08-01-2011, 09:18 PM
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You see a first generation Honda Insight with a pizza delivery sign on the top and you cringe just thinking about the messed up aerodynamics.
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08-08-2011, 11:19 PM
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When you watch a movie or a TV show in which people are driving, and the wasteful driving floors you.
You see a guy going 30mph up a long elegant driveway, and then cramming the brakes to a quick stop!
How about when you observe how mild (or not) that a possible relationship type person drives, and treats her car, before you decide if you want anything to do w her or not!???
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08-08-2011, 11:41 PM
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If you fill up to check your mpg and it only takes $1.80 
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Ride a Mtn bike for errands exercise entertainment and outright fun
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08-12-2011, 07:14 AM
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YKYAEM if...
... It's YOUR car that gets its picture taken, not the Aston Martin parked next to it 
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is where you're going, not how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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08-12-2011, 10:09 AM
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If you get passed while coasting and on the same coast you safely pass the same car that passed you.
If you look around while towing and realize you are still getting the best mileage of anything around.
If you consider the energy wasted by scraping your skidplate when deciding how much to brake coming in to a bumpy area.
If you feel wasteful when driving a normal car.
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08-25-2011, 08:16 PM
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..when you actually enjoy construction zones due to the lower Posted Speed Limit.
well, I do. |
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08-25-2011, 08:51 PM
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You realize your front brakes have been catching ever so slightly, but enough to wear them down in 3k miles, and wonder how much its affected the mpg's..
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08-25-2011, 09:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CigaR007
YKYAEM
..when you actually enjoy construction zones due to the lower Posted Speed Limit.
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...when you hate one particular construction zone because where the lower PSL starts really screws with one of your EOCs.
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Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
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08-25-2011, 11:20 PM
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Quote:
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YKYAEM
..when you actually enjoy construction zones due to the lower Posted Speed Limit.
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I resemble that remark!
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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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08-27-2011, 05:06 PM
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YKYAEM if...
... You keep getting asked: "Eeee, did you make that yourself?"
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is where you're going, not how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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