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Want to get better mileage? Lose weight

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by JackDodge, Oct 25, 2006.

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  1. JackDodge

    JackDodge Gold Member

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    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 :lol:

    I can already see the rebuttals here: "I drive a Prius and get 60 mpg and I'm a hundred pounds overweight" :lol:
     
    #1 JackDodge, Oct 25, 2006
  2. tleonhar

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    I wish I would have read this before lunch... :ph34r:
     
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  3. Cheap!

    Cheap! New Member

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    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.
     
    #3 Cheap!, Oct 25, 2006
  4. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    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"
     
    #4 Tideland Prius, Oct 25, 2006
  5. bigdaddy

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    Can we start a "Fat guys in Priuses" club?
     
    #5 bigdaddy, Oct 25, 2006
  6. Michgal007

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigdaddy @ Oct 25 2006, 02:35 PM) [snapback]338121[/snapback]</div>
    I'd join a skinny gals in Prii club :blink:
    (No I am not on a diet or anorexic, I just look this way since I was 2).
     
    #6 Michgal007, Oct 25, 2006
  7. JackDodge

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tleonhar @ Oct 25 2006, 02:24 PM) [snapback]338111[/snapback]</div>
    :lol: what a weight loss inducer eh? 'I better skip that bag of potato chips, my mpg is slipping.'
     
    #7 JackDodge, Oct 25, 2006
  8. darelldd

    darelldd Prius is our Gas Guzzler

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Michgal007 @ Oct 25 2006, 11:49 AM) [snapback]338135[/snapback]</div>
    What way? We need pictures.
     
    #8 darelldd, Oct 25, 2006
  9. Michgal007

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(darelldd @ Oct 25 2006, 04:03 PM) [snapback]338193[/snapback]</div>
    I meant skinny :)
     
    #9 Michgal007, Oct 25, 2006
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    PriusRos A Fairly Senior Member - 2016 Prius Owner

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Michgal007 @ Oct 25 2006, 02:49 PM) [snapback]338135[/snapback]</div>
    Do you get pulled over for underage driving? But I guess, if you look 2, then they probably can't see who's driving.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigdaddy @ Oct 25 2006, 02:35 PM) [snapback]338121[/snapback]</div>
    <cartman>

    I am NOT FAT! I am BIG BONED!

    </cartman>
     
    #11 Beryl Octet, Oct 25, 2006
  12. Chuck.

    Chuck. Former Honda Enzyte Driver

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Oct 25 2006, 02:28 PM) [snapback]338169[/snapback]</div>

    To the big guys:

    An ovation for not getting a "super-sized" vehicle. :)
     
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  13. Michgal007

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusRos @ Oct 25 2006, 04:14 PM) [snapback]338201[/snapback]</div>
    Can you look 2 and be taller? :lol:
    For any confusion I have made by the previous comment, I meant to say that I have been skinny since I was 2. :rolleyes:
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Michgal007 @ Oct 25 2006, 04:25 PM) [snapback]338209[/snapback]</div>
    Wow, you must have been a really big 1-year old. What did you do to lose all the weight?

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Delta Flyer @ Oct 25 2006, 04:19 PM) [snapback]338204[/snapback]</div>

    Actually, if you have the nav system in the car, you can say "Supersize Me" to it, and it will pop up all of the fast food POIs on the screen. Try it. It is one of those Prius easter eggs.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigdaddy @ Oct 25 2006, 04:45 PM) [snapback]338223[/snapback]</div>
    My parents didn't feed me enough after I was one year old. They figured, a skinny child is cheaper to feed than a fat child. :lol:
     
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  16. JackDodge

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Michgal007 @ Oct 25 2006, 04:12 PM) [snapback]338200[/snapback]</div>
    Yeah, well, we need pictures anyway B)
     
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  17. Cheap!

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Oct 25 2006, 09:35 PM) [snapback]338379[/snapback]</div>
    That is what I was thinking.
     
    #17 Cheap!, Oct 26, 2006
  18. dragonfly

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    How did a conversation about gas hogs turn into an ogling request from a bunch of male chauvinist pigs?
     
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  19. JackDodge

    JackDodge Gold Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dragonfly @ Oct 26 2006, 12:53 AM) [snapback]338438[/snapback]</div>
    Ah yes, it is the language of love, my dear. But a chauvinist? Mai non. We men will always admire the female form and consider it one of the great works of art. Any place where a woman graces it with her presence is an art gallery. B)
     
    #19 JackDodge, Oct 26, 2006
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JackDodge @ Oct 26 2006, 06:34 AM) [snapback]338492[/snapback]</div>
    I'll buy that, Thanks!

    I weigh 135 lbs and only get 42 mph....boo hoo
     
    #20 narussian, Oct 26, 2006
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