Forum: The Lounge
08-28-2014, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,755
(1) On a single lane road CA law requires you...
(1) On a single lane road CA law requires you pullover if you have 5 or more cars behind you, unless you are doing the speed limit. (2) It also requires you use the left lane for passing only. (3) ...
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Forum: EcoModding Central
08-28-2014, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,764
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Forum: EcoModding Central
08-23-2014, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,764
I doubt heat was the reason..... more likely...
I doubt heat was the reason..... more likely dealer dishonesty. On my Honda Insight the dealer said the rotors were warped & yet I barely use the brakes (it has an electric motor to slow the car). I...
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Forum: EcoModding Central
08-17-2014, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,764
Hypermiling tech that damages car parts
There are some techniques I think are a bad idea:
- forced autostop because it wears-out the ignition switch
- to neutral & then back in gear, because it wears-out the clutch faster
- "death...
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Forum: General Efficiency Discussion
03-23-2014, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 7,520
Greenest / Cleanest cars (life analysis)
Every year (since the mid-1990s) greenercars.org publishes the cleanest cars based on a factory-to-junkyard analysis. I went through the list and picked-out some of the more-interesting cars. The...
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