Aerocivic - how to drop your Cd from 0.31 to 0.17

[alohaspirit]

hey Master Ecomodder


do you have any recent pics of that monster mpg machine?

[PaleMelanesian]

Nice choice in tires. That's the Insight-1 OEM tire, right? Specifically that size, there's none better for RR, I've heard.

[SVOboy]

Originally Posted by basjoos

One of my Sumitomo HTR H4 tires started delaminating (forming a blister) under the tread after about 70,000 miles on them, so I replaced them with Bridgestone Potenza RE92 165-60R14 on 14" rims at 65psi. Normally I can notice a distinct drop in coasting performance when going to a new set of tires, but so far these new tires are coasting as good as the well worn Sumitomos. It will be interesting to see how well they coast once they get broken in.

What rims are you using with those tires? How much were they? Good move, sir!

[basjoos]

I'm using 14" OEM rims for the 2000 Civic that I got used for $35 each.

These are the OEM tires for the Insight-I.

I don't have any recent pics of the entire car since it looks about the same as it does in its earlier pics, but I'm sure there will be a bunch of pics forthcoming once I get it up to Hybridfest.

[alohaspirit]

I think I can wait a week + change for pics of Hybridfest


hopefully not without complaining

[justinschmidt1]

Thats awesome man, but you have to get people looking at you like your crazy driving that....lol

[basjoos]

Originally Posted by justinschmidt1

Thats awesome man, but you have to get people looking at you like your crazy driving that....lol

Rubberneckers and photographers can sometimes be an annoyance out on the highway as they maneuver about trying to get different views of my car and there are the usual stream of people coming over in parking lots and filling stations to ask questions. I find kids are very fascinated by it since they don't have any preconceptions as to what a car should look like and think it looks cool.

[gascort]

Originally Posted by basjoos

I find kids are very fascinated by it since they don't have any preconceptions as to what a car should look like and think it looks cool.

Kids and old(er) people seem the best audiences. Since I put on my Kammback, I've talked about it to 3 65+ year old people who thought it was neat or interesting. One was on a Harley and he said, "Bizarre"

[Clev]

Originally Posted by basjoos

Rubberneckers and photographers can sometimes be an annoyance out on the highway as they maneuver about trying to get different views of my car and there are the usual stream of people coming over in parking lots and filling stations to ask questions. I find kids are very fascinated by it since they don't have any preconceptions as to what a car should look like and think it looks cool.

Sounds like you need to keep leaflets in the car to hand out if you're in a hurry and can't stay around to explain :-)

[basslover911]

^^ Kids are the ones that you should take care of the most! Explain them ALL that they want to know and get them hooked!

After all, their the ones that are going to change everything, might as well make a change for good and have a good impact on them! Plus, kids remember EVERYTHING.