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Old 09-21-2012, 07:11 PM   #1288 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave View Post
YKYAEI...when mowing your lawn, you contemplate how you might hypermile your lawnmower...and it's a push mower.

BTW, I didn't come up with anything.
HA! I assume you mean gas mower...

I have to hypermile my rescued-from-the-trash-battery-electric-mower (because: old battery). Mow in long passes, rather than many short passes (think: long side of the rectangle) so you waste less energy while changing directions. Also: go as fast as you can. Hypermiling a push mower = running
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