12-25-2016, 08:56 AM
|
#2091 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,515
Thanks: 4,062
Thanked 6,959 Times in 3,603 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by vandykkd
Youve done the Tiger Woods fist pump at the gas pump after filling up
|
I actually LOL'd at that one. Great visual! Thanks for the chuckle.
|
|
|
|
 Today
|
|
|
|
Other popular topics in this forum...
|
|
|
|
|
12-25-2016, 03:52 PM
|
#2092 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,659
Thanks: 7,765
Thanked 8,575 Times in 7,061 Posts
|
Fingie — I had a Squareback with 185-60s on the back. At 45mph in 3rd, it hummed just like J. R. Cash doing the intro to I Walk The Line.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to freebeard For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
12-26-2016, 09:56 AM
|
#2093 (permalink)
|
|
Rat Racer
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Route 16
Posts: 4,150
Thanks: 1,784
Thanked 1,922 Times in 1,246 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by vandykkd
You believe theres only three necessary instuments on the dash. The fuel gage, the odometer and the vacuum gage. The rest are optional.
|
Fuel gauge? Fuel gauge? No, no, no. It's thermostat, trip mpg and odometer.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by sheepdog44
Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 09:41 PM
|
#2094 (permalink)
|
|
ScanGauge <3
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: CID
Posts: 364
Thanks: 226
Thanked 129 Times in 91 Posts
|
YMBAEMI... you're out running errands with folks, and you get antsy at a stop, just knowing that the engine is losing heat while they dawdle. 
__________________
Best tank (so far): 32 MPG
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 10:03 PM
|
#2095 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Tacoma WA
Posts: 1,399
Thanks: 743
Thanked 528 Times in 344 Posts
|
when you keep putting the truck in 6th gear, despite the fact that you are breaking in a new engine and are not supposed to lug it. "but, but, the MPG gauge is crying"!
__________________
2007 Dodge Ram 3500 SRW 4x4 with 6MT
2003 TDI Beetle
2002 TDI Beetle
currently parked - 1996 Dodge 2500 Cummins Turbodiesel
Custom cab, auto, 3.55 gears
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 10:10 PM
|
#2096 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Tacoma WA
Posts: 1,399
Thanks: 743
Thanked 528 Times in 344 Posts
|
YES YES YES!
When you are giddy at the arrival of the engine heater cord for your truck. Dodge, in infinite wisdom, installed a nice block heater in all the diesels of my model, and then made the cord a $$$$ option. Wow.
__________________
2007 Dodge Ram 3500 SRW 4x4 with 6MT
2003 TDI Beetle
2002 TDI Beetle
currently parked - 1996 Dodge 2500 Cummins Turbodiesel
Custom cab, auto, 3.55 gears
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 10:45 PM
|
#2097 (permalink)
|
|
ScanGauge <3
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: CID
Posts: 364
Thanks: 226
Thanked 129 Times in 91 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by skyking
YES YES YES!
When you are giddy at the arrival of the engine heater cord for your truck. Dodge, in infinite wisdom, installed a nice block heater in all the diesels of my model, and then made the cord a $$$$ option. Wow.
|
Straight out of the software playbook -- put everything in the build, and charge the customer to enable options a la carte. 
__________________
Best tank (so far): 32 MPG
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 11:10 PM
|
#2098 (permalink)
|
|
Wannabe hyper..., miler !
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Pagosa Springs & Phoenix
Posts: 186
Thanks: 146
Thanked 27 Times in 22 Posts
|
It's not: " you know you're an ecomodder if" anymore but...,
YOU KNOW YOU MAY BE AN ECOMODDER IF,
"BTW"...
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 11:12 PM
|
#2099 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Tacoma WA
Posts: 1,399
Thanks: 743
Thanked 528 Times in 344 Posts
|
I picked up a $10 outside lighting timer off the clearance rack at home depot. It is good for 1875 watts resistive, and is also designed to be out in the weather. One of my peeves about plugging in is how wasteful it is to leave a rig plugged in all night if you don't need it. Just figure out when to start the heat with a little trial and error.
__________________
2007 Dodge Ram 3500 SRW 4x4 with 6MT
2003 TDI Beetle
2002 TDI Beetle
currently parked - 1996 Dodge 2500 Cummins Turbodiesel
Custom cab, auto, 3.55 gears
|
|
|
|
|
12-31-2016, 12:38 PM
|
#2100 (permalink)
|
|
Volvo-driving MachYeen
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Finland
Posts: 788
Thanks: 298
Thanked 82 Times in 68 Posts
|
you accelerate and drive aggressively, but still manage to get under the official MPG
__________________
If you don't make any mistakes in your life,
life itself will be a f*ckup.
With Volvo to Valhalla and back! 
|
|
|
|
|
