05-20-2011, 07:22 PM
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Well now the 'Men in Black' will rent the house across from YOUR house!
Congratulations! That's fun stuff.
And the discussion precipitated from your visit to Menard's has already altered folks.
Any conversation which includes the 'shape' of a vehicle I take as a positive.
Kudos!,Phil. 
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05-20-2011, 08:14 PM
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At a stop light today I got asked "what is that, and whats it for".
I said it got my 5 mpg more. and that my car is EPA 29 and I got 49 MPG today when I filled up. He thought it was nice.
oh he was driving a pickup truck 
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06-07-2011, 07:02 PM
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Update:
I set a record tank today!
52.1 MPG!!!
My past best was without the tail on was 50.7 and that was a perfect (short) trip. This tank was 588.7 miles over two weeks. I had a wide range of conditions from cold to very hot. windy to calm. Overall a very balanced tank. So I am calling to tail a success in helping to meet my goal of a regular tank over 50 MPG.
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06-08-2011, 03:25 AM
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Quote:
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I set a record tank today!
52.1 MPG!!!
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Good work with a non-hybrid, recent gasoline car
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06-08-2011, 06:08 AM
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Good job, Weather! Keep it going!
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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.
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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06-24-2011, 09:40 PM
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That is awesome mileage! I bet a lot of people notice your car.  |
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06-25-2011, 01:05 AM
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Did you ever get around to tuft testing the 'tail ?
I'd love to see a test - even on that back section.
( did I miss it somewhere back buried in the thread ? )
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06-25-2011, 10:08 AM
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no tuft testing, I did do a powered snow test. the video of that is back in the posts.
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06-25-2011, 11:20 AM
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Quote:
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no tuft testing, I did do a powered snow test. the video of that is back in the posts.
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Yes, I saw that post. Much like a smoke test, that test doesn't show where all the trouble spots are on the design ( something you of coarse know already. ) |
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06-25-2011, 11:22 AM
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yep but I do not want to do a tuft test at this point, I might latter
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