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Old 05-29-2012, 01:08 PM   #43 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Interesting! To whom are you explaining these things??
Sometimes students or colleagues, sometimes neighbors, recently strangers at the Petersen Museum where cfg83, zonker, and I met with some Fiat 500 owners (Zonker drives a 500). I put the poster up using the open trunk or hood as an easel of sorts. A couple 500 owners took pics of my poster. As I go around more in future with the car, I expect to use the poster more. Some of your graphs are on it, actually. Basjoos. The Schlorwagen. EV1. Some lowriders (because the drop and the skirts are good for aero!). ...also my list of mods. "The template." All of which are meant mostly as discussion starters. I try to facilitate two conversations: how mods work and the conclusion that you don't have to be beholden to automakers to get better, greener, fuel economy.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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