09-23-2012, 07:01 PM
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I have a small magnetic sign on the back of my car stating that I'm checking out my mpg progress daily.
I realize that overall I'm happy to live in a more green approach tolerant area than most in the USA, but I feel I get less abuse (faster, kinder freeway passed from behind) particularly in any situation where I'm minimizing traffic accordian effects.
Lately, when departing from after a red light, I will actually see the vehicle behind me
chill out, and mimic my pace, and fall even further back sometimes setting up for the next red light heavy braking avoidance even better than myself.
I find that quite encouraging!!!
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06 Chev MonteC JG#24tribute car 30mpg 00 Honda Insight 63MPG 98 Buick Park Ave3.8 33MPG 89 Toyota Corolla wag 53MPG so far 81 VW Rabbit diesel pu 50MPG+ 80 Mercedes 240D stick 30-ish 90 vette 6-speed,29ish 07 Honda ST1300 55MPG 83 Honda 650 GL 64MPG 19 Suzuki dr200 88MPG23 HondaGrom?+Tow K10D Sub 26mpg NEVER,NEVER GIVE UP!
PUMP THOSE TIRES UP!
DRIVE IN YOUR SOCKS FOR SENSITIVITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLOW DOWN AND SMOOTH UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ![[SIGPIC]](https://ecomodder.com/forum/avatars/larrybuck.gif?type=sigpic&dateline=1329099184)
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09-23-2012, 09:01 PM
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you see to sports cars hugging the tail, wait to pass then floor it past. then on come the tinted break lights and they get on my nose. out of the sun roof comes a guy with a big camera and shoots a string. then off they speed only to miss their turn and do a u turn and have to wait for me to clear the intersection before they can turn 
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09-28-2012, 05:49 PM
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My login still works, and its Friday.
And the images thread is still going - very very cool. 
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09-29-2012, 01:24 AM
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is where you're going, not how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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09-29-2012, 11:01 AM
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Thanks, I hope to be less - Arragomatic than before, but the pause has been unpaused 
Now to catch up on people's project threads, and get my fuel log up to date. I may be quiet for a while
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09-29-2012, 01:32 PM
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Ooh - hit hypermiler status with new fuel log updates which is good. I suspect this will dive very soon though, and I must have made a mistake.
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09-30-2012, 03:22 PM
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Second smile to the above - the fuel log takes in Imperial gallons - now to work out where I went wrong...
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09-30-2012, 04:12 PM
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Yesterday's smile: finally received my Wolverine oil pan heater today, some delay not caused by Wolverine.
Today's smile: 2,3 kWh of electricity produced by my recently installed solar panels!  |
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10-01-2012, 11:35 PM
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Finding a bill on credit card for THEIR automatic 2 year subscription of a magazine that I no longer want; and having the credit card rep. call the magazine agent himself, and confirm separation of ways in a professional manner!
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06 Chev MonteC JG#24tribute car 30mpg 00 Honda Insight 63MPG 98 Buick Park Ave3.8 33MPG 89 Toyota Corolla wag 53MPG so far 81 VW Rabbit diesel pu 50MPG+ 80 Mercedes 240D stick 30-ish 90 vette 6-speed,29ish 07 Honda ST1300 55MPG 83 Honda 650 GL 64MPG 19 Suzuki dr200 88MPG23 HondaGrom?+Tow K10D Sub 26mpg NEVER,NEVER GIVE UP!
PUMP THOSE TIRES UP!
DRIVE IN YOUR SOCKS FOR SENSITIVITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLOW DOWN AND SMOOTH UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10-02-2012, 10:02 PM
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Yesterday on my way home from work, I watched an aggressive driver in a Chevy pick-up perform a "spare tire delete" at 35 MPH(!) In front of me! His rear bumper "pole-vaulted" over the spare tire. I was able to avoid the obstacles without using my brakes. (I may be an ecomodder.)
His spare tire rolled past him after he stopped. And he had a passenger to witness the whole event.
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.
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