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Old 03-05-2011, 10:27 PM   #841 (permalink)
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YKYAEM when someone comments on the strong winds, and you almost blurt out "this headwind is really going to affect my mpg."

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Old 03-05-2011, 10:46 PM   #842 (permalink)
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Old 03-07-2011, 09:58 AM   #843 (permalink)
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Old 03-07-2011, 11:36 AM   #844 (permalink)
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When you see a cop scanning you with a radar gun, and you consider speeding up to avoid getting his attention.
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Old 03-07-2011, 12:07 PM   #845 (permalink)
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When you see a cop scanning you with a radar gun, and you consider speeding up to avoid getting his attention.
I have been doing that, ever since I got pulled over for driving too slow (which isn't illegal, but cop assumed I was drunk)

...come to think of it, that incident was the reason I found ecomodder in the first place!
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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Old 03-07-2011, 12:37 PM   #846 (permalink)
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YKYAEM when someone comments on the strong winds, and you almost blurt out "this headwind is really going to affect my mpg."
What do you mean almost. Been blowing a week here, sometimes up to 70mph. Head winds hurt more than tail winds help.
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Old 03-08-2011, 03:35 AM   #847 (permalink)
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Old 03-08-2011, 01:25 PM   #848 (permalink)
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Funny of you to mention dreaming:

YKYAEM when you have a dream that someone installed wheel covers on your vehicle and they proceed to explain the aero benefit of such a mod.
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