08-01-2014, 09:03 PM
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It seems you want this forum to be one in which only the "Eco friendly" dogma is allowed to be said, as determined by a consensus.
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I dunno about that. Personally, I think I burn less gas going 10-20 mph over whatever the limit happens to be, than a cop would idling his gas-guzzling cruiser while writing up a ticket.
I also think there's not a whole lot of conflict between being eco-friendly, and desiring to drive at a reasonable speed. An Insight (or Prius, Tesla, etc) going 10 over is IMHO a lot more eco-friendly than say an Escalade, Suburban, or F350 going 10 under :-)
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08-01-2014, 10:37 PM
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Guys, come on, stop. If I had known this would have sprouted such an argument I wouldn't have even asked. Please stop all this bickering this is literally the only forum I go to that normally doesn't have such foolishness
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08-01-2014, 10:44 PM
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Guys, come on, stop. If I had known this would have sprouted such an argument I wouldn't have even asked. Please stop all this bickering this is literally the only forum I go to that normally doesn't have such foolishness
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I had no intention of destroying your thread. Sorry.
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08-01-2014, 10:45 PM
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I was in my Corolla just cruising, where he caught me it starts to go on a downslope, it's very easy to gain 5-10mph on that short downhill if your not paying attention, like I wasn't.
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That's one of MANY reasons that I use cruise control EXTENSIVELY.
I know it hurts my fuel economy, but 50% over "EPA combined" isn't excessively embarrassing.  From my point of view, anyway.
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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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08-01-2014, 11:34 PM
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08-01-2014, 11:39 PM
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I dunno about that. Personally, I think I burn less gas going 10-20 mph over whatever the limit happens to be, than a cop would idling his gas-guzzling cruiser while writing up a ticket.
I also think there's not a whole lot of conflict between being eco-friendly, and desiring to drive at a reasonable speed. An Insight (or Prius, Tesla, etc) going 10 over is IMHO a lot more eco-friendly than say an Escalade, Suburban, or F350 going 10 under :-)
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Hmm. I guess as an ecomodder you too might be considered anathema.
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08-02-2014, 03:19 PM
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If you are concern about points, you can take a driving course and get +5 points. I do that so I carry a balance to negate any offenses that stick. |
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08-04-2014, 07:34 PM
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Hmm. I guess as an ecomodder you too might be considered anathema.
(Anathema? What's that word mean?)
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08-04-2014, 08:09 PM
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08-04-2014, 11:53 PM
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Enjoy your life living in the police state of the "Old Dominion".
Some people become so used to severe enforcement for relatively petty offenses that they come to prefer living in a heavily restricted environment.
BTW, have you ever read the ancient classic Allegory of the Cave?
If you like dominance, you'll LOVE the Ol' Dominion.
As states go, I thank God it's a minority of one... 
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