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Old 11-14-2008, 12:28 AM   #5 (permalink)
bennelson
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 Chevy S10
90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
90 day: 78.16 mpg (US)
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Went for a ride in the rain tonight.

I was out of cream for my coffee. (No, not for tonight, tomorrow...)

I knew I could be terribly disappointed tomorrow morning when I didn't have any cream. Yep. me a non-morning person/coffee addict.

It wasn't too late and I didn't feel nearly as bad running an errand like that to the grocery store, in an electric car.

My wife actually ENCOURAGED me to go to the store in the car. (Must have wanted to get rid of me...)

It was cold and rainy. Remind me to get new wiper blades. The ones on the Electro-Metro are not very good.

Surprisingly, the car's performance was especially good tonight! I think the temperature and modifications I have been doing lately, etc, have gotten the throttle potentiometer to a better spot. The acceleration was really good.

Also, there was very little traffic tonight. That was great. I got to drive 25-30 mph the whole way!

I'm really starting to like this car!

Been pretty excited too about how popular the Instructables on the car has been. About 6000 views last time I checked!
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