[Fat Charlie]

I'd stopped posting there for a while. My refill documentation was getting yout of hand- jot mileage on the pump receipt, take pic that included odometer and mpg display, reset "Trip A" on the car, reset everything on the UG, then update fuel log here and post pic and numbers at LGT with a response to the previous week's snark. Then come back here and giggle.

I went back a couple days ago and reported that I'd had a string of tanks over 500 miles, with my best distance and mpg. The abuse immediately started up again, but there was a different tone. The first was funny- my best mpg was 34.77 and he came up with "i bet you're getting passed by hondas and toyotas that are getting 34.78mpgs." After that and a knee jerk nothing line, people started asking questions about tire pressureand techniques. They were discussing their own mileage amongst themselves.

A discussion of how much money I could possibly be saving vs. how much fun I was missing sprang up. Someone questioned what hardware mods I'd done beyond the tires (because only can mods=capability). I came back after a day with some responses, including a short manifesto defending the idea of owning a performance oriented car and still wanting to save fuel. I got asked again about the math on my tire size, mpg and money savings. One guy asked for "advice for people who ocassionally want good mpgs? Within reason and safety of course."

There was an actual discussion about it! These guys had put a lot of thought into their driving. They pay attention to what they're doing and were interested in hearing about a different approach to it. All of a sudden I wasn't a kook, I was just another LGT owner who likes to drive and had some information for them about all the fun he's been having driving. Not too bad, considering the thread's been going since May.