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Old 09-14-2013, 08:07 AM   #146 (permalink)
racprops
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Nice, so you drive like a 90 year old man and saved some money.

I work at home so I do not drive to work, I walk into my shop. I cannot figure how much money and gas I have saved over my 30+ years doing what I do. I bet it is more than yours.

When I drive I drive as fast as I want and I keep up with traffic or a little faster. I am not a danger or problem to other drivers.

I enjoy the performance of my Car.

Why?? Why all of the above Post??

Because my current product is fading in sales and it is custom made and only I can do them. (I cannot farm them out nor hire others to make them for me.)

I wanted a new business that others could do and that I could make money teaching, and selling product. A product that I can farm out to other shops, and that I can hire workers to make and to sell and to install.

The Dutchman HAFC System held out that hope and plan.

I had a deal in place that IF they had not lied could have made me millions.

And most of that would have been by less work on my part. As a distributor.

So I am gambling big for a big payoff.

Nothing done here can say that, you cannot box up your hypermilling nor your aerodynamics improvements and sell them to Joe down the street. Joe has to fight Rush Hour Traffic, has to worry about getting to work on time. He does not have time or even the mind set to hypermill.

Sadly under such conduction I don't think any fuel saving device will be much help, but every little bit will help. Personally I feel a all electric or The Air Car is the best thing for commuting to and from work.

I am looking for a device or system that can improve MPG by at lease 30% and be sold and installed for under $1000.00.

Such a device or system then would free me to working on better and higher MPG improvements.

That such device or system then could provide for my old age and retirement.

Rich




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Originally Posted by doviatt View Post
The time and research you have done. YES. Your set up in the Ford. Yes. $20,000? wow! Yes.
I have read all of this and wondered why?

Why would you do all of this with no real results, progress, or data? I do understand complicated things take time....

Yes, we signed up the same year. 2009. I have data. I have progress. I saved money all of these years thanks to this site not spent it. I went from 25 MPG in a Honda Accord before I signed up to realizing that it wasn't capable of saving me money for my previous jobs work commute.
My solution:
My last car: Acquisition cost a whopping $450
Efficiency log for: Grey Goose (Retired) - 1989 Geo Metro LSI 4 door hatch back

Lifetime Fuel Economy: 59.4 mpg (US), 4 L/100 km, 71.3 mpg (Imp)
90-day Fuel Economy: 1 mpg (US), 235.2 L/100 km, 1.2 mpg (Imp)
3-tank Fuel Economy: 54.1 mpg (US), 4.3 L/100 km, 65 mpg (Imp)
EPA Combined Rating / % over rating: 41 mpg (US) / -97.6% (based on 90-day fuel economy)
Total fills: 107
Average cost per gal/L: $3.09 per gal (US); $0.00 per L (price data entered for 45 fill/s)
Average cost per fill: $27.78
Average distance cost: $0.05 per mi. / $0.03 per km
Total fuel used: 934.67 gal (US), 3538.1 L
Total distance traveled: 55489.8 mi. / 89302.2 km
Total cost: $1,249.96
Total fuel saved vs. EPA: 418.7 gal. (US) / 1585 L
Total saved: $1293.78 (based on avg. cost per gal./L)
Average tank distance: 518.6 mi. / 834.6 km

Data!!!! Show me any of your data! Please! What have you learned over these years? Again I'll ask. What can you teach us?

Last edited by racprops; 09-14-2013 at 01:01 PM..