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Subject The other day I tried "hypermiling" the Z...
     
Posted by BradZ (FL) on June 24, 2008 at 11:30 PM
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In Reply To So with gas prices at $4 to $5/gal, have you made "changes"? posted by zfreak(Dallas) on June 24, 2008 at 10:54 PM
     
Message as an experiment, just for shits and giggles, I thought I killed the starter. I got stranded at a light and had to get a push start from the friendly rednecks in a Ford F250 behind me. Turned out I broke that stupid little piece of green plastic that pushes down the switch to tell the car to start when the clutch is depressed. One too many 3rd gear rolling clutch pops to fire up the car after coasting. Anyway, the frustration from thinking I had to crawl under the car and swap out the starter was enough to make me burn through all that gas I just saved from pulsing and gliding. I drive like an asshole most of the time anyway, I might as well do it and save a little gas along the way. On a more realistic note, I'm going to end up buying another 4-cylinder car that'll do 30+ mpg. No motorcycles/scooters for me.



I want a Traffic Cops Lie T-shirt

-Brad
1992 cow car
1999 girl car
1986 parts car

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