01-08-2020, 05:40 PM
|
#2321 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,697
Thanks: 7,776
Thanked 8,585 Times in 7,069 Posts
|
Quote:
|
The Wright Bros once opined that if commercial air travel ever became possible, the passengers would be content to lay on the wings.
|
In Soviet Russia...
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y0ELe0d0dVA/hqdefault.jpg
__________________
.
.Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster
____________________
.
."We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer
|
|
|
|
 Today
|
|
|
|
Other popular topics in this forum...
|
|
|
|
|
01-11-2020, 02:28 PM
|
#2322 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,697
Thanks: 7,776
Thanked 8,585 Times in 7,069 Posts
|
__________________
.
.Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster
____________________
.
."We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer
|
|
|
|
|
01-12-2020, 01:57 AM
|
#2323 (permalink)
|
|
Master procastinator
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Panelia, Finland
Posts: 273
Thanks: 103
Thanked 49 Times in 42 Posts
|
Rodeo!
Well he SORT OF did some ecomodding by keeping that car in the carage for a while after this 
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
01-12-2020, 02:32 PM
|
#2324 (permalink)
|
|
Rat Racer
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Route 16
Posts: 4,150
Thanks: 1,784
Thanked 1,922 Times in 1,246 Posts
|
You're getting it all wrong- it's pulse and glide, not pulse and slide!
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by sheepdog44
Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Fat Charlie For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
01-12-2020, 04:37 PM
|
#2325 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoWalker
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
Posts: 3,998
Thanks: 1,711
Thanked 2,245 Times in 1,454 Posts
|
It was an old clunker - very old, very clunk; it was in the slow lane; it rapidly shed some junk from the trunk and that modification certainly made it a lot more eco-friendly.
Honorary virtual membership?
__________________
2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
  lifetime FE over 0.2 Gmeter or 0.13 Mmile.
For confirmation go to people just like you.
For education go to people unlike yourself.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to RedDevil For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
01-26-2020, 09:42 AM
|
#2326 (permalink)
|
|
Cyborg ECU
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Coastal Southern California
Posts: 6,299
Thanks: 2,373
Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts
|
YKYAEM when you see this old picture from the YKYAEM thread and love its apparent build quality so much you wanna see what has happened to it, so you click, and you get a dead link, and so you post on the YKYAEM thread... anyone know what has become of this amazing car that I think Neil Blanchard originally posted on EM?
__________________
See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
|
|
|
|
|
01-26-2020, 11:28 AM
|
#2327 (permalink)
|
|
EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: May 2008
Location: N. Saskatchewan, CA
Posts: 1,805
Thanks: 91
Thanked 459 Times in 327 Posts
|
YKYAM when you get passed by a semi-trailer and instead of flashing your lights to signal that the pass is complete, you move over part way into the draft.
__________________
There is no excuse for a land vehicle to weigh more than its average payload.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Bicycle Bob For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
01-26-2020, 12:35 PM
|
#2328 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,697
Thanks: 7,776
Thanked 8,585 Times in 7,069 Posts
|
The answer may be in here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dave+cloud+dolphin, possibly buried in comments.
Let us know what you find. The news section stories are nine years old.
__________________
.
.Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster
____________________
.
."We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer
|
|
|
|
|
01-26-2020, 02:28 PM
|
#2329 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 404
Thanks: 35
Thanked 143 Times in 105 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by California98Civic
YKYAEM when you see this old picture from the YKYAEM thread and love its apparent build quality so much you wanna see what has happened to it, so you click, and you get a dead link, and so you post on the YKYAEM thread... anyone know what has become of this amazing car that I think Neil Blanchard originally posted on EM?
|
While I rarely go to any F-book site I think I found the answer to your question. And happily found out about the Historic Electric Vehicle Museum.
https://www.facebook.com/HEVForg/pos...3054607265279/
When I went to the link it was public access. Hope it stays that way.
JJ
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to jjackstone For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
01-26-2020, 03:31 PM
|
#2330 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,697
Thanks: 7,776
Thanked 8,585 Times in 7,069 Posts
|
Facebook is the second most evil high tech company according to Slate*, but DDG points to a few reputable sources:
Quote:
After 12-car donation, Historic Electric Vehicle Foundatio ...
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/1...omment-page-1/
Dec 27, 2018In addition to the Petersen transfer, the HEVF has also recently received a multi-vehicle donation from Kent Bakke, which included Dave Cloud's Dolphin; two electric land-speed racers that Robert Nimcocks built; and a collection of seven EVs from Michael Longley. For more information about the Historic Electric Vehicle Foundation, visit HEVF.org.
Dave Cloud's 214 MPG Geo Metro (aka The Dolphin) | TreeHugger
https://www.treehugger.com/cars/dave...e-dolphin.html
Mar 16, 2011Dave Cloud's 214 MPG Geo Metro (aka The Dolphin) ... into more city oriented electric vehicles, as he has a long history in electric car conversions. ... interviews with Dave Cloud. More Electric ...
|
*It goes Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet, Palantir.
__________________
.
.Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster
____________________
.
."We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to freebeard For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
