Hi Wolfman and Delta_Flyer:
___Please exchange drives (Wolfman as the driver and Delta_Flyer as the passenger in the Insight and vice versa) with each other for 15 or so minutes after both are warmed up if you can each spare the time. Each of your hybrid’s has a very specific driving technique and style to make them really sing. The knowledge that the both of you will gain with just 15 minutes of expert tutelage from one another will be enough for months of thought provoking discussion here at GH. DF, a masterful dose of DWL and Leanburn at lower highway speeds is a good start. Add a taste of AS below 20 miles per hour as well as a FAS or two will make Wolfman walk around the rest of the day with his mouth wide open saying “Oh My God that things FE is just ridiculous”!!! Wolfman, when DF is behind the wheel of your Escape Hybrid, a short ride around town to teach him how to EV up to 10 miles per hour or so, ICE-On up to ~ 40 miles per hour after that, and then a shift to L and back up to D on the tach bounce just before ICE-Off for a beautiful Glide/EV until the pack SoC falls to where the ICE starts back up and repeat a few times. You will have DF walking around the rest of the day saying “Oh My God that things FE is absolutely ridiculous”!!!
___The two of you will never forget the experience of your two very different hybrids and what they are truly capable of with a bit of hypermiling experience/knowledge to guide you. I remember the first time GreenAndBlue got a taste of my Insight. He was shocked nailing down an ~ 90 mpg segment just tooling around my somewhat suburban/country roads just as I was when taking his AH out for a wild FE - 95% Interstate segment as well.
___Finally, keep us posted as the individual meet stories are worth their weight in gold.
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
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Waynegerdes@earthlink.net
Re: DFW hybrid gathering.
