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Old 01-01-2014, 10:56 PM   #17 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
Team Honda
90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US)
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P&W similar to P&G?

To avoid on/off cycles of gas heater, use the thermostat to "pulse" to a temp higher than desired and then turn t-stat down to a temp much lower than desired. The goal would be average temps similar to the ideal temp you would have selected. Maybe it works? Maybe it wastes? But you would certainly spend more time fiddling with the thermostat!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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