Hi Eric:

___As usual, thanks for having all of us out for a short get together.

___After Eric left, Justin, Bradlee, and I were speaking at length with Jared about potential FE available to him in his practically brand new Prius II. I think you will see some pretty great numbers from him from this tank forward Jared, I look forward to your addition to the RHMDB.

___Hmmm, what else? Dave made the trip all the way from Illinois in his Prius II and won the Lexus SS coffee mug. At the last meet, I remember him telling me the Prius II would never hit 60 mpg. I didn’t press him too hard knowing ~ what the Prius II was actually worth but since that time, he has hit 60 + on more then one occasion! Just a little nudge, some coaxing, and voila’! I was happy to hear how his new-found experience and techniques have helped pick his Prius II up over the last 2 - 3 months.

___Justin and Bradlee have some great trip stories which included the Insight beginning to exceed their respective FE expectations. I hope they reply with a few of them. A “Tales of the Highway” like thread should suffice. Ah, guys, update your Best Trip notes in the database given what the youngster hit the other day. To put it bluntly, I met the youngest - licensed - hypermiler in the country this morning. It was great speaking at length to the both of them.

___Interestingly enough, there was a Honda mechanic picking up lunch for him and his buddies from a local Honda dealership. He stopped and came over to ask some questions about the RXh. Eric was ready for that contingency with a flyer or two and the young man seemed genuinely impressed.

___Finally, the RXh is really nice and there was definitely some improvements in NVH vs. the Prius II upon ICE spin up from what I remember? Having that much more rotating mass probably did the trick possibly? The FE isn’t in the same league as that of the Prius II of course but per all the Lexus’ I have driven, the interior and amenities was at the top of its respective class. Maybe the wife and I will take the MDX over to look at an RXh again later this month

___Eric. Again, thanks for having us and I look forward to the Ball Game next month.

PS: 51.9 She is back down to 51.2 with that monster headwind all the way home …

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net