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SwamiSalami 10-19-2011 02:41 PM

You Know You're A Hypermiler When...
 
a tailgating, cell phone using, b-boy says, "you drive like a b*tch!".

:turtle::turtle::turtle:


How about anybody else...can you add "You Know You're A Hypermiler when..."s of your own?

Arragonis 10-19-2011 02:44 PM

er...

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...r-if-3188.html

SwamiSalami 10-19-2011 02:47 PM

Ecomodding isn't the same as hypermiling.

Arragonis 10-19-2011 02:48 PM

OK - just checking ;)

EDIT - although the lounge is open.

Gasoline Fumes 10-20-2011 12:29 AM

...3000 RPM seems high.
...50 MPH feels fast.
...seeing an idling parked car annoys you.

tinduck 10-20-2011 04:47 AM

...you have a real close tailgater and think 'wow, 3% more mpg'

so long,

tinduck

Weather Spotter 10-20-2011 05:02 PM

when the extra 800 Lb of rock in the back of your car to take to work makes you get better MPG then when the car was empty (longer coasts) :)

JethroBodine 10-20-2011 10:16 PM

You know you are a hypermiler when;

...You leave for work a half hour earlier than you used to, and get to work later, and don't stop for coffee anymore.

... You used to play the "punch-bug" game on road trips, but now play the "Prius-pass" game( same as punch-bug, but only when a Prius passes you).

...A guy at work asks if you've converted your car to electric, because he's never heard the engine running as you pull into your parking place, from the road, around the shop, and the road goes by HIS parking place( about a half mile total).

hippiedudebrad 10-21-2011 03:48 PM

... you laugh at the people who pass you, only to pass them because you timed the red light, at which they had to stop...

Arragonis 10-21-2011 04:15 PM

Or (as posted in the other thread...) you enter a roundabout last and leave it first - without touching the 'go' peddle.

larrybuck 10-23-2011 02:34 PM

When there is a turn off ramp from a ground level street up hill to a stopsign at the end of an overpass ( going over the street previously on).... a veh. is coming up quickly from behind.... you signal, and pull over toward right curb.... there are no line markings anywhere.... you pull over early; hoping to give enough confidence to that following driver to blow by you... and even though you felt like you had to add a little brake pedal as an exclamation mark to MOTIVATE that guy..........

you still have enough momentum left to coast up to the stop sign, even though this is only the 2nd time tried here, and your practice is few, and far between, because you only drive through here about 3 times a month!!

Giddy SMILES!!!!

jakobnev 10-23-2011 02:50 PM

When there is more left of your tires and brake pads than there was when you checked them six months ago.

redyaris 10-26-2011 09:04 PM

When you plan where other drivers will pass you.
When after your once a month agresive pass you pull back into your lane and emediatly EOC for a very long time/distance.

gone-ot 10-26-2011 10:23 PM

...when you can pay for your gasoline out of your "change" pocket instead of your wallet.

Gasoline Fumes 10-26-2011 10:35 PM

...slow drivers annoy you. They always slow down at the wrong time!
...you forget how to put gas in your car.
...you need to get a tire pressure gauge that goes higher.

TXwaterdog 10-26-2011 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes (Post 267468)
...slow drivers annoy you. They always slow down at the wrong time!

haha, right. I'm new to all this and slow drivers are starting to annoy me because they're not doing it right, lol.
:turtle:

redyaris 11-06-2011 09:20 PM

...when you can feel the additional RR of winter snow/ice tires.

redyaris 11-19-2011 06:07 PM

...when you use the 12 seconds it takes your scanguage to turn off, as a messure of how long you have been engine off coasting.

Weather Spotter 11-19-2011 08:15 PM

I had to tell my sg that my gas only car was a hybread so it would stay on. I can coast up to 3 min and not having it on messes up my average :)

Fr3AkAzOiD 05-28-2012 11:02 AM

You know your a hypermiler if...
 
You know your a hypermiler if....


your mpg average is higher then your mph average.

gone-ot 05-28-2012 12:22 PM

Then, again, you know you're a UniCorn Hypermiler if...

...you can't put gasoline into your tank because all your "savings" techniques, tricks & add-on devices are exceeding your fuel usage (wink,wink)

Iexpedite 05-28-2012 01:25 PM

You risk running out of fuel to attain that 500 mile tank.

