 Hypermilers: How NOT to drive, from msn news |
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 May 29, 2007 - 6:33 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Sep 4, '03 From Twin Cities MN Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%)  |
"Drafting"? You mean tailgating dangerously close?
Shutting your car off while in motion? Are they really serious? I'm all for increasing fuel milage, but driving habits like these are insanely dangerous to other motorists, let alone yourself... Click here for the full story. This post has been edited by saleeka: May 29, 2007 - 6:35 PM -------------------- Car #3: 98 Accord LX- purchased 5/06, totaled 8/06
Car #2: 95 Celica GT- purchased 8/03, current daily driver Car #1: 01 Focus ZX3- purchased 5/01, sold 8/03 |
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May 29, 2007 - 6:37 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 13, '05 From Poughkeepsie, NY Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
honestly where is the fun in that? if ur stressing out about your 87mpg....ur obviously not driving safely...or enjoying the ride.
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May 29, 2007 - 7:05 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I'm adopting a new policy.. See if you can get the hybrid to go below the 30mpg marker.
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May 29, 2007 - 7:20 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 13, '05 From Poughkeepsie, NY Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
QUOTE(Hanyo @ May 29, 2007 - 8:05 PM) [snapback]562798[/snapback] I'm adopting a new policy.. See if you can get the hybrid to go below the 30mpg marker. LOL! that would be a REAL test. -------------------- Kawi Love |
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May 29, 2007 - 9:45 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 14, '07 From Provo, UT USA Currently Offline Reputation: 25 (100%) |
how about getting the hybrid above 100 mph!!! now that's a test.
i think that they are pointless. they really don't save you much money if you think about it. you spend several thousand$ more for one, and then every few years you have to put another couple thousand into a new battery just to save some gas. --------------------  Call me a traitor! See if I care. ;) |
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May 31, 2007 - 11:45 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 13, '05 From Poughkeepsie, NY Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
ok so today a guy i work with that is into RX-7's comes over to me and askes me what the standard MPG for a Supra TT...city and highway...
I really have no idea so i told him so. Then he says he read a thread on a forum where some guy got 22mpg on his Supra Twin-Turbo... I responded with, "it seems possible if u lay off boost and your just cruising on the highway..." No sooner did I finish that sentence he responded with, "but the car has 1300RWHP." Take the hypermilers...1300RWHP supra TT just pwnd your 75+ mpg...id much rather rock that 1300hp supra and get 22mpg then a prius and get 75mpg. -------------------- Kawi Love |
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May 31, 2007 - 11:54 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 7, '06 From Los Alamos, NM Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE(devilsden97 @ May 31, 2007 - 11:45 AM) [snapback]563400[/snapback] ok so today a guy i work with that is into RX-7's comes over to me and askes me what the standard MPG for a Supra TT...city and highway... I really have no idea so i told him so. Then he says he read a thread on a forum where some guy got 22mpg on his Supra Twin-Turbo... I responded with, "it seems possible if u lay off boost and your just cruising on the highway..." No sooner did I finish that sentence he responded with, "but the car has 1300RWHP." Take the hypermilers...1300RWHP supra TT just pwnd your 75+ mpg...id much rather rock that 1300hp supra and get 22mpg then a prius and get 75mpg. x987468601461089462623897463789461986 im the type of guy who enjoys driving his car and im not gonna shut my car off or draft people i dont speed (to much) lmao but i do enjoy driving -------------------- 2015 Subaru WRX. World Rally Blue/Black
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May 31, 2007 - 1:32 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Portsmouth, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
QUOTE Parking on the highest point of a lot, facing toward the exit, in order to let gravity do the work of getting the car moving.  wow. these people are crazy... sounds like my mom
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May 31, 2007 - 1:35 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 5, '05 From pineapple under the sea Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
If gas mileage is such a big deal to them they should walk... save you money on gas.
