Ecomodder sayings you repeat often
 

Interested in sayings you guys & gals often repeat to people whether you are educating them on hypermiling or just something you like to say to people to share how you save frogskins when it comes to operating your vehicle.

For example
I often tell people "Every little modification adds up & saves gas"

or

"I dont care how it looks it saves me gas"

"It is my hobby and it saves me money. What does your hobby yield?"

"The best fuel is the stuff that stays in the pump"

Great idea!

"It's not only the modifications on the car that help; a significant portion of the savings comes from changes in how I drive. You can do it too!"

Coast (or engine brake) to the red light to save gas (or your brake pads)

The light's red, and it's not going anywhere. I could see rushing like that to a light that's still green...

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

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

-soD

Another one I tell folks:
"It's not just driving slower, it's driving more intelligently."

In city traffic, when I get vigorously passed I always say...."and I'll see you at the next traffic light"

"Adjust the nut behind the wheel"

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..."

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'."

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!!"

You could also state as "braking turns money into heat and brake dust"

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.

I really like that one!! :thumbup:

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. :rolleyes:

"Stop tailgating me."

"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."

"My hovercraft is full of eels"

Popular in the Aerodynamics forum: "It would go faster backwards."

"Just Pass"

"That ugly is putting money in the bank! :)"

"There not cardboard there plastic" Refering to my wheelcovers

"beacuase...fuel economy" is my favorite. "because...racecar" is popular with the racers, so I adapted it to my other car too lol

Avoid the brakes. They convert money to heat.

I'm out of the rat race to the next light.

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

If you have to brake, you've made a mistake!

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!"

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

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

Oh, racing to the red light...you win.

JJ

Which, Turtle or Hare?. Ah, you're the Hare, I see.

"Don't laugh, it's paid for - (you should know, your SUV paid for it)" ha ha :snail: