Any tips for a paper deliver guy?

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Welcome to EM! I keep thinking of the UPS policy of route optimization for right turns :

ABC News: UPS Figures Out the 'Right Way' to Save Money, Time and Gas

However, I don't think that matters for you because you are driving off-peak.

Since you don't have a speedo, maybe a vacuum gauge would help you :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...uide-3428.html

http://ecomodder.com/forum/7771-post59.html

Here is a vacuum gauge from the 1970's that did a similar thing to your speedometer suggestion :

MILEAGE MONITOR (vacuum gauge)
Auto Vacume gauge (vacuum gage) - Save gas and your engine

CarloSW2

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I also agree with the weight reduction.

I don't know if the aero will have as big a payoff because you are averaging very low speeds. Aero does help you 100% of the time you are moving, but the return-on-investment is much faster with freeway driving.

Do the local elections near you use coroplast in their signage? Coroplast is corrugated plastic, looks just like cardboard, but made with plastic. Lot's of hypermilers snag those for free after elections because the signs need to be taken down anyway.

CarloSW2

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I'm thinking if I manage to eventually get a scooter (or even a bike) I'm gonna rig up saddle bags on the back of it somehow so I can just reach back, grab and throw.

Or maybe get one of those things that attaches to and rides behind the bike that houses kids or something. I'm sure all my papers would fit into something like that.

I don't have hundreds of stops, it's just spread out somewhat. heh

[Promising_Confinement]

And how much (ballpark figure) would it cost to get a vacuum gauge and have it installed? I'm total **** when it comes to working on cars. I can do disc brakes and the alternator and that's about all I can do.

Hell, I have a hard time simply switching out stereos. Such is the reason I went the cheap route and just got a tape adapter. :P

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And yeah, they use those signs. They're kinda few and far between from what I've seen, but then again I don't get out much.

God, I haven't posted this much in a forum EVER in 14 years of the internet. That's why my messages are always kinda spread out. :P

Not used to forums.

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Originally Posted by Promising_Confinement

And how much (ballpark figure) would it cost to get a vacuum gauge and have it installed? I'm total **** when it comes to working on cars. I can do disc brakes and the alternator and that's about all I can do.

Hell, I have a hard time simply switching out stereos. Such is the reason I went the cheap route and just got a tape adapter. :P

I'd be terrified to work on my brakes. Do you have a favorite mechanic? Get a quote from him/her first. I was looking at a vacuum boost gauge at Kragen Auto Parts for $25 today because my cheapy $14 JC-Whitney vacuum gauge might be no good.

From what I have read (see Johnny Mullet's thread), you just need to tap into a vacuum line in your Camry.

In terms of the Vacuum Gauge, I think you would need to find a "Toyota Camry Fan" forum to find out who has done your car. It doesn't even need to be a Camry. It just needs to be a post where a person with a Toyota with the same engine has installed a vacuum gauge. Copy what they did and your good.

I'm debugging my Vacuum Gauge on saturnfans right now :

Vacuum Gauge reading 10 In.Hg - SaturnFans Forums

CarloSW2

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Disc brakes are easy, I won't touch brum brakes though. Too much of a pain in the you know what.

I've gotta hit up my mechanic pretty soon anyway. Not having a speedo is driving me insane. I'll ask him how much he'll charge to put a vacuum gauge in.

Hell, from what I read it'd help me diagnose other problems that may not be apparent. Who knows. :P But, for having (guesstimation here) over 200,000 miles on it, it's running pretty good.

[COMP]

can i ask about what to you make a hour after all your expences ??

[Promising_Confinement]

I'm not good enough at math to figure that one out. That's always been my downfall. Math. :P

I know it isn't enough, but considering how horrible I am with people this job pretty well works for me.

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Even though I've been banned from a few gas stations from idiot managers getting just a little too close with their whining.