If I ever saw one of these people I just might slap them. -------------------- 1991 MR2 - T-tops - Crimson Red - Gen3 3SGTE - Lots of money
 I'm not really an asshole, but I play one on the internet. **** Photobucket |
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May 31, 2007 - 8:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 25, '03 From Miami, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
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May 31, 2007 - 9:26 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 11, '06 From Sefner, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 24 (100%) |
yeah i've bee nseeing this crap on the news....the nerv of the gov and the world,,...they expect us to change our driving habits...hello people have to work...... they have no right to tell us to draft and coast, etc...when they have tthe power to regulate the prices and keep the oil companies from raping us...just the rich getting richer and we pay for it
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May 31, 2007 - 9:50 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
no to complain or anything, but our gas prices are pretty low compared to the rest of the world.
i would still get a prius because who would want to wear out their swaped engines? |
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Jun 5, 2007 - 9:31 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 16, '07 From Newcastle UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(illneversellmycelli @ Jun 1, 2007 - 3:26 AM) [snapback]563621[/snapback] yeah i've bee nseeing this crap on the news....the nerv of the gov and the world,,...they expect us to change our driving habits...hello people have to work...... they have no right to tell us to draft and coast, etc...when they have tthe power to regulate the prices and keep the oil companies from raping us...just the rich getting richer and we pay for it Bureaucrats make me puke. Over here, almost 90% of what we pay at the pumps is tax. On top of that, we pay annual road tax of £200 for a 2.0L Celica, now Blair and his mob of thieves want us to pay per mile! (and we're talking £1.50 a mile here folks) on top of all the other tax. I've worked this out, it's gonna cost me something like £1300 a month to get to work!! Oh and there's next to no public transport to get me there so I've got no choice. It's either that or the dole queue! Good eh?  
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Jun 8, 2007 - 3:22 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 28, '06 From Delaware Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I love how ethanol is corrosive.. SO the money you save on your gas can go to buy you a new engine and fuel carrying equipment eventually..
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Jun 8, 2007 - 3:29 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Webster Ma. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
i'm in the process of making my car run off of urine.
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Jun 8, 2007 - 7:35 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 17, '03 From Bloomington, Indiana Currently Offline Reputation: 62 (98%) |
QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Jun 8, 2007 - 4:29 PM) [snapback]566451[/snapback] i'm in the process of making my car run off of urine. I like ur style John.. --------------------  |
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Jun 9, 2007 - 9:56 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Virginia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
These hypermilers are not going to slow global warming. They will just kill themselves first.
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Jun 9, 2007 - 10:12 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%) |
QUOTE(Celicav @ Jun 9, 2007 - 7:56 PM) [snapback]566754[/snapback] These hypermilers are not going to slow global warming. They will just kill themselves first. good! I can't stand when people drive below the speed limit. especially on a one lane road and they are holding up multiple people behind them. When I hear that an increasing number of hybrids are rear-ending tractor trailers, I'm gonna laugh! --------------------  94 GT - Sold -------- 69 Pontiac Lemans - Sold 88 Alltrac - Sold ---- 04 WRX - Sold 00 GT-S - Sold ------ 91 Miata - project/drift car 95 GT - Sold -------- 96 GT - New Daily Drive |
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Jun 10, 2007 - 10:00 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 21, '07 From Delaware Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hello All, I am a new member who has been lurking a long time time. I am currently saving up for a 6th gen GT and own an 07 Toyota Yaris. I consistently get 41-45 MPG in the car and thats the reason I got the car. The Celica would be my fun car and I would not worry about MPG as much. However, people who want increased mpg are not the people to dislike. Think about it, if some people get great mileage, some average, and some poor then it averages out. The hypermilers who get extreme mpg help keep our gas prices realitvey low. It is all about supply and demand.
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Jun 10, 2007 - 10:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 13, '05 From Poughkeepsie, NY Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
QUOTE(unknown_Epiphany @ Jun 10, 2007 - 11:00 PM) [snapback]566982[/snapback] Hello All, I am a new member who has been lurking a long time time. I am currently saving up for a 6th gen GT and own an 07 Toyota Yaris. I consistently get 41-45 MPG in the car and thats the reason I got the car. The Celica would be my fun car and I would not worry about MPG as much. However, people who want increased mpg are not the people to dislike. Think about it, if some people get great mileage, some average, and some poor then it averages out. The hypermilers who get extreme mpg help keep our gas prices realitvey low. It is all about supply and demand. My 2 cents. oh dude, were just joking around. thats all. BTW...Welcome. Back to the topic. -------------------- Kawi Love |
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