11-04-2013, 11:57 AM
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EcoModding Lurker
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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"
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11-04-2013, 12:22 PM
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Master EcoWalker
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"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"
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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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11-04-2013, 12:32 PM
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NightKnight
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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!"
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11-04-2013, 01:21 PM
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MPG is not linear police
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Coast (or engine brake) to the red light to save gas (or your brake pads)
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11-04-2013, 01:51 PM
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The light's red, and it's not going anywhere. I could see rushing like that to a light that's still green...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sheepdog44
Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
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11-04-2013, 03:27 PM
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Look ahead look ahead look ahead look ahead....
That's also my mantra to myself on the track. 
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11-04-2013, 03:29 PM
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NightKnight
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Another one I tell folks:
"It's not just driving slower, it's driving more intelligently."
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11-04-2013, 03:34 PM
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Got MPG?
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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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2013 Honda Civic Si - 2.4L
OEM front to back belly pan from the factory.
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11-04-2013, 04:07 PM
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aero guerrilla
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"Adjust the nut behind the wheel"
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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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11-04-2013, 05:25 PM
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One saying that did not make sense to me at first was "braking wastes fuel".
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I'm not coasting, I'm shifting slowly.
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