Want to get better mileage? Lose weight

JackDodge · 10-25-2006, 02:14 PM

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...NEWS99/61025018

"Americans are burning nearly 1 billion more gallons of gasoline each year than they did in 1960 because of their expanding waistlines. Simply put, more weight in the car means lower gas mileage."

There seems to be a correlation between how much we eat and how much gasoline we burn. Perhaps the first question we should ask people who claim not to get very good mileage with a Prius is how chubby they are

I can already see the rebuttals here: "I drive a Prius and get 60 mpg and I'm a hundred pounds overweight"

tleonhar · 10-25-2006, 02:24 PM

I wish I would have read this before lunch...

Cheap! · 10-25-2006, 02:33 PM

I'll fess up. I am almost 200 pounds overweight, and I get 50mpg. Yes I have been wanting to lose weight just to improve my mpg.

**Tideland Prius** · 10-25-2006, 02:34 PM

From Time magazine

"American cars on average have increased by 500lbs since the 70s. Of course it has if the average American is driving it"

bigdaddy · 10-25-2006, 02:35 PM

Can we start a "Fat guys in Priuses" club?

Michgal007 · 10-25-2006, 02:49 PM

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Can we start a "Fat guys in Priuses" club?
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I'd join a skinny gals in Prii club

(No I am not on a diet or anorexic, I just look this way since I was 2).

JackDodge · 10-25-2006, 03:28 PM

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I wish I would have read this before lunch...

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what a weight loss inducer eh? 'I better skip that bag of potato chips, my mpg is slipping.'

darelldd · 10-25-2006, 04:03 PM

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I just look this way since I was 2).
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What way? We need pictures.

Michgal007 · 10-25-2006, 04:12 PM

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What way? We need pictures.
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I meant skinny

PriusRos · 10-25-2006, 04:14 PM

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(No I am not on a diet or anorexic, I just look this way since I was 2).
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Do you get pulled over for underage driving? But I guess, if you look 2, then they probably can't see who's driving.

10-25-2006, 02:14 PM	#1
JackDodge Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI Posts: 2,375 My Car: Other Hybrid Model: Package: N/A Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Friends: 0	http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...NEWS99/61025018 "Americans are burning nearly 1 billion more gallons of gasoline each year than they did in 1960 because of their expanding waistlines. Simply put, more weight in the car means lower gas mileage." There seems to be a correlation between how much we eat and how much gasoline we burn. Perhaps the first question we should ask people who claim not to get very good mileage with a Prius is how chubby they are I can already see the rebuttals here: "I drive a Prius and get 60 mpg and I'm a hundred pounds overweight" __________________ "Isolation exists only in isolation. Once shared, it evaporates" - Dr. Breuer from the movie "When Nietzsche Wept"

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tleonhar Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Belle Plaine, MN Posts: 1,526 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #4 Thanks: 75 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts Friends: 0	I wish I would have read this before lunch...

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Cheap! Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,157 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 4	I'll fess up. I am almost 200 pounds overweight, and I get 50mpg. Yes I have been wanting to lose weight just to improve my mpg.

10-25-2006, 02:34 PM	#4
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 21,212 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 370 Thanked 530 Times in 357 Posts Friends: 26	From Time magazine "American cars on average have increased by 500lbs since the 70s. Of course it has if the average American is driving it"

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bigdaddy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Duluth Georgia Posts: 992 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Can we start a "Fat guys in Priuses" club?