Comments on: Increased Fuel Economy, Easy http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/increased-fuel-economy-easy/ A bunch of stuff I would have emailed you about. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:08:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Casey Bisson http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/increased-fuel-economy-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-174069 Casey Bisson Fri, 18 May 2007 12:28:42 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/#increased-fuel-economy-easy#comment-174069 @Zach: I was referring to the <a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_episode.php?season=10&id1=1002&id2=145" rel="nofollow">South Park episode about hybrids</a>. Not sure what you're talking about. <object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" width="320" height="256" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> <param name="src" value="http://media.southparkstudios.com/media/video/1002/1002_stans_song.mov"> </param><param name="autoplay" value="false"> </param><param name="controller" value="true"> </param><param name="scale" value="aspect"> <embed src="http://media.southparkstudios.com/media/video/1002/1002_stans_song.mov" width="320" height="256" autoplay="true" controller="true" scale="aspect" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"></embed> </param></object> [tags]hybrid song, south park, video[/tags] @Zach:

I was referring to the South Park episode about hybrids. Not sure what you’re talking about.

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]]> By: Zach http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/increased-fuel-economy-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-173999 Zach Thu, 17 May 2007 18:54:04 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/#increased-fuel-economy-easy#comment-173999 Did you intend to be a dick and insult me with this post, or was that entirely by accident? Did you intend to be a dick and insult me with this post, or was that entirely by accident?

]]> By: Casey Bisson http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/increased-fuel-economy-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-173998 Casey Bisson Thu, 17 May 2007 18:46:38 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/#increased-fuel-economy-easy#comment-173998 My Wife's Civic also gets better gas mileage than my Scion, but I've not had a chance to see what it can really do now that I've changed my habits. 40 or better sounds great. Unfortunately, I find Civic really uncomfortable. I'm too tall for it and end up having to lean the seat well back, leaving my arms uncomfortably outstretched. The Yaris looks promising, though. It advertises 40MPG, is small, cheap, and simple, and appears to have more headroom than the civic. That, and it looks silly. Almost as silly as the xB, which is a good thing for me. My Wife’s Civic also gets better gas mileage than my Scion, but I’ve not had a chance to see what it can really do now that I’ve changed my habits. 40 or better sounds great.

Unfortunately, I find Civic really uncomfortable. I’m too tall for it and end up having to lean the seat well back, leaving my arms uncomfortably outstretched.

The Yaris looks promising, though. It advertises 40MPG, is small, cheap, and simple, and appears to have more headroom than the civic. That, and it looks silly. Almost as silly as the xB, which is a good thing for me.

]]> By: walt crawford http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/increased-fuel-economy-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-173989 walt crawford Thu, 17 May 2007 16:34:44 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11774/#increased-fuel-economy-easy#comment-173989 Yep (sez one of those who are older than you). When we do take highway trips, we drive within 3MPH of the speed limit if there are multiple lanes--which isn't slow (we're mostly going 66-68MPH), but slower than most traffic on less-congested freeways. (On 280, we may as well be standing still compared to the flow of traffic.) And in either my 2001 Honda Civic EX or my wife's 2005 Honda Civic EX, with air conditioner running, even on the hilly road to Reno, we consistently get 40 to 42MPG. Consistently. Yep (sez one of those who are older than you). When we do take highway trips, we drive within 3MPH of the speed limit if there are multiple lanes–which isn’t slow (we’re mostly going 66-68MPH), but slower than most traffic on less-congested freeways. (On 280, we may as well be standing still compared to the flow of traffic.)

And in either my 2001 Honda Civic EX or my wife’s 2005 Honda Civic EX, with air conditioner running, even on the hilly road to Reno, we consistently get 40 to 42MPG. Consistently.

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