Who's Benjamin F.T. Jones? - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

ShadeTreeMech · 05-28-2010, 06:08 PM

Was reading this article on Yahoo and was thinking it sounded awful familiar. then at the bottom I noticed the shameless plug :P

I hope more people read the article....I buzzed it up, hope it helps!

bgd73 · 05-28-2010, 08:25 PM

looks like a young man.

it explains a few things...
had no clue where ecomodder.com came from.
the older rougher, to the point backyard modifiers insults entire markets and a few mods here....

hypermiling has existed since the 50s...and even before then with the beetles, (3 main boxer) a 283 v8 chevy was one of them without a dufus under the hood. the ford 289 was yet another one...my mom had a 30+ mpg falcon in the 70s fuel crunch. It even survived the transfer of non-leaded fuel (with some random overheats)..

these histories I found blow right over this place like a breeze...suggesting the newest is the best...or a carburator conversation, that gpoes away quickly too... low pressure fuel system anybody? I am further understanding now...

recently on a local maine subaru forum, I learned of another co-founder who was surprisingly young. (I shamefully found out after he got killed)..
24 years old. fresh outta college...At age 37 I am more than feeling alot older sometimes.

Glad this place got going, I can't wait for the older knowledge to meet the new, and make real winners. I lurk

Tango Charlie · 05-28-2010, 11:34 PM

Benjamin F. T. Jones AKA 'SVOboy'

ShadeTreeMech · 05-29-2010, 07:50 PM

wonder if he knows he's a famous internet writer :P

Christ · 05-29-2010, 10:42 PM

Yeah, I'd bet he does. He writes alot of blogs and such.

ShadeTreeMech · 05-30-2010, 05:38 PM

I honestly had no idea. amazing what you can find out about a person sometimes

Christ · 05-30-2010, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech

I honestly had no idea. amazing what you can find out about a person sometimes

Google - Benjamin F.T. Jones

Piwoslaw · 06-01-2010, 03:16 AM

Ben's studying hard for his finals, unaware that he's slowly becoming a legend. Totally clueless.

So when do we start a thread titled "Who's Darin M.M.P.G. Cosgrove?"

SVOboy · 06-01-2010, 10:02 AM

Hahaha, you guys are nuts.

In less than a week my thesis will be done, and I'll be free!

Piwoslaw · 06-01-2010, 10:24 AM

Yeehaw!! So where's the party?
My thesis would already be done if I wasn't spending so much time here...