The Great Race 1908 redux

He was looking for a few of us Prius owners/PC members to participate, but apparently none of us could swing the time off. It would have been fun, if not a little tiring.

 

That isn't our Wayne/Fireengineer?

 

No, it's Wayne Gerdes, founder of CleanMPG.

 

I would have done it if taking the time off wouldn't have cost me my job.

 

So are they all Insights and Civics and no Prii? bummer.

 

There is an '05 HCH1 5MT and, IIRC, an '08 HCH2 CVT.

 

Well, it's hardly the "greatest automobile racers" if there are no Prius Hypermilers.

 

Pretty poor excuse don't you think?

I would have done it if: -
1. I knew about it
2. I didn't live 10,000 miles away
3. It wasn't going to cost all my savings
4. My car was left hand drive
5. I was any good at getting good economy
6. I didn't have better things to do with my annual leave.

 

Ah, that's why it sounded familiar. Wayne was one of the Prius Hypermilers.

Still, it's a shame no Prii. Of course, it *is* sponsored by Honda. Still, it would have been nice to compare the mileage of the various hybrids. Civic, Insight and Prius.

 

Not quite.

Wayne's original plan was to have a gen 2 Prius, gen 1 HCH, and one of my Gen 2 HCH's. Sadly, I too had to decline due to prior commitments, and that temporarily spoiled the HCH-2 entry as well. It was very fortunate that Honda was able to provide a 2008 HCH.

Cheers;

MSantos

 

I was offered to go but decided not to. I have trouble sleeping and since this is a 24/7 race I definatlly would not be able to sleep in the car. It would be to unsafe for me to drive especially since the roads would be snow covered.

If it was more of a 2 week race where we could stop and sleep for the night I would have gone. Maybe we could do a round the US tour or something in the summer having the last stop Hybridfest. I don't know.

I wish everyone luck on the race.

 

The timing did not work out for me either. Work, family, pets, etc. Not necessarily in that order...