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Old 09-15-2017, 11:50 PM   #6 (permalink)
Mustang Dave
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Which I proceeded to ventilate with an assortment of 7.62x54Rs, 9x19s, and 45 ACPs.

I keep the remains in my room, I want to hang it on the wall, but I haven't gotten around to it. I'll post a picture when I get back home.

Edit: Here it is.

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About 20 years ago at work, I was visiting an engineer's office to chat with him about something.
He had a picture of "sir Isaac" on the wall above his desk. I pointed to the picture and asked him, "Isn't he the @$$h0le who invented calculus?"
We both had a good laugh over that.
The only dealing I've had with calculus since I earned my engineering degree has been getting it scraped off my teeth.

Back on topic...
Accelerating on a freeway on-ramp with my Mustang in 3rd gear (with the accelerator pedal about 1/2" from the floor to avoid open-loop-full-throttle enrichment), I get about 8 MPG instantaneous.
I shift @ 2500 RPM.
In 4th gear under the same conditions, I get around 10 MPG.
In 5th gear under the same conditions, I get around 15 MPG.
My average over the past 3 years is over 32 MPG.
How you accelerate doesn't affect your average fuel economy nearly as much as how you drive after you accelerate.
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.

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