Go Back   EcoModder Forum > Off-Topic > The Lounge
Register Now
 Register Now
 


Reply  Post New Thread
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 10-18-2016, 04:11 PM   #2061 (permalink)
Volvo-driving MachYeen
 
Fingie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Finland
Posts: 788

Neo Volvo - '98 Volvo S70 10V
90 day: 24.98 mpg (US)
Thanks: 298
Thanked 82 Times in 68 Posts
YKYAEM when you tell about your plans, and your friends thinks you're weird to put pieces of plastic on your car.

__________________
If you don't make any mistakes in your life,
life itself will be a f*ckup.



With Volvo to Valhalla and back!
  Reply With Quote
Alt Today
Popular topics

Other popular topics in this forum...

   
Old 10-18-2016, 04:30 PM   #2062 (permalink)
Batman Junior
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534

Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
YKYAEM when you're walking towards a crosswalk, and you time your approach with a break in the traffic so you don't force any cars to stop.

Or maybe that's more of a KKYA hypermiler thing...

Or maybe it's something else.
__________________
Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



EcoModder
has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
  Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to MetroMPG For This Useful Post:
bikeprof (11-25-2016), Gasoline Fumes (10-19-2016), PaleMelanesian (10-19-2016), vskid3 (10-21-2016)
Old 10-18-2016, 05:06 PM   #2063 (permalink)
Volvo-driving MachYeen
 
Fingie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Finland
Posts: 788

Neo Volvo - '98 Volvo S70 10V
90 day: 24.98 mpg (US)
Thanks: 298
Thanked 82 Times in 68 Posts
YKYAEM when you have to listen to slower music because metal winds you up mentally.
__________________
If you don't make any mistakes in your life,
life itself will be a f*ckup.



With Volvo to Valhalla and back!
  Reply With Quote
Old 10-19-2016, 08:56 AM   #2064 (permalink)
Rat Racer
 
Fat Charlie's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Route 16
Posts: 4,150

Al the Third, year four - '13 Honda Fit Base
Team Honda
90 day: 42.9 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1,784
Thanked 1,922 Times in 1,246 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post

Or maybe it's something else.
Applied jaywalking is more fun if you can do it without disrupting traffic. Missing a bumper is the same thing as taking a corner perfectly, etc.
__________________

Quote:
Originally Posted by sheepdog44 View Post
Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Fat Charlie For This Useful Post:
bikeprof (11-25-2016)
Old 10-19-2016, 09:38 AM   #2065 (permalink)
Batman Junior
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534

Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
Missing a bumper is the same thing as taking a corner perfectly
Good analogy!
__________________
Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



EcoModder
has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
  Reply With Quote
Old 10-20-2016, 03:46 PM   #2066 (permalink)
Hypermiler
 
PaleMelanesian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,321

PaleCivic (retired) - '96 Honda Civic DX Sedan
90 day: 69.2 mpg (US)

PaleFit - '09 Honda Fit Sport
Team Honda
Wagons
90 day: 44.06 mpg (US)
Thanks: 611
Thanked 434 Times in 284 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
YKYAEM when you're walking towards a crosswalk, and you time your approach with a break in the traffic so you don't force any cars to stop.

Or maybe that's more of a KKYA hypermiler thing...

Or maybe it's something else.
I do similar in parking lots. I'll walk across the front of the building and then straight out my row instead of diagonal point-to-point, if it allows cars to keep rolling.
__________________



11-mile commute: 100 mpg - - - Tank: 90.2 mpg / 1191 miles
  Reply With Quote
Old 10-20-2016, 06:53 PM   #2067 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 11
Thanks: 2
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fingie View Post
YKYAEM when you have to listen to slower music because metal winds you up mentally.
I agree with this 100%. I've never listened to so much jazz and talk radio haha
  Reply With Quote
Old 10-21-2016, 08:56 AM   #2068 (permalink)
Rat Racer
 
Fat Charlie's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Route 16
Posts: 4,150

Al the Third, year four - '13 Honda Fit Base
Team Honda
90 day: 42.9 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1,784
Thanked 1,922 Times in 1,246 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian View Post
I do similar in parking lots. I'll walk across the front of the building and then straight out my row instead of diagonal point-to-point, if it allows cars to keep rolling.
I've always marveled about the stupidity of people. When they're in their cars they hate anything that slows them down (on their race to the next red light) but once they park and get out, that same pavement that moments ago they thought was a speedway becomes a place for meandering in random directions as if cars suddenly don't exist.

Quote:
Originally Posted by sdtundra View Post
I agree with this 100%. I've never listened to so much jazz and talk radio haha
I've never listened to talk radio, I thought it just wound people up into a homicidal rage- and most jazz is too slow for me while driving. My ipod is full of old standards. They hit the right mix of tempo, volume and stupid silliness.
__________________

Quote:
Originally Posted by sheepdog44 View Post
Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Fat Charlie For This Useful Post:
bikeprof (11-25-2016)
Old 10-21-2016, 07:44 PM   #2069 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 11
Thanks: 2
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
I've always marveled about the stupidity of people. When they're in their cars they hate anything that slows them down (on their race to the next red light) but once they park and get out, that same pavement that moments ago they thought was a speedway becomes a place for meandering in random directions as if cars suddenly don't exist.



I've never listened to talk radio, I thought it just wound people up into a homicidal rage- and most jazz is too slow for me while driving. My ipod is full of old standards. They hit the right mix of tempo, volume and stupid silliness.
When I was in Hawaii this summer I learned to be a very relaxed driver otherwise you'll go nuts. Highway speed on the island I was on was 50mph otherwise 25mph was the fastest and there was 1 lane each way, very laid back
  Reply With Quote
Old 10-29-2016, 04:16 PM   #2070 (permalink)
Batman Junior
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534

Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
... when you go for a ride in your friend's new 6-speed manual Subaru BRZ and your 3rd question is...

"Does it have a fuel economy gauge?"

Her lifetime average after a few thousand kilometres: 7.9 L/100 km = 30 mpg US.

Not bad! Considering the EPA rating is 21/29 24 mpg US combined for the manual, that makes her a hypermiler! The automatic is rated 28 combined, but I'm sure the manual would beat it.

And she doesn't baby it - she turned the traction control off and got it a little sideways through a wet S-turn on an empty country road. (And she's one of the only other drivers I know who can match-rev downshift).

__________________
Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



EcoModder
has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
  Reply With Quote
Reply  Post New Thread




Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Ecomodder in the Philadelphia Inquirer ericbecky EcoModding Central 10 11-22-2012 02:14 PM
Official EcoModder ScanGauge II group buy info MetroMPG Instrumentation 71 03-30-2010 08:48 PM
Ecomodder EV meetup bennelson Fossil Fuel Free 1 04-20-2008 11:57 PM
Hybridfest guy now at ecomodder ericbecky Introductions 9 03-21-2008 12:43 PM
Ecomodder and others RSS feeds NoCO2 Forum News & Feedback 4 02-21-2008 03:18 PM



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com