06-10-2008, 05:50 PM
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Hello from Toulouse, France
Hi,
I'm new in this forum but I'm reading it, with a few other ones, since a few months and I'm learning a lot. Thanks for that.
I'm trying to apply a few techniques since then and my wife is also trying to save fuel :-)
We share two cars. The newer one has a gauge. Thanks to it I can see that I can save fuel. The real time feedback do help the improvement. Per example, for a 3 hours motorway travel through the mountains I improved from 6.4-7.5l/100 (31-36MPG) to 4.8l/100 (49MPG).This car is rated 4.9l/100 (48MPG) for motorway, but this travel is hilly.
The older car doesn't have a gauge. Since two weeks I'm trying hard to accelerate slowly and use the brakes only when necessary. I can see the tank emptying slower than usually :-) In a few weeks at the end of the tank I'll see what will be the result...
Thanks to all of you for such a motivating forum.
Regards,
Denis.
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06-10-2008, 05:55 PM
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Welcome to the site. What kind of car are you driving is it one we can't get in the US?
I love it when a family eco-drives together. 
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06-10-2008, 06:19 PM
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Welcome to ecomodder! I have a friend staying in Paris right now, he loves it,  |
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06-10-2008, 06:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lazarus
Welcome to the site. What kind of car are you driving is it one we can't get in the US?
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I don't know...
The older one is a 1997 Renault Megane classic (4 doors) 1.9dT (turbo diesel).
The newer one is a 2001 Renault Scenic 1.9 dCi (diesel common rail).
Both have what seems to be an EOBD/OBD2 socket, but as this was not mandatory before 2004 for diesel in Europe, I have to verify the compatibility first.
I should register them in the garage as soon I have data to fill in.
Denis.
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Earth and health are priceless, so are kilotank and AT-PZEV
Best Mégane tank: 1268.9mi @ 77.847 MPG(US)
2008/06-2011/10 saving: - 5725.5 kg CO2 (5342.6+382.9)
- Diesel / Money: 42.17% = 2446.25€ = 3357.26$
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06-10-2008, 06:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SVOboy
I have a friend staying in Paris right now, he loves it, |
I lived there during 5 years. What is cool there is that you do not need a car :-)
Denis.
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Save money & CO2 at home : http://ecorenovator.org/
Created and managed by the creators of http://ecomodder.com/
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Earth and health are priceless, so are kilotank and AT-PZEV
Best Mégane tank: 1268.9mi @ 77.847 MPG(US)
2008/06-2011/10 saving: - 5725.5 kg CO2 (5342.6+382.9)
- Diesel / Money: 42.17% = 2446.25€ = 3357.26$
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megane : thread - kill switch.
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06-11-2008, 12:33 AM
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Salut, Denis. Vous etes notre premier membre de France - bienvenue! EcoModder devient vraiment un forum international.
Just yesterday Ben (SVOboy) and I were wondering if there were any french language forums on this subject.
Darin
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06-11-2008, 02:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Salut, Denis. Vous etes notre premier membre de France - bienvenue! EcoModder devient vraiment un forum international.
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J'ai toujours aimé être pionnier ;-)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Just yesterday Ben (SVOboy) and I were wondering if there were any french language forums on this subject.
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The European term for hypermiling is "eco-driving". There is more and more french web pages describing "eco-conduite", but I couldn't find any forum on that topic. I just found several car forum where some threads are about "eco-conduite".
I was thinkning about creating a forum on that topic, but I'm afraid that I will not time by now to manage it, as I change my job next week.
As gasoline and diesel are 1.5€/l (2.25$/l or 8.5$/gallon) more and more people are and will eco-drive.
Denis.
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Save money & CO2 at home : http://ecorenovator.org/
Created and managed by the creators of http://ecomodder.com/
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Earth and health are priceless, so are kilotank and AT-PZEV
Best Mégane tank: 1268.9mi @ 77.847 MPG(US)
2008/06-2011/10 saving: - 5725.5 kg CO2 (5342.6+382.9)
- Diesel / Money: 42.17% = 2446.25€ = 3357.26$
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megane : thread - kill switch.
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06-11-2008, 02:28 AM
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Yep its the inevitable until cars are built that perform these tasks on its own. Welcome to EcoModder
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06-11-2008, 09:08 AM
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Welcome to the site groar. I'm sure with a bit more work you can get your mileage over those estimates. |
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06-14-2008, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by groar
I should register them in the garage as soon I have data to fill in.
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I registered the scenic. I tried to add all the technical data I know about it.
The scenic has been driven by my wife during that tank.
I hope I correctly converted the data.
I used :
. 1.609 km = 1 mile
. 3.758 l = 1 gallon
I put original data in comment.
Denis.
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Save money & CO2 at home : http://ecorenovator.org/
Created and managed by the creators of http://ecomodder.com/
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Earth and health are priceless, so are kilotank and AT-PZEV
Best Mégane tank: 1268.9mi @ 77.847 MPG(US)
2008/06-2011/10 saving: - 5725.5 kg CO2 (5342.6+382.9)
- Diesel / Money: 42.17% = 2446.25€ = 3357.26$
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megane : thread - kill switch.
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