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Old 05-06-2012, 07:28 PM   #19 (permalink)
JacobAziza
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Oakland, CA
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Big Orange Work Truck - '83 Ford F-250
90 day: 27.54 mpg (US)

Jessica's - '04 Toyota Matrix
90 day: 41.21 mpg (US)

Ninjette - '01 Kawasaki Ninja EX250R
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Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave View Post
Thanks Jacob, but to be fair, your truck is 24 years older than mine. At least a few of those mpg's I'm ahead of you have to be attributable to common rail fuel injection, variable geometry turbocharging, etc. That being said, I envy that weather you have out in CA. Sometimes I think of you on those days when I leave my house and it's 15 F outside...
And overdrive. That's what I really want.

None-the-less, it is still inspiration and motivation, which I appreciate
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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