YMBAEI when removing an exhaust (to install a 6 speed) you keep thinking if only this were an EV I wouldn't be doing this.
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2022 Sprinter
Gone 2012 Tesla Model S P85
Gone 2013 Nissan LEAF SV
2012 Nissan LEAF SV
6 speed ALH TDI Swapped in to a 2003 Jetta Wagon
YKYAEM when your best MPG is 9 months old and the only reason you don't fill-up immediately to know if you are beating it is that you also want to beat your longest tank as soon as possible...
YKYAEM when you look at you in the mirror in the morning and you tell yourself that you gonna beat your best MPG & longest tank with your current tank, but in the evening you are searching for a quick and dirty mod to do to maximize your chances.
Denis.
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Best Mégane tank: 1268.9mi @ 77.847 MPG(US)
2008/06-2011/10 saving:
You see a Toyota Sequoia and think to yourself that for a full tank in that Sequoia you can make 3-5 times as far as that Sequoia can make it on the same amount of fuel.
You drive 400-500 miles per week and can only think about how much fuel your saving compared to the last car you drove ($.14 per mile in the last car vs. $.065 per mile now).
YKYAEM if you have nearly 10,000 posts on an eco driving forum (sorry metrompg, I just had to do it!)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
When you give a co worker a ride home from work, and they ask "Why does your car look like the terminator?" And you're response is "It's a science experiment." because you don't feel like explaining and want to get home.
Then the next day you have to tell all your co-workers about hypermiling, because word travels fast. Some even seem genuinely interested, even though you don't really consider yourself a hyper miler driving a 2 ton AWD station wagon.
OR
You're heart broken when someone tells you their sisters prius only gets 40 MPG. You wonder how they are driving it to get it down that low.
YKYAEM when...
...You see a Hummer pull into a gas station and you know it's going to spend more time at the pump than any other car.
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