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Promising_Confinement · 07-03-2008, 10:02 AM

I typically have ..... probably a little 150 papers, and almost half that gets dumped within the first 20 minutes. I average a speed of about 23 to 25mph, and there are some areas that have a speed limit of 55, but I usually go down these roads at 4 or 5 in the morning, so there's hardly any cars. Hell, I just (well, according to the GPS thing that I'm going to assume is a little inaccurate. Garmin 360) go about 40 to 45mph all the way down that road.

I've been looking around for a scooter that wouldn't break the friggin bank, but I think I'm gonna have to actually break down and save about a grand or two beforehand.

I've been trying to drive my automatic as close to a manual as I can though, and that seems to help a little bit. Pretty much whenever my foot isn't on the gas I move up to Neutral .... staying in neutral on some roads until I get to about 15 to 20mph before I give it a little more gas to keep going until I either get to my turn or stop.

Since my speedo/odo/cruise doesn't work, I can only go by how much gas I use, and I've cut it down from a little over a full quarter of a tank to a little less than a quarter of a tank. heh

I'm thinking of trying some of these aerodynamic things on the site (covering up the back wheels like on an older Prius or Insight or whatever). Maybe paint some plexiglass maroon and somehow seal it to the car without anything 100% permanent.

07-03-2008, 10:02 AM	#18 (permalink)
Promising_Confinement EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Herrin, Illinois Posts: 18 1997 Honda Civic LX - '97 Honda Civic LX 90 day: 32.61 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I typically have ..... probably a little 150 papers, and almost half that gets dumped within the first 20 minutes. I average a speed of about 23 to 25mph, and there are some areas that have a speed limit of 55, but I usually go down these roads at 4 or 5 in the morning, so there's hardly any cars. Hell, I just (well, according to the GPS thing that I'm going to assume is a little inaccurate. Garmin 360) go about 40 to 45mph all the way down that road. I've been looking around for a scooter that wouldn't break the friggin bank, but I think I'm gonna have to actually break down and save about a grand or two beforehand. I've been trying to drive my automatic as close to a manual as I can though, and that seems to help a little bit. Pretty much whenever my foot isn't on the gas I move up to Neutral .... staying in neutral on some roads until I get to about 15 to 20mph before I give it a little more gas to keep going until I either get to my turn or stop. Since my speedo/odo/cruise doesn't work, I can only go by how much gas I use, and I've cut it down from a little over a full quarter of a tank to a little less than a quarter of a tank. heh I'm thinking of trying some of these aerodynamic things on the site (covering up the back wheels like on an older Prius or Insight or whatever). Maybe paint some plexiglass maroon and somehow seal it to the car without anything 100% permanent.