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11-05-2013, 06:29 PM	#21 (permalink)
MPGsteward EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: kansas Posts: 42 Project Ranger - '07 Ford Ranger XLT 90 day: 33.69 mpg (US) Lead Sled - '94 Mazda B2200 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	"Just Pass"

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11-05-2013, 06:38 PM	#22 (permalink)
whatmaycome14 Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 447 Valerie - '03 Honda Civic DX Team Honda 90 day: 55.79 mpg (US) Thanks: 277 Thanked 231 Times in 105 Posts	"That ugly is putting money in the bank! " __________________

11-05-2013, 07:02 PM	#23 (permalink)
Gealii The Dirty330 Modder Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North East Ohio, USA Posts: 642 CruzeRS - '15 Chevy Cruze LT RS 90 day: 41.29 mpg (US) Thanks: 10 Thanked 67 Times in 59 Posts	"There not cardboard there plastic" Refering to my wheelcovers __________________ "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." - Henry Ford

11-05-2013, 08:36 PM	#24 (permalink)
spacemanspif Spaced out... Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 748 The New Focus - '07 Ford Focus ZX5 90 day: 32.44 mpg (US) Thanks: 142 Thanked 205 Times in 149 Posts	"beacuase...fuel economy" is my favorite. "because...racecar" is popular with the racers, so I adapted it to my other car too lol __________________ -Mike 2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans 1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106 2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018 1995 Saturn SL2 - 256K miles - 44mpg - Retired 9/2014 Cost to Operate Spreadsheet for "The New Focus"

11-05-2013, 09:41 PM	#25 (permalink)
bestclimb Smeghead Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Central AK Posts: 933 escort - '99 ford escort sport 90 day: 42.38 mpg (US) scoobaru - '02 Subaru Forester s 90 day: 28.65 mpg (US) Thanks: 32 Thanked 146 Times in 97 Posts	Avoid the brakes. They convert money to heat. __________________ Learn from the mistakes of others, that way when you mess up you can do so in new and interesting ways. One mile of road will take you one mile, one mile of runway can take you around the world.

11-06-2013, 03:00 PM	#26 (permalink)
euromodder Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Belgium Posts: 4,683 The SCUD - '15 Fiat Scudo L2 Thanks: 178 Thanked 652 Times in 516 Posts	I'm out of the rat race to the next light. __________________ Strayed to the Dark Diesel Side

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11-06-2013, 11:35 PM

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Mustang Dave

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Go for it, buddy! Gotta catch that red light before it gets away!

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Just 'cuz you can't do it, don't mean it can't be done...

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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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11-07-2013, 02:36 AM	#28 (permalink)
Pandaf Ecomoddically recovering Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 63 Pandamera - '06 Fiat Panda LPG 90 day: 39.21 mpg (US) Thanks: 7 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	If you have to brake, you've made a mistake! __________________ True value for money: tasting your Big Mac again with each belch for 5 days.

11-07-2013, 04:51 AM	#29 (permalink)
RedDevil Master EcoWalker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Nieuwegein, the Netherlands Posts: 4,000 Red Devil - '11 Honda Insight Elegance Team Honda 90 day: 54.08 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,714 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,455 Posts	Was cruising in the right lane keeping up with a van (way) ahead, no wind; instant FE was moving up and down between 32 km/l and 50 km/l (75 - 118 mpg) while a steady stream of cars passing me in the 3 lanes on the left, and I thought: "If you all could see my economy readings right now you'd turn green!" __________________ 2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut. lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile. For confirmation go to people just like you. For education go to people unlike yourself.

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11-12-2013, 11:14 AM

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Look ahead look ahead look ahead look ahead....

That's also my mantra to myself on the track.

-soD

I used to sing the "Look ahead look ahead look ahead" song to myself occasionally while mountain biking.

Don't sing it while driving though. It's ingrained.

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