Eco-Encounters: Staring on the road, Tales from the pump

[greenitup]

i never see anyone hypermiling like i do, i am always getting followed by everybody. The mileage is fantastic though. I get passed all the time though and it has never been by a prius.

[basjoos]

Cellphone cameras being stuck out of windows of passing cars to take pics of my car wherever I go. A couple of cars almost driving off the road when they paid more attention to trying to get me lined up in their camera's viewfinder than in where they were driving. Car's flying past, hitting the brakes to slow down so I would pass them, then sitting there gawking while traffic piles up behind them. Questions at the gas station/grocery/hardware store, "Is my car a hybrid/EV/Honda test mule/funny car/race car, etc?". An occasional thumbs up as a car passes by. Occasionally someone asking if they can take a photo of my car when I am sitting at a light.

[metroschultz]

I had two sailors in a Neon flag me down as we were going down the highway.
They saw my sign and asked me how.
I pulled one of the Ecomodder brochures from my glove box,
and this is a visual,
two cars
side by side
50 mph
busy major interstate
passing paperwork from one window to the other.
They got the brochure and pulled in behind me as I traveled to work.
By the time I pulled off the highway there were at least ten cars in our little parade.
Schultz

[KJSatz]

Hah that story is awesome! Did all ten pull up to get a pamphlet?