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03-20-2010, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ATaylorRacing
FIFTY NINE TODAY!!!!!!
I DO NOT drive with my turn signal on for miles...
I DO NOT drive a Buick (but the new ones are a LOT nicer now that they dropped those port holes and have less chrome)
I DO have a 36 year old wife that looks like she's in her 20's
I DO get tired of young and ignorant guys asking if they can date my daughter
I DO have a 3 1/2 year old son that people assume is my grandkid
I DO NOT need male enhancing drugs
I DO need Flomax
I am SHOCKED at the ages on this forum...but happy about it
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Judging from your signature, I think you and I are alike in the sense that we
have a dichotomy of vehicle "loves". I like fast/powerful cars (see my Trailblazer SS,... I've had a '96 Impala SS, an LS1 Z28, and a supercharged Z71 truck) AND fuel efficient cars (although I don't have any now, I've had two 3-cyl, 5-spd Metros, a 5-spd Saturn SL1 and a 5-spd Pontiac Vibe...all of which got 45+ mpg and the Metros got 52+ mpg)
With most people, it seems to be one or the other. You go on a performance car/truck forum and mention anything about a 4-cyl (or God forbid, a 3-cyl) and you'll get responses of "I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those econoboxes".
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03-20-2010, 03:54 PM
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...a classic case of the " Clint Eastwood Syndrome" ie:
"...the GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY"
...where:
GOOD = interest in Fuel Economy
BAD = interest in Horsepower & racing
UGLY = the driver
...well, it *does* sorta fit *ME* at least (ha,ha)! 
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03-20-2010, 10:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ATaylorRacing
FIFTY NINE TODAY!!!!!!
I DO NOT drive with my turn signal on for miles...
I DO NOT drive a Buick (but the new ones are a LOT nicer now that they dropped those port holes and have less chrome)
I DO have a 36 year old wife that looks like she's in her 20's
I DO get tired of young and ignorant guys asking if they can date my daughter
I DO have a 3 1/2 year old son that people assume is my grandkid
I DO NOT need male enhancing drugs
I DO need Flomax
I am SHOCKED at the ages on this forum...but happy about it
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But... why do you need to explain yourself? 
Maybe maturity arrives when you no longer feel that need to do so. |
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03-20-2010, 11:01 PM
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But... why do you need to explain yourself?
Maybe maturity arrives when you no longer feel that need to do so. |
Aging is inevitable. Maturing is optional.
My standard reply when people ask me if I grew up here is, "Not yet!" 
Happy Belated Birthday, ATaylor!
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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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03-20-2010, 11:33 PM
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But... why do you need to explain yourself?
Maybe maturity arrives when you no longer feel that need to do so. |
I am not needing to explain myself...I am bragging!
I hope I NEVER mature!
A year after we were married the priest asked us if there was any problems due to our age differences and my wife said, "Yes, he's too immature for me."
God, I LOVE HER! 
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84 Horizon-1880 lbs-29 mpg
95 Neon-43 mpg
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03-20-2010, 11:40 PM
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Does your wife have a single twin sister? 
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Fuel economy is nice, but sometimes I just gotta put the spurs to my pony!
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Just 'cuz you can't do it, don't mean it can't be done...
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Originally Posted by elhigh
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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03-20-2010, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...a classic case of the " Clint Eastwood Syndrome" ie:
"...the GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY"
...where:
GOOD = interest in Fuel Economy
BAD = interest in Horsepower & racing
UGLY = the driver
...well, it *does* sorta fit *ME* at least (ha,ha)! |
You have the ugly part correct...kind of better looking with a hat to cover the baldness.
Nothing BAD about HP and racing in my case. When I first got my SRT4 Neon, bone stock 230 hp it ran 13.8 at 101 mph and got its EPA rating of 30 mpg...now its about 300 hp and runs 12.7s at 110 mph AND gets 40+ mpg...
this is Smart car territory. In the next few weeks it will be getting a fuel controler so we can crank the boost from 14 to 24 psi, still on pump gas, and still being totaly street driven. On every car that I have gained hp I have gotten better mpg while driving at steady speeds. The other not bad thing about my racing is that I MAKE money doing it!
 
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05 SRT4-12.17@117 mph on DOTs-31.0 mpg-SOLD
96 Geo Metro-3 banger-60.1 mpg-SOLD
95 BMW M3-13.41 @ 106 mph-31mpg-SOLD
77 Chevy Monza with 350/350-FOR SALE
84 Horizon-1880 lbs-29 mpg
95 Neon-43 mpg
99 Z28-10.80 @ 127 mph-27.1mpg
2011 Prius-62.1 wife's
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03-20-2010, 11:50 PM
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Does your wife have a single twin sister? |
Nope...but she does have a younger one.
BTW, we found that my wifes V6 Mustang gets better mpg at 55 than it does at 50. The 30.8 was at a steady 50, but last week we got a best ever 31.8 at 55 mph!!! At 60 it drops to 27-28....and red lights start killing it. 
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42 time NHRA/IHRA drag race champ
05 SRT4-12.17@117 mph on DOTs-31.0 mpg-SOLD
96 Geo Metro-3 banger-60.1 mpg-SOLD
95 BMW M3-13.41 @ 106 mph-31mpg-SOLD
77 Chevy Monza with 350/350-FOR SALE
84 Horizon-1880 lbs-29 mpg
95 Neon-43 mpg
99 Z28-10.80 @ 127 mph-27.1mpg
2011 Prius-62.1 wife's
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03-20-2010, 11:59 PM
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Best commuting MPG I've gotten with my V6 Mustang (so far) was 31.89 at speed limits between 25 and 65.
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Fuel economy is nice, but sometimes I just gotta put the spurs to my pony!
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Originally Posted by thatguitarguy
Just 'cuz you can't do it, don't mean it can't be done...
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Originally Posted by elhigh
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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03-21-2010, 12:35 AM
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It didn't really sound like bragging to me.
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