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Old 11-04-2013, 05:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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One saying that did not make sense to me at first was "braking wastes fuel".
Somebody here said it better as: "...braking turns energy into heat & brake dust..."

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Old 11-04-2013, 05:39 PM   #12 (permalink)
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In city traffic, when I get vigorously passed I always say...."and I'll see you at the next traffic light"
I have a similar thing I mumble to myself under my breath, or if the "other half" is with me, out loud, frequently irritating her, since she does NOT see the "point" in hypermiling/ecomodding. But if someone races past me, especially if there's a yellow or recent red light up ahead, I'll go,

"Hurry, hurry!! - - - or you might not make it in time to do a full stop at that 'red'."
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Old 11-04-2013, 05:51 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I have a similar one when someone races around me in heavy traffic, just to end up behind the car right in front of me. Again, I'll mumble to myself, or out loud if someone's with me, "Yeah, good thing you were able to get behind him instead of behind me!!"
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Old 11-04-2013, 06:06 PM   #14 (permalink)
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"...braking turns energy into heat & brake dust..."
You could also state as "braking turns money into heat and brake dust"
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Old 11-04-2013, 06:50 PM   #15 (permalink)
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When being pasted on the high by someone going way above the speed limit. I think to myself... and what are you going to do with the three minutes you saved on the trip? ...wast it just like the fuel...
I also say this to friends, in the hope that one day they will see.
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Old 11-04-2013, 07:22 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Somebody here said it better as: "...braking turns energy into heat & brake dust..."
I really like that one!!
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Old 11-04-2013, 07:38 PM   #17 (permalink)
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In city traffic, when I get vigorously passed I always say...."and I'll see you at the next traffic light"
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"Hurry, hurry!! - - - or you might not make it in time to do a full stop at that 'red'."
I do the same, speaking to myself or the other half, when somebody pasts me on the freeway and then we both happen to exit onto the same street and I catch up to them at the red light. They aren't necessarily speeding, just going faster than me.

"And that's why I don't speed."

My girlfriend gets it, others not so much.
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"go around."

"brake early."

"You get 20 MPG in your ____? I bet I could get 30."

"yeah it's small, but I get 50 MPG."
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