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Old 10-20-2011, 09:04 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2011, 09:37 PM   #52 (permalink)
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ok ok you got me. you numbers are off. I been paying the bum down the street to put gas into your car at night while you sleep.


ok good job. I cant weight to see what a full tank will get you.
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Old 10-20-2011, 10:05 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2011, 10:19 PM   #54 (permalink)
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damn you got me again.... (you better share that bottle)
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Old 10-20-2011, 10:41 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Always willing to share.

I went back and edited posts 45 and 46 to show tank fill for v1.0 versus v1.1 MPGuino guesstimate. I reread that section and noticed a continuity break( or maybe my OCD is kicking in again).
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Old 10-21-2011, 09:10 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Got a little bondo clean up on the tail tonight and painted it blue. Then forgot my camera at work. I'm going to have to get it before the rally tomorrow, but won't be able to post until tomorrow night.

Mike, I emailed you my cell number( if you aren't busy coroplasting your whole car tonight)
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Old 10-23-2011, 10:40 AM   #57 (permalink)
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He was coroplasting his whole vehicle again.

Apparently, the stars, moon, and planets were in perfect alignment for the first gallon of tail v1.1.

Driving to the rally(almost normally in the interest of speed), dropped my mileage to 50mpg( still great for a 25mpg EPA car).

I got 57.2 mpg on the course, second again to blownb310(77mpg again). I did have one of NY's finest decide to follow me for about 10 miles before making a u turn in the middle of the road to go back the way we had just come. I kept my speed to within 5mph of psl so he wouldn't think I was drunk( varying speed being the dead giveaway for driving under the influence). Real world course, real world challenges.

I haven't checked mileage from the return trip, as I was more concerned with sleeping. Late nights getting ready and 600 miles in a day really took it out of me. 12 hours of sleep and I feel like a hundred bucks.

Temps for the day hovered in the upper 40's and rained periodically. All in all, I think the tail has given a much easier pull for the engine, acceleration is easier at highway speeds and coasting is also greatly improved. On my commute, it is allowing me to coast to the next hill beyond my previous ones.

Pics of the current status of the tail will have to wait as the borrowed camera I have isn't compatible with the cords or memory card slots that I have( unless Mike wants to post a couple here).
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Sounds like the tail is doing its job. Good for you!
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Old 10-23-2011, 08:08 PM   #59 (permalink)
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(unless Mike wants to post a couple here).
Sure thing Ken. It was great having you come out all the way from VT to join us New Yorkers yesterday.


I was really hoping to break 80 mpg this time around, but in the end I/we waited too long for the second attempt. It was almost 40 deg. cooler than at the Tri-State 6 weeks ago and it was wet. So the best I can decifer is that the benefits of having a more "fuel mileage friendly" course this time were nullified by the wet roads and cool temps. I improved just a bit from 76.04 to 76.90 mpg.


Ken I was thinking about it and what you may not realize is that while I didn't improve at all from the Tri-State event, you did! Even with the cold and wet roads, and the police escort, you gained 4 mpg from the last event's 53.51 mpg. All things considered, not too shabby.

Here are a few more pics I took today:



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Old 10-23-2011, 10:45 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Darn -- did you lose the driver's side front smooth cover? That'll cost ya!

Have you done an upper grill block?

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