05-05-2020, 08:57 AM
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EV OR DIESEL
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Pfft, the GTR would like to have a word.
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As amazing as the current GTR is to drive (and boy are they) the transmission is actually still my complaint. It feels like it is hiding all of the character of the engine from the driver. I enjoy driving fast EV’s because I feel as though the character of the engine is still there, it’s just A very Different character than a fossil.
I can’t wait until I can afford a proper sports car EV, the first 2 I consider are Tycan and P3D. I truly love my P85, but it’s a boat with limited cooling.
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05-05-2020, 10:56 AM
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YKYAEM when a friend emails you to report his latest fuel economy is...
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05-09-2020, 11:59 AM
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YKYAEM when a friend emails you to report his latest fuel economy is...
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Great! Or …
YKYAEM when a friend once again looks strange at your obsession for efficiency. |
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06-03-2020, 12:14 PM
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Literary eco-driving
YKYAEM when the following passage JUMPS off the page of the book you're reading...
Mother was ill-informed!
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06-03-2020, 01:06 PM
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Cyborg ECU
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That pappy is an ecomodder. my pappy? not so much. His first car was a Model A and at some point he got 60 mph in his head as a great technological advance, "a mile a minute" he always liked to say like it was still a wonder. Not me. I hypermile the freeway at that speed, meditating on "a mile a minute" as mile & ¼ per minute cars sail by in the other lanes.
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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.
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Reason: spelling, syntax
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06-03-2020, 01:33 PM
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Like the pappy in the book, mine was a farmer. He was good at working with his hands, resourceful DIY repairs (lots of machines to keep running), and didn't abide wastefulness.
But his treat to himself after a lifetime of carefully & successfully building up the farm was a big fancy car. Ironically, that V8 Cadillac was the first car I ever drove that had a digital MPG gauge.
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06-03-2020, 11:01 PM
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37 is about where my Mustang would get its best MPG. On a track like Indy, I could probably average over 60 MPG. My bladder capacity would lower my average. 
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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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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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06-04-2020, 12:53 AM
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37 is about where my Mustang would get its best MPG. On a track like Indy, I could probably average over 60 MPG. My bladder capacity would lower my average. |
YKYAEM when...
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06-04-2020, 07:39 AM
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Intermediate EcoDriver
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I've used a Gatorade bottle at a stoplight...
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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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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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06-04-2020, 09:26 AM
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If you leave it laying around better make sure it is clear that the contents should not be consumed!
Some people even bite bottles nowadays...
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For education go to people unlike yourself.
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