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Chuck
06-24-2008, 02:05 AM
"More power to them if that's important to them, and they are accomplishing a goal that also benefits society" (http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-06-23-hypermilers-saving-gas_N.htm)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Louis_with_slow_moving_tagged_Insight.jpgChris Woodyard - US News & World Reports - June 23, 2008

Our own sno779 (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/member.php?u=101) from the Insight Marathon (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2233). - Ed

GILBERT, Ariz. — After a 29-mile jaunt from his Phoenix office to his home here, Louis Hudgin proclaimed his gas mileage "pitiful."

He averaged just 88.3 miles per gallon.

Most drivers would take a victory lap if they managed to squeeze that kind of mileage out of increasingly precious gasoline. Even on this, a bad day, Hudgin coaxed 28 mpg more out of his 2000 Honda Insight hybrid than its federal highway mpg rating.
… http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-06-23-hypermilers-saving-gas_N.htm

ericbecky
06-24-2008, 08:01 AM
I like that this article covers many people from all over the country.
OK, MN, IL, WI, AZ, CA

And by the way I'm pretty sure they meant "Randall Burkhalter", not "Ronald Burkholder".
I can almost hear his voice.



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