When was the Golden Age of Ecomodding?

[Xist]

What has been your favorite project? I think one of the most dedicated was 3wheeler's 4-wheel Insight undertray and boat tail, but Metro has done some great work.

It is usually just cardboard and garbage bags, though!

The Aerocivic is amazing aerodynamically.

Of course, 3wheeler and Basjoos gave away they creations.

Phil has done great work.

Who is aerohead's rival and has he modified anything?

I was rereading Christofoo's cargo box thread, but apparently it failed so spectacularly he fled the country.

You can ecomod in any country, Christofoo!

My phone refuses to leave his name alone.

Balto did some good work, as did HydroJim, but almost everyone leaves sooner or later.

I'm looking at you, Old Mech!

Unfortunately, Pedro passed away.

What have been your favorite projects, and when were they made?

[redpoint5]

Airing up my tires 5 PSI over door-sill recommendation. Most bang for the buck.

I've enjoyed experimenting with supercap battery replacement paired with LiFePO4.

[freebeard]

For me it was 09-14-2013, 11:55 AM.

FreeBeard was right...what would we do if the MPG goes up!?!?
Thanks FreeBeard! I just returned home from a 770 mile round trip to Portland, lake Oswego and home! I returned home late last night and checked the hard mileage and found 770 miles, 15.6 gallons netted 49.3MPG! So as Freebeard suggested, what will we do if the mileage goes up?!?
Beetle w/o any attachments/slick top= ave 48mpg :{)
Beetle with factory VW Roof racks and CVT tent= 38mpg :/
Beetle with new areo-hitch mounted rack/CVT tent= 49.3MPG WhoooRah!
That is a gain of 11.3 mpg boys and girls!

I didn't even mind the intercaps. He did all the work and I got to be right.

[Xist]

Intercaps?! What about the Precaps?!

[redpoint5]

I've been scolded over the caps thing before. Also hard to untrain the musclememory that types Freebird despite the mind knowing it's not right.

Probably incapable of typing freebird now without paying very careful attention.

[Xist]

When I was in eighth grade I took a keyboarding class where I was forced to type misspellings.

It was agonizing!

It is aggravating to type up someone else's lazy English.

Sometimes I correct it and don't tell anyone!

[rmay635703]

Ecomodding and hypermiling was more of a thing 2006-2013

Which also coincides with diyelectriccars peak project time

[Xist]

I joined on 06-20-2012. Go figure I joined a good thing as it was already declining.

I did the same thing with bulletin board systems.

I missed a great deal of fun.

Maybe I would have been invited to a LAN party!

[redpoint5]

Yeah, my next major ecomod is to get an EV or PHEV. No plans to mod whatever I get unless there's some very low hanging fruit. Still like the idea of a cargo box lightly modded to improve aero. That's something that can easily move between vehicles, although I change vehicles so infrequently.

I'm still driving all the same vehicles I was when I joined in 2010.

The biggest fuel saver has been the issuance of a company vehicle and a job that is mostly work from home.

Really the next vehicle I'd like is a powered paraglider. My question is, should I go petrol, or electric?

[sheepdog 44]

The golden age was June 11 2019 at exactly 8:42 am.