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Old 08-27-2005, 08:03 AM
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186. What you really wish they'd come out with is a "cruise control" that maintains the same engine rpm, rather than speed (miles per hour).

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Old 08-27-2005, 05:18 PM
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wow, this thread left me in stitches, thanks for the great laughs as i could relate to nearly all of'em.

187. you get mad and curse at the car in front of you when going downhill if he has to turn or use his brakes because it forces you to use your brakes robbing you of your precious downhill momentum

188. when coming to an auto-stop in traffic, you look around at the other cars to see if they've noticed that your engine has turned off.

189. you've replaced your spare tire with a can of Fix-A-Flat because the spare tire was too heavy and lowered your MPG

190. you've removed your can of Fix-A-Flat for the same above reason (and replaced with a AAA sticker, in case that moment should occur)

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Old 08-27-2005, 08:48 PM
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191. The Back of your car says "I'm Electric 55 MPG' in 2 inch boat letters that you did yourself.
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Old 08-28-2005, 12:35 PM
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192. You think more women should find sweating like a pig to be an endearing quality.
193. To get revenge on a fellow hypermiler, you set his tire pressure back to factory.
193. He notices immediately.
194. You have used the words "My Nemesis" to refer to a parking garage.

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Old 08-28-2005, 02:41 PM
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195 Somehow, "brushless Induction motors", "Valence type batteries vs Supercapacitors", "Drag coefficients" and "Regenerative braking efficiency", suddenly are interesting and passionate discussion topics.

Let's go, let's go, we are inching our way towards 200.............
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Old 08-28-2005, 03:03 PM
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196 You wonder why your mileage don't go up when you reboot your computer instead of your car.
197 You ask the state to exclude you from having a front license plate because it adds .00001 to the Cd.

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Old 08-28-2005, 03:25 PM
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196. When you think Smiling Bob is selling Insight, not Enzyte.

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Old 08-28-2005, 08:32 PM
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Wow, it's comforting to know that I'm not the only person for whom owning and driving a fuel efficient hybrid vehicle has inspired obsessive behavior!
We can only hope that this behavior may catch on and become "trendy".

Last winter, this comment I posted on a troubleshooting thread on the Insight Central Forum got a few chuckles.

"As an infrequent visitor, I've learned to mostly ignore the "message" of the gas pumps. However, I'll admit that on more than one occasion before the novelty wore off, upon noticing an unusually large gathering of behemoth SUVs and pickups, I've been lured into the self-serve gas station to practice my poker-face while adding only about 2 or 3 gallons under their watchful eyes."

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Old 08-29-2005, 10:58 AM
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197. Your family members have started making sarcastic comments, like "Are you sure that won't ruin your mileage?" when you turn on the high beams. And it gets you thinking...

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Old 08-29-2005, 01:10 PM
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198. In addition to a garage door opener, you've installed a $1,000 gate opener to improve your mileage.

199. You buy a folding sea kayak to use instead of your fiberglass kayak because it will fit in the Insight without reducing FE.

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