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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Chuck., Jul 2, 2014.

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  1. Chuck.

    Chuck. Former Honda Enzyte Driver

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    This is the dashboard of my 2000 Honda Insight.

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    Any questions?
     
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    I wish I'd done this experiment a couple of weeks ago when it was less obvious as to intent.

    If not already obvious, I was impersonating someone trolling the past month, among other things posting outrageously high lifetime mpg on his hybrid Civic - mine is actually 65.3 mpg over 228,000 miles on a Honda Insight. The best I've heard was about 92 mpg....if someone had been hypermiling from the start and could always make long runs at 45 mph on warm days, 99 mpg lifetime would be possible.

    The lmpg on the dash is next to impossible...I'm not on the list of the handful of elite hypermilers that might be able to accomplish this. Don't believe everything you see.

    I still got a number of hits even after most were probably aware it was a mockery of the troller.
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Be careful lest you become that which you despise.... ;)
     
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    ^ laugh - it was an impersonation. :D
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    I wasn't talking about the post, but rather the reason for the thread. ;)
     
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    ^ my reason for the thread is: "why do so many people keep feeding the troll?"

    Fortunately, most well-known, reputable members have finally refrained from feeding that troll, but it took awhile. Why?
    • Did not know
    • Really careless
    • Skims, takes posts at face value
    • Did not care ( :mad: )
    • Does not believe Troy Heagy is a troller ( dubious at this point )
    Apparently TH is doing as he has frequently done in the past and talk to himself with his sock puppets to feed his pulled over for going 40 thread. He's doing us a favor by exposing phony PC members, so we now know who also to ignore.
     
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    Wayne Gerdes averaged over 100 in his insight. What you are posting is not falsehood, but reality for many hypermilers. It isn't difficult. Drive 40-50 miles/hour on the highway & avoid using the brake.
     
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    Personally, I never use the brake.
     
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    You use your feet to stop? (n)
     
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    Yeah..... like Fred Flintstone. After all insight only weighs 1900 pounds. ;)
     
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    Yeah but with the weight of Fred as the driver, its no longer a light car, so much for your MPG's!
     
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    I am trying to follow the oft' repeated "Drive Without Braking" advice. Pretty scary way to drive....
     
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    Wayne was actually driving around 30-40 mph on the freeway, but he never allow the video to be shown on YouTube. This is illegal at best and dangerous.

     
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    Having been around him for a considerable amount of time, your statement would be correct if it was 40-50 mph.

    He and a few other hypermilers have had a lifetime mpg around 92. Cold weather, getting up to cruising speed, traffic is going to bring the average down from that 100 mpg+ at cruising.
     
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    Then you are not doing it right. Done properly, 'normal' passengers should find it boring, not scary.

    Some braking is always required, but most drivers seriously overuse it. Just try to cut the overuse.
     
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    Sorry, no "Tongue in Cheek" icon. I am just amused at the advice. Who can drive without braking? In any case, it isn't the braking that hurts the mileage, it is the acceleration afterward....maybe "Drive Without Unnecessary Acceleration".
     
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    No, I regard it as the wasted acceleration beforehand that hurts mileage. The acceleration afterward is a new movement cycle, and a new opportunity to optimize fuel use.
     
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    Braking is basically wasted energy (converting momentum of the car into heat). The ideal is to never stop until you reach your final destination. Plus to go at 37-40 miles/hour since that is the most-efficient speed for modern cars.

    BTW the person who said it is "illegal" to do 40 is not correct. CalTrans told me I can do 40 near cities and 45 in the central valley. Other states have similar minimum speeds of 40 or 45. Oftentimes the sign is posted.

    BTW the insight has the lowest drag of any production car (except the EV1). It has a 0.25 drag coefficient and a very very small frontal area, which gives it about 3/4th as much drag as a Prius. So I don't understand why people are surprised it gets very high MPG. It carried an official rating of 70 highway by the EPA (62 under the new revised tests).
     
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    I owned a Gen 1 Insight. I liked it, but I Love my C more!
     
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