08-28-2011, 05:37 PM
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You're newly married and your wife's car needs the brakes changed. Your wife asks you how long it will take you to do it. You say you're not sure, but not too long.
As you're changing the brakes, you think to yourself, "That's odd, I've worked on my own cars for years. why don't I know off the top of my head how long it takes to change brake pads?"
Then you realize why: you've never had to change the brake pads on any car you've ever owned!
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My version of energy storage is called "momentum".
My version of regenerative braking is called "bump starting".
1 Year Avg (Every Mile Traveled) = 47.8 mpg
BEST TANK: 2,009.6 mi on 35 gal (57.42 mpg): http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...5-a-26259.html
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08-29-2011, 09:00 AM
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There's a hurricane coming and a friend has an extra generator. He offers to let you borrow it and you're undecided because lugging a trailer with that generator on it is really going to hurt that tankful.
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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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09-13-2011, 04:46 PM
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aero guerrilla
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YKYAEM if...
... Your mountain bike's tires seem too soft at 5 psi above their max sidewall pressure of 40 psi.
I'm just too used to the car's 51 psi and the road bike's 90 psi 
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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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09-13-2011, 05:08 PM
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YKYAEM if...
You see a cop in your rear view mirror and you'r reaction is, "A cop! Maybe I should be going faster!"
YKYAEM if...
You hold up the school bus.
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Diesel Dave
My version of energy storage is called "momentum".
My version of regenerative braking is called "bump starting".
1 Year Avg (Every Mile Traveled) = 47.8 mpg
BEST TANK: 2,009.6 mi on 35 gal (57.42 mpg): http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...5-a-26259.html
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09-13-2011, 05:15 PM
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The PRC.
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Slightly OT - you know the wind was strong when you have a dead fly collection on your passenger door 
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[I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]
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09-13-2011, 06:54 PM
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Canyon - '07 GMC Canyon 2wd regular cab 90 day: 24.95 mpg (US)
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YKYAEM...if a bicyclist almost passes you while coasting (but no cars were following you, so nobody was delayed).
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09-13-2011, 10:49 PM
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...beats walking...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kodak
YKYAEM...if a bicyclist almost passes you while coasting (but no cars were following you, so nobody was delayed).
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...and, as the bicyclist passed, you actually briefly contemplated the possible benefits of "drafting" that cyclist, before realizing it wasn't worth the effort.
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09-13-2011, 11:10 PM
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A police officer passes you.
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09-14-2011, 04:14 AM
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The PRC.
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Slightly OT - you know the wind you drove through yesterday was strong when you find squashed flies on the SIDE of your car.
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09-22-2011, 11:42 AM
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When you make a trip it takes more days than tanks LOL
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