hypermiling? (OT?)

[pianolover 88]

Wow! It has a whopping 40 mile range and then only TWO HOURS to wait around for it to recharge. All that for only $7,500! Get out of my way, I'm beating own the door for one!

Terry Peterson

From: fmurray at cruzio.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:35:34 -0700












Dude,
Here you go, local company here in Santa Cruz, serious stuff 
from a young genius engineer.
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/
Fenton
 

  

  Hello Holly,
  You've tapped the nerve of a hyper-hypermiler! Our 
  family has three vehicles. The big transportation PIG or our family is a 2002 Saturn Ion that gets 25 mpg. The 
  second is a Toyota Prius that has averaged 53 mpg over two-and-a-half-years - 
  we bought it new for about $25K (as far as a car goes, I love it!). The third 
  vehicle is a 2002 Yamaha 650 V Star Classic motorcycle that I bought 8 
  months ago for $2,900 - it only had 1,050 miles on it and was in near-showroom 
  condition. My average fuel mileage for the first 8 months has been 55 mpg. 
  Recently (like a week ago) I put an "air kit", an open exhaust sytem on 
  it and a taller rear tire that reduces the overall gear ratio and got an 
  honest 65 mpg on my last tank. I suspect with some hypermiling techniques I 
  will be able to push that up to 70 mpg.
   
  Next is an electric motorcycle.
   
  Stay in touch. Happy to talk about this stuff till your 
  eyeballs pop out!  ;-)
   
  You struck a nerve......
   
  Terry Farrell
  
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: 
    holly 
    quigley 
    To: pianotech at ptg.org 
    Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:08 
    PM
    Subject: hypermiling? (OT?)
    
So has anyone tried "hypermiling" yet? I figure with all the 
    time we spend on the road in our profession, it might be of interest here. I 
    can't afford the downpayment on a Prius just now, and unfortunately my 
    better half is too worried to agree to entertain the thought of a motorcycle 
    for work. I drive a manual transmission PT Cruiser, and with gas prices the 
    way they're going, the topic of hypermiling was quite interesting. So far 
    I'm getting 31mpg in the city now, just by doing a bunch of coasting and 
    slower thoughtful driving. Given that I'm due for an oil change, a tuneup, 
    tire rotation and who knows what else, I was impressed. The perk on top of 
    that is a big reduction in stress, not to mention the increased safety. I 
    guess I didn't realize how much stress I put on myself by rushing around 
    driving fast! Does anyone want to discuss?

-Holly Quigley
Ticking 
    off Drivers in the Fast and Furious City of 
Atlanta


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