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California98Civic · 06-10-2018, 12:18 AM

Published 13 years ago this month, this piece about Phil's (aerohead's) pickup is still a great statement:

"While most Americans are paying more than ever to fuel up their cars, one Texas man has found a way to make gasoline out of thin air - by simply modifying the shape of his half-ton pickup truck. ..."

Free Fuel Riding on the Wind : EVWORLD.COM

And of course I re-encountered it because I wanted to check in on the basjoos's aerocivic, which we have not seen on EM in a few months now: https://aerocivic.com/

06-10-2018, 12:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 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) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Free Fuel Riding on the Wind Published 13 years ago this month, this piece about Phil's (aerohead's) pickup is still a great statement: "While most Americans are paying more than ever to fuel up their cars, one Texas man has found a way to make gasoline out of thin air - by simply modifying the shape of his half-ton pickup truck. ..." Free Fuel Riding on the Wind : EVWORLD.COM And of course I re-encountered it because I wanted to check in on the basjoos's aerocivic, which we have not seen on EM in a few months now: https://aerocivic.com/ __________________ 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.