11-08-2009, 05:56 PM
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Has anyone ever seen this?
I saw this in one of the many pages that come up when you google hypermiling... Here is the link if you think I made it for some reason  : http://www.motivemag.com/pub/feature...g_a_MINI.shtml
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11-08-2009, 06:04 PM
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Said the self-centered, high-blood-pressured prick. Oh, with terrible gas mileage.
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11-08-2009, 06:09 PM
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Said the self-centered, high-blood-pressured prick. Oh, with terrible gas mileage.
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my favorite part is the "supposedly saves gas" part... You can't deny we save gas... |
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11-08-2009, 07:41 PM
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I figure if I'm going to be a self-centered traffic jamming prick, I might as well get good gas mileage. |
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11-08-2009, 07:43 PM
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Most other drivers don't notice my limited use of hypermiling techniques, except when I'm decelerating too far (from their POV) in front of a red light. I often pass them when the light turns green. 
I generally drive AT the speed limit, and I've only gotten less than highway EPA once with my Mustang. I must be doing something wrong. 
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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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11-08-2009, 08:38 PM
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The main thing the author got right in his piece is that he is, in fact, an ***wipe. As are the starry-eyed approvers of that drivel.  |
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11-08-2009, 09:56 PM
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"Has anyone ever seen this?"
No. All appearances are illusory in essence.
I think I'm going to stop clicking on more than once if I don't get see a clue to the actual topic of discussion. There are a few things too complex to describe in a headline, but hypermiling a Hummer wasn't one.
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11-09-2009, 12:01 AM
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I kinda get the point, I am a nut in an old sube. large steel rail roof racks, no concern for aero, oversized tires that sound like a monster truck, and 80 in the fast lane when it is 80 as a stampede....high 20s mpg, to 50s (sticky second barrell)...
if by natural build a car is efficient, and powerful enough for its weight and chores... hypermiling techniques are less existent. I believe that is the writers point...and I believe I have read it already, but who cares...he just wants a 3 main boxer engine with awd and jacked up.. |
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11-09-2009, 12:14 AM
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I couldn't have said better myself.
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11-09-2009, 08:35 AM
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I couldn't have said better myself.
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Do you have something useful to say or you're just a member of this guy's appreciation society?
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