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Originally Posted by ciderbarrel
100 MPG...1 gallon per 100 miles. Yikes.
I do not think that is possible unless it was dead of night, on the highway, with lots of turning off of the engine. Any sort of idling (lights, stop signs) is going to KILL ya. More power to you if you can do it safely.
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When I look at a gallon jug, I think it's possible. 1 Gallon is a lot of fuel. You'd think we'd already have vehicles that could do 100 miles for that whole gallon! I'm used to a long commute, been doing it since I was 10 (almost 15 years). So 100 miles also doesn't seem like that far.
One note to point out. The only way you'd be able to do 100 MPG with any fully gasoline vehicle today, is to EOC A LOT!! If you EOC 50% of the distance, the other half, you need to get 50 MPG.
The other night I actually ran out of enough battery juice to not be able to use the starter! YAY!! That means I'm doing something right!
Kind of a milestone for me!
(I only had the car sitting with the lights on for less then a minuet, so it was pretty low.)
I was with a friend, who was driving RAVadoodle, and my first thought was to grab the jumper cables. Lol. Old habits die hard. I got as far as popping the hood before remembering that I CAN bump start! DUHHH!
My little go cart (CRX) is so easy to push around and start. (WHEN I HAVE THE KEY ON!! It was a
really late night!) My point for mentioning this, was it was a reminder to me to bump start in parking lots more. Any time I can safely.
Oh I'm LOVIN' my manual!!
I'll be filling up in a couple of hours! I'm excited to see what I've been getting!