Cincinnati Hybrid Group meet-up 7-5-08

[bestmapman]

News flash: Third Cincy/NKY/IND (Cincinnati-Southwest Ohio Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana) Hybrid and Hypermilers Meetup is scheduled for July 5th, 2008.

Location: Fort Thomas Tower Park Pavillion #3 (This has changed!)

Time: 11:00 till whenever

Events: Battery teardown by FireEngineer, Fuel Economy Challenge.

Sponsors: Bestmapman (859-466-6886) and Lamebums (859-630-1708) call with any questions.

Purpose: Have a good time/Get to meet people from the forums. Lunch soft drinks will be provided. Drive a Prius and other Hypermiling machines. The story of threading the needle on Reenactment II will be told. Several times if needed. Also have a mileage challenge over a nine mile course through Ft. Thomas and Highland Heights, KY. Specifics to be determined.

Autographs: Lamebums will have a signing session. Free to the first 50 applicants. LOL

Who's invited: All interested hypermilers and hybrid owners.

Directions: From I-471 in Northern Kentucky. Exit 2 Alexandria Pike go east. Travel East 3/4 mile to Grandview. Turn left on Grandview. This is an uphill street. At the top of Grandview turn left on Ft. Thomas Ave. Go four blocks. At the intersection of Hwy 445 River Rd turn right. The right turn is not onto Hwy 445 River Rd., but just past Hwy 445 River Rd. The road doesn't have a street sign, but it goes behind the VA Hospital that is just past River Rd. Take the road toward the back of the VA Hosp and take the first left to go behind the VA Hosp. The picnic shelter is next to the basketball courts. (this has changed!)

[bestmapman]

Bump, just letting everyone know that the meetup is still on.

We will be having:

1) Picnic: hamburgers/dogs and all the fixins

2) Battery teardown: Wayne Mitchell (FireEngineer) will tear down a Prius battery

3) Prius driving clinics. Diamond Larry will teach how to drive the Prius to great MPG, See what your Prius is capable of.

4) Fuel Economy Challenge. This is the fun part. Compete against others in the Prius on a challenging 10 miles couse.

Overall should be a fun day.

[Aaron]

OMG,

Could someone please tell my wife this is more important than her grandmother's 90th birthday party.

[bestmapman]

I think we will see you at the next one. Have a nice birthday party.

[bestmapman]

Wayne Mitchell just called and confirmed he is coming with the battery dissasemble.


All from here are invited, should be a fun time.

[bestmapman]

We had the meet-up on July 5th. 13 attended. We gave Aaron (screen name Aaron) a driving clinic. He had previosly had only gotten mid 40 tanks, and after driving with us, he achieved 86 MPG in the Fuel Economy challenge and 58 MPG on his commute home (about 40 miles).

Here is the write up

[Aaron]

I sat down and crunched the numbers and the following is what I got in comparing my 2008 Toyota Prius with my previous SUV, a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo.

2008 Toyota Prius (11.9 gallon fuel capacity):

58 MPG average with 9 gallons of gas I have a range of 522 miles.

If I drive 12,000 miles a year with gas at $4 per gallon, the Prius will cost $827.58 in gas for one year ($68.96 per month).

With gas at $4 per gallon and with a 58 MPG average, it costs me $0.07 (7 cents) per mile to drive my Prius.


1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo (23 gallon fuel capacity):

18 MPG average with 9 gallons of gas I have a range of 162 miles (360 miles less on the same 9 gallons of gas).

If I drive 12,000 miles a year with gas at $4 per gallon, the Jeep would cost $2,666.66 in gas for one year ($222.22 per month).

With gas at $4 per gallon and with an 18 MPG average, it would cost me $0.22 (22 cents) per mile to drive the Jeep.



If I drive 12,000 miles per year with gas at $4 per gallon, I am saving $1,839.08 per year by driving the Prius rather than the Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo.

I am saving $153.26 per month by driving the Prius rather than the Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo.

-Aaron

[bestmapman]

Here is an article written about the July 5th meeting.

[Prius2009]

Originally Posted by bestmapman

News flash: Third Cincy/NKY/IND (Cincinnati-Southwest Ohio Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana) Hybrid and Hypermilers Meetup is scheduled for July 5th, 2008.

Location: Fort Thomas Tower Park Pavillion #3 (This has changed!)

Time: 11:00 till whenever

Events: Battery teardown by FireEngineer, Fuel Economy Challenge.

Sponsors: Bestmapman (859-466-6886) and Lamebums (859-630-1708) call with any questions.

Purpose: Have a good time/Get to meet people from the forums. Lunch soft drinks will be provided. Drive a Prius and other Hypermiling machines. The story of threading the needle on Reenactment II will be told. Several times if needed. Also have a mileage challenge over a nine mile course through Ft. Thomas and Highland Heights, KY. Specifics to be determined.

Autographs: Lamebums will have a signing session. Free to the first 50 applicants. LOL

Who's invited: All interested hypermilers and hybrid owners.

Directions: From I-471 in Northern Kentucky. Exit 2 Alexandria Pike go east. Travel East 3/4 mile to Grandview. Turn left on Grandview. This is an uphill street. At the top of Grandview turn left on Ft. Thomas Ave. Go four blocks. At the intersection of Hwy 445 River Rd turn right. The right turn is not onto Hwy 445 River Rd., but just past Hwy 445 River Rd. The road doesn't have a street sign, but it goes behind the VA Hospital that is just past River Rd. Take the road toward the back of the VA Hosp and take the first left to go behind the VA Hosp. The picnic shelter is next to the basketball courts. (this has changed!)

When is the next meeting. Do owners get together in between mettings/

[bestmapman]

Our next meeting is set for Oct 11. We may meet up before that though.