Lazy Factor But that's easier to overcome than the WAF (Wife Approval Factor)... I like the "I'm so lazy I don't want to go faster" attitude. I can see it as an excuse for engine off coasting: "My engine is so lazy it doesn't want to idle". So, since you keep your speed down, how do other drivers react? I try to keep my speed less than 10km/h above the legal limit, which (as you know) is very slow by Polish standards, and drivers make sure I know about that As for the engine blanket you should be cautious, since a gasser runs hotter than a diesel. Of course, when hypermiling (pulse & glide, EO(ff)C, engine braking, etc.) your efficiency rises, so engine temperatures may slightly drop. The engine blanket does keep the engine warmer after parking the car, though. __________________ e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be What matters is where you're going, not how fast. "... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell [Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread Last edited by Piwoslaw; 12-21-2010 at 04:22 AM..