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Now that we've been bringing back the memories, I've been thinking about some of the things I remember or have learned about my Bricky. Maybe these will be helpful next week (that's when I will start keeping an accurate log).
Here's my neurons firing:
Idling - Jeeps; especially Wranglers, will lose more gas Idling than traveling at 80MPH. I remember being on a date, and the car was on idle as we spoke. I kid you not . .. you can watch the gas gauge go to zero quickly.
<What I will start doing next week> Turning off of the engine to prevent Idling at red lights (especially those lights that I know take forever).
Soft tops are bad - Soft tops actually act like kites or drag chutes. Just think of a tent being blown around in the wind; not to mention they are loud (Loss of hearing occurs over 70 MPH).
Cruise control - the Sahara has one; i'll be using it more next week. I actually have been using this method this week.... I didn't really notice it preventing the gas hemorrhage - but I did realize there are lots of ecomodders / hypermillers out there - as they were just coasting along behind me.
side note: I hate prius drivers; I think every one of them flicks me off.
another note: I don't think I have ever seen so many Civic's on the road in my life.
I think that's what I have for now, still have parts to remove tomorrow....
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