hypermiling? (OT?)

[Porritt, David]

It's easy to be judgmental of people whose life is different from ours.
I'll admit I have an Excursion (no longer even made) with a V-10 engine
and it gets 11 - 12 MPG.  I bought it to pull our 4 ton camper.  My
other car is a 30-MPG Fusion.  The excursion is 8 years old and now has
38,000 miles on it so it has averaged < 400 miles per month including
all the trips we've taken in it.  Last year I filled it up with gas
once.  This next week I'll have to use it to take a Steinway  "D" lid to
the refinisher, and pick up the action.  It will then sit idle until the
next time I have to transport something large.  I will get dirty looks
from the supercilious set when it's out.

It really does pull that camper well though!

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of David Ilvedson
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:19 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?)

I don't no where the 300% panic reaction comes from?   The billion
dollar buying spree is/was already happening except more efficient cars.
The best thing to happen, in my opinion...a little kick in the pants...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 7/10/2008 9:01:53 PM
Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?)




>> It seems like a great concept Holly, and I find it fascinating that
$4 a
>> gallon seems to have been some kind of line in the sand or
psychological
>> flashpoint. At $3.50 people were still buying gas hogs, and now you
can't
>> give a big SUV away.
>> 
>> Kerry Kean

>Interesting, isn't it? A 15% increase in gas price triggers a 
>300% panic reaction, and a billion dollar shopping spree for a 
>more fuel efficient vehicle. It's sort of a forced upgrade by 
>no longer supporting previous versions.

>So who's the architect of the fuel price increase, the oil 
>producers' stockholders, or the auto industry?

>Rhetorical question.
>Ron N