Chuck
04-25-2009, 12:39 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/../photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg Wayne interviewed as Honda celebrates Insights both old and new
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/04/honda-insights-old-and-new-celebrate-earth-day-in-anaheim.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Insight_2000-2010.gifJoni Gray - LA Times - April 25, 2009
You might think CleanMPG is the Insight forum and you might be right --Ed.
American Honda Motors celebrated Earth Day at the Honda Center in Anaheim with a multi-sponsored festival, a Honda Insight (the old one) “homecoming” and a public ride-and-drive of the 2010 Honda Insight that recently went on sale.
Although only about 40 of the older hybrids showed up to the event, Honda spokesmanKurt Antonious mentioned that a few owners traveled thousands of miles to be there for the “Homecoming.” “I’m amazed with how far people have come to join us today… .One drove all the way from New Jersey.”
On hand for the green event was hypermiler Wayne Gerdes of Wadsworth, Ill., -- the man who laid claim to coining the term “hypermiler” to describe a driver who gets the maximum mpg with sometimes extreme driving habits. Wayne, who runs the online forum, Cleanmpg.com (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/../index.php), said he first posted the term on a popular autos forum just after Sept. 11.
“The 9/11 attack had a huge impact on me, and I went from being a lead-footed driver to becoming an activist for squeezing the most I possibly could out of a tank of gas.” Gerdes said he believes that if people simply followed the posted speed limits and left a few minutes earlier to arrive at their destination, our dependence on foreign oil would end.... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/04/honda-insights-old-and-new-celebrate-earth-day-in-anaheim.html
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/04/honda-insights-old-and-new-celebrate-earth-day-in-anaheim.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Insight_2000-2010.gifJoni Gray - LA Times - April 25, 2009
You might think CleanMPG is the Insight forum and you might be right --Ed.
American Honda Motors celebrated Earth Day at the Honda Center in Anaheim with a multi-sponsored festival, a Honda Insight (the old one) “homecoming” and a public ride-and-drive of the 2010 Honda Insight that recently went on sale.
Although only about 40 of the older hybrids showed up to the event, Honda spokesmanKurt Antonious mentioned that a few owners traveled thousands of miles to be there for the “Homecoming.” “I’m amazed with how far people have come to join us today… .One drove all the way from New Jersey.”
On hand for the green event was hypermiler Wayne Gerdes of Wadsworth, Ill., -- the man who laid claim to coining the term “hypermiler” to describe a driver who gets the maximum mpg with sometimes extreme driving habits. Wayne, who runs the online forum, Cleanmpg.com (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/../index.php), said he first posted the term on a popular autos forum just after Sept. 11.
“The 9/11 attack had a huge impact on me, and I went from being a lead-footed driver to becoming an activist for squeezing the most I possibly could out of a tank of gas.” Gerdes said he believes that if people simply followed the posted speed limits and left a few minutes earlier to arrive at their destination, our dependence on foreign oil would end.... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/04/honda-insights-old-and-new-celebrate-earth-day-in-anaheim.html