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Old 07-24-2011, 04:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A new expert in timing lights...

...is Mrs A

In fact let me do that again

Our usual Sunday shopping trip has transformed from a stop-go neck snapping experience to a gradual braking and never stopping glide through the red-green-ambers of Embra.

And again

Ww went out last night and I was designated driver - she was giving instructions on driving but this time it was on WHEN to brake

And it worked

I feel our house may have a hypermiler and it won't be me.

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Old 07-24-2011, 05:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 07-25-2011, 04:07 AM   #3 (permalink)
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We shall see at the tank fillups...

but my back and neck are happier with the new smoother driving Mrs A
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Old 07-25-2011, 04:30 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Haha! There is hope for my wife still! In the past she always wondered why I drove so slow.. and so fast around curves! Now that I get the same MPG out of my 13 year old truck as she gets out of her 3 year old economy car, she is no longer heckles, but rather, she shows interest in learning my ways!
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Old 07-25-2011, 05:03 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Congratulations to both of you. If only my wife would see the wisdom in hypermiing...
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Old 07-25-2011, 06:53 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Send Mrs A our regards
And tell her she's always welcome to join the forum.
To tell us how she creamed her hubby in hypermiling, of course

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