04-23-2018, 04:43 PM
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Agreed... people I know tend to just deal with whatever mpg their vehicle gets(normally a big truck or SUV) and not change their habits... even those with compact cars are content getting 26-28mpg... they always poke fun at me but I’ve got the lowest fuel consumption on my shift, by a pretty wide margin...
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04-23-2018, 05:01 PM
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Someone on here shared a story of some silly girl bragging to her friend about her 36 MPG Prius. Then she asked the member what his Gen1 "Piece of trash" Insight got.
Hilarity ensued.
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04-24-2018, 08:10 AM
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Then she asked the member what his Gen1 "Piece of trash" Insight got.
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I understand completely, my Fit sucks. It just can't waste gas like my friends' cars can.
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Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
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04-24-2018, 11:17 AM
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People have started asking me now what I've done to my car with its ecomods...they show a whole new level of respect when I tell them how it improves aero, and how I basically pay $1.90-$2 per gallon of gas instead of $3 or like every 3rd or 4th tank being free.
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04-24-2018, 12:13 PM
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Agreed... people I know tend to just deal with whatever mpg their vehicle gets(normally a big truck or SUV) and not change their habits... even those with compact cars are content getting 26-28mpg...
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To be fair, some cars are stubborn. I owned a 2007 Subaru Outback automatic (in 2009 I believe). I drove it normally just to get used to the car and get a baseline MPG. Then I tried hypermiling techniques and it barely changed anything. 24 MPG. I could get up to 32 MPG (average of 28) in my 1996 Legacy, so I sold the Outback a month later and made a grand in the process.
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04-24-2018, 12:43 PM
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I drove my Forester for a year and averaged 27 MPG on a car rated 24 highway.
I did once get 40 MPG on 165 miles.
It was mostly downhill.
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04-25-2018, 10:29 AM
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the floodgates open
This morning, there were 7 (seven!) mainstream news items from all over Canada about recent high gas prices, eg:
Last week Cars.com posted a piece addressing rising gas prices and how much it costs to drive America's most efficient non-EV/non-hybrid car:
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With gas prices climbing across the country, penny-pinching shoppers might want to consider a low-priced, economical small car like the 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage GT. The Mirage GT hatchback, brethren of the Mirage G4 sedan, carries with it some surprising features for its price — and has the gas mileage to back it up.
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https://www.cars.com/articles/2018-m...1420699780918/
(Although why they focus on the top-spec GT is a mystery. If you're pinching pennies, that's definitely not the one to get.)
I bet we're going to start seeing a lot of " Top 10 most fuel efficient new cars" articles in the near future.
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04-28-2018, 12:23 AM
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Quote:
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Someone on here shared a story of some silly girl bragging to her friend about her 36 MPG Prius. Then she asked the member what his Gen1 "Piece of trash" Insight got.
Hilarity ensued.
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Someone find that story please.
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04-28-2018, 01:11 AM
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I looked at the first 100 results of "Insight Prius gas station MPG" and sadly, did not find the story, and it does not show more than a hundred results.
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04-30-2018, 09:51 AM
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More normie news
Today's coverage in mainstream Canadian headlines:
Gas prices hit record 160.9 cents per litre in Vancouver
That's equivalent to U.S. ~$4.75 per gallon
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Experts predict prices in the range of $1.65 per litre are likely to come by summer.
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