Posted on 06/01/2008 5:18:05 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I got a ‘76 C20 with a 454. I think it takes a gallon just to start it.
uhhh....so motorists are driving a little slower because of the high gas prices, thinking they will use less gas by going ten miles from Point A to Point B, and doing it slower? Of course you use the same amount of gas going 40 MPH as you do going 50 MPH. At 50 MPH you just get there faster. Yikes.
There are more sheeple, I’ve observed, taking the underutilized public transportation. Where were they before? Oh, whining that they can’t (take public transportation), wishing that other would (take public transportation), ranting against it on FR, calling it Socialism, Communism, tyranny.
Mythbusters did a segment on windows down vs AC,you actually get better mileage with the windows up and the AC on. There is less wind resistance.
“Mythbusters did a segment on windows down vs AC,you actually get better mileage with the windows up and the AC on. There is less wind resistance.”
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Turn off your lights! All car headlights are designed, specifically to act directly against your forward progress, all those photons zooming out at the speed of light.
I’m series.
A Prius (2004 hatchback version).
$4 per gallon hasn’t slowed the morons down in my area. Still driving around like there is no tomorrow. Speeding, tailgaiting, running red lights and making 6 trips to town in one day instead of consolidating trips. Like some people have a bottomless money pit.
That gives me a brilliant idea!
If I put a dozen Xenon high beam headlights on the back of Suburban, I can increase my MPG with the extra thrust...
Plus keep the tailgaters back a good distance...
That’s the case with highway driving, but not with stop-n-go.
Getting a heavy truck off the line with the A/C on when the light goes green is gas-intensive.
Let the gas price get to something like $6-7 a gallon where no one can afford to drive and the incidents will really go down.
I like photons on my salad.
I've been researching economical vehicles just in case it becomes a necessity to have one, and have found that the Honda Fit gets lower highway mpg (34) than the Civic (36), and the Civic has higher mpg with an automatic than with a manual. Many of the small, five door hatchbacks are not rated very high on mpg, for example the Mazda 3, at 29 highway, is the same as a V-6 Chevy Impala. GM did some engineering work on the engine in the Chevy Cobalt, and got it up to 36 highway, but reports are that it is noisy and the body integrity isn't so great. Toyota actually seems to have lost an mpg or two with the new Corolla. The Yaris is just too small. So, if I feel the need to do it, I'll be getting a Civic automatic, LX model (DX too much of a stripper, EX too pricey).
Of COURSE the game is rigged - and so is the reporting!
They’re hoping that nobody will remember that the big drop in fatalities during the “Arab Oil Embargo” of the ‘70s was traced to a huge drop in total miles traveled - i.e., reduced exposure to hazard - NOT to reduced speeds!
I’m sure that’s exactly what’s happening today.
Forgive me. I didn’t catch the mention in the article that the number of fatalities was adjusted for the reduced number of miles being driven due to the increased gas prices.
Not only that, but it reduces the time you are exposed to the idiots who might run into you; and meteorites, loose highway signs, etc. that might fall on you.
I see you like to eat light.
My GTO gets 24mpg at 80mph, 25 at 70mph and 26 at 65mph.
I'm one of those full-time telecommuters so when I hit the road I need to make up for lost time ;)
Yep, high fuel prices are causing Gore to stop flying to global warming meets in his private jet and fly commercial coach instead.
Oh wait.
He's making this up. No one can quantify the additional injuries caused by a mph difference or two in any given crash.
Dozens of large SUVs passed me doing at least 80. Apparently, they have no objection to throwing a $10 bill out the window every 40 miles.
I experienced the same thing...drivers were travelling at the same speed as in the past, but there were fewer cars on the road.
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