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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Toddwilks, Sep 1, 2014.

  1. SageBrush

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    No, definitely the US. A bunch of egotistical morons.

    The lesson from the Carter experiment is simple: Americans pay attention to money, period. Raise the cost of petrol to $8 a gallon and watch what happens.
     
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    ^^ Heritage Foundation ? For your sake I hope you are joking. That propaganda rag is the mirror image of Pravda.
     
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    If you'd like to refute my reference, you're welcome to, but I'd expect a bit more than that.
     
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    I'll no more waste my time reading that garbage, than I would waste my time to read Pravda
     
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    Well, the problem with that, is regardless of whether you like the source or not, the figures have to speak for themselves. You can't falsify a claim by it's source alone.
     
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    Here a youtube video by CleanMPG's Wayne Gerdes, instructing hypermiling technique. I don't profess to know the first thing about it, but he advocates using Neutral several times in the course of the drive. FWIW, I just leave it in Drive, all the time.



    (He actually drives me a little nuts with his instruction technique, but hey...)
     
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    Very true. Feel free to read Pravda for a couple hours a day and refute the nonsense.
     
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    I'm sure even Pravda and the National Inquirer occasionally got some facts right.