You know you people are really sick...I mean, sleeping in your car, driving slowly...conserving fuel...I couldn't give a darn diddly, iddily, oddily.........oh OK OK already...so I slept in my car, so what. It's perfectly normal. So I polish it EVERY week. What's wrong with that. I mean who elso laughs at V8's and monster SUV's at the gas station..."out loud" I'm so glad I'm a good runner!


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Just on the quiet though...................................52mpg (don't tell anyone...OK)

462) You forget to take the warm-up route; get stuck at a light; turn off the car; forget to put it in Park; and miss the light because you didn't get it turned on fast enough; and this time put it in Park before turning it off.

463) You begin designing "cold engine" auto-stop.

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
Free speech, dialog and knowledge thrives without the poison of SPAM.

lol. Those are pretty good. Tonight Show material?

4XX - Your spouse calls your insurance company to ask if FE/OD therapy is covered.

4XX - you design a bumper sticker for your V-8, 40th birthday/"weekend" Mercedes-Benz convertible that reads "My other car is a Hybrid".

4xx - You would rather wait for months than just get any car off the dealers lot.

4xx - You call 4 dealers every week to see if they have your hybrid in yet.

4xx - You would rather read GreenHybrid than play a computer game or read the internet news.

468 - You start eating out for lunch because the drive system is still warmed up from the morning commute and you want to keep it warmed up for the evening commute.

469 - Your neighbors notice your house has air conditioning, lights and TV because you plugged some of your appliances into your hybrid during a power outage.

470 - When you top off your tank after the power outage, you meet someone refilling their 5 gal. emergency generator can . . . and show them your hybrid's AC inverter . . . and 0.2 gal. fuel burn recept.

Bob Wilson

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
Free speech, dialog and knowledge thrives without the poison of SPAM.

469 - You follow trucks, not for drafting, but because folks will pass a truck without tailgating and flashing their lights impatient with your speed.

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
Free speech, dialog and knowledge thrives without the poison of SPAM.

When you have perfected the art of coasting......... Uphill !

When you're glad to have someone slow in front of you so you won't feel guilty for holding up traffic while gliding.