You wear light weight clothes so you don't have to run your A/C.

You know you are a hypermiler when: it seems that people intentionally follow you around, just to mess up your EOC.

euromodder 05-28-2012 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redyaris (Post 269170)
...when you can feel the additional RR of winter snow/ice tires.

That means you've bought the wrong winter tyres ;)

I'm pretty hard pressed to see the difference.

It looks like the airco is worse than winter ...

SwamiSalami 05-29-2012 02:14 PM

...when you begin to ponder the usefulness of a rearview camera to ill psychological effects of hypermiling.

Piwoslaw 05-30-2012 01:28 AM

YKYAHM when...
... Your brother-in-law give you a ride and you notice that he is ... pulsing and gliding!
I haven't talked to him about it yet, so I don't know if it is my influence or whether he discovered it himself.

Brad9660 05-30-2012 03:34 AM

-When you are passing cars on the highway even though your engine is not running.
-When you start to worry that you might be to much "under" the speed limit.
-When your replying to this thread:)

Fat Charlie 05-30-2012 11:35 AM

- you get upset at this thread being resurrected because now you have to add the step of thinking about whether something belongs in YKYAHM or YKYAEM.

Piwoslaw 05-30-2012 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Charlie (Post 309590)
- you get upset at this thread being resurrected because now you have to add the step of thinking about whether something belongs in YKYAHM or YKYAEM.

Maybe we should get @n@l and go through the YKYAEM thread and move all of its YKYAHM posts to here?
Just joking;)
Maybe we can make spammers do it as punishment?:p

Gasoline Fumes 05-30-2012 01:22 PM

...you can't wait to get fuel and see the numbers.
...you're not sure if your car can still idle or not.


Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad9660 (Post 309549)
-When you are passing cars on the highway even though your engine is not running.

I've only done that once, but I loved it. A slow-moving car was about to screw up my good coast, then I realized I could pass him. :)

Fat Charlie 05-30-2012 01:33 PM

- Your calendar has the Julian date to show you when a fill-up is going to knock that bad tank off your 90 day average.

- You don't knock bad tanks off your 90 day average because average tank distance is forever.

Piwoslaw 05-30-2012 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes (Post 309609)
A slow-moving car was about to screw up my good coast, then I realized I could pass him. :)

YKYAHM when it takes you a moment to realise that you can also pass, not just be passed;)

JethroBodine 05-30-2012 06:57 PM

...When you have to change the shut off time of your MPGuino to 10 minutes, because you started EOCing for more that the 7 minute preset time.

meelis11 05-31-2012 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JethroBodine (Post 309661)
...When you have to change the shut off time of your MPGuino to 10 minutes, because you started EOCing for more that the 7 minute preset time.

It should stay on if it gets speed or injector signal.

JethroBodine 05-31-2012 08:44 PM

No speed signal, and engine off for more than 7 minutes. I've been only using the GPH, trip total, and tank total function on my MPGuino.

Edit- My Jetta has a mechanical speedo.

meelis11 06-01-2012 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JethroBodine (Post 309836)
No speed signal, and engine off for more than 7 minutes. I've been only using the GPH, trip total, and tank total function on my MPGuino.

Edit- My Jetta has a mechanical speedo.

maybe something helpful (made new topic so others can find it too)
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post309903

Fat Charlie 06-04-2012 10:57 AM

YKYAHM... When the guy riding your rear bumper is a school bus.

Soichiro 06-08-2012 03:45 PM

You know you're a hypermiler if:

You've ever been passed by a Prius

You shift into neutral to speed up

You can drive for 10 minutes without touching the gas pedal (or using cruise control)

Gealii 06-08-2012 04:04 PM

YKYAHM....when you forget where you placed your fuel log in your car from not filling up

euromodder 06-09-2012 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soichiro (Post 311321)
You know you're a hypermiler if:
You've ever been passed by a Prius

Check !

Quote:

You shift into neutral to speed up
Check !

Quote:

You can drive for 10 minutes without touching the gas pedal (or using cruise control)
This part of the country is far too flat for that.

2 out of 3 ain't bad ;)

Piwoslaw 06-10-2012 02:07 PM

YKYAHM if...
... All of the roads in your area seem much shorter when someone else is driving.


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