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04-27-2008, 09:51 AM
An almost capacity crowd with a large contingent of first timers! (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=90164)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/MiHG_Meet_-_News_Photo.jpgBradlee Fons – CleanMPG (www.cleanmpg.com) – April 27, 2008
The MiHG meet last Saturday was our biggest and one of our best. The potential of rain may have prevented some others from attending, however more likely than not. We had 54 members and friends in attendance making this our largest to date. We had 38 vehicles in the lot including; 5 Insights, 3 FEHs, 2- 1st gen Prius, 10 conventional vehicles, 1 motorcycle and 17 2nd gen Prius. Other than the Insights, our Honda members must have taken the day off. We had a crew of 6 MiHG members perform our VTP checks of members tires including pumping up those that dared to attend the meet low in air.
We had members roll in from Indianapolis IN, Minneapolis MN as well as from Chicago, Loves Park and Wadsworth IL. Our WI. members came in from across the state including; La Crosse, Madison, Seymour, Kenosha, Racine, Beloit, Union Grove, Belgium, Eagle and Slinger. We had 15 first timers at this meet including 9 hybrid owners and 6 conventional owners. We also had a crew from WITI Fox News from Milwaukee at this meet filming part of our meet as well as some of our driver training sessions including Wayne Gerdes. This same crew had done some filming the previous day with Debbie Anders, Justin Fons and Sean Welch on Drive $mart and Hypermiling techniques.
The main points of this meet were an open discussion of summer mileage tips for better fuel economy in whatever vehicle members are driving. We had two shows and tell including Neil Radtke’s small working model of a solar hydrogen fuel cell car as well as Ben Nelson’s electric motorcycle (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9849). We had Ben do a presentation on his EV bike, actually bring the EV bike into our Library meeting room for display and inspection. In addition we had Wayne Mitchell from the Chicago Prius Group bring in an actual battery pack from a 1st gen Prius for display.
We had MiHG sale of performance products including Accutire 4350B gauges at $15, Prius 1st and 2nd gen Ebh at $40. We also announced and began taking orders for the new 600 page hardcover Bentley 2004-2008 Toyota Repair and Maintenance Manual at a $20 discount for $49.95. Shipping to MiHG members for the Manual will be $5.
The remainder of the meet was our R & R on member introductions and performance updates, distribution of our traditional spectacular door prizes, and handout of furthest travel award to Sean Welch. We reviewed upcoming MiHG events or other events of interest including the following:
April 26 – MiHG participation at three Earth Day events in Kenosha, Bay View and Oconomowoc
April 27 – Chicago Prius Group meet at Grossinger Toyota in Lincolnwood, IL
May 10 – Madison Hybrid Group meet at Culvers in Madison, WI
June 1 – Fifth Annual Hybrid Gathering at Miller Park with Milwaukee vs Houston
June 21 – Next MiHG meet at the Oak Creek Public Library
July 19-20 – Hybridfest 2008 in Madison WI
We concluded with our bountiful potluck lunch. Personal driver training follows every meet and we were fortunate to have some of the best hypermilers in the world at this meet. We had 13 MiHG members wishing Drive $mart and Hypermiling personal training so we had our best MiHG trainers including; Wayne Gerdes, Sean Welch, Justin Fons, Wayne Mitchell, Jerad Parrish and Tim Fulton take trainees out in waves either before or after lunch. These training sessions can last from 15 to 60 minutes in length so as usual members hung out in the Library or the lot. After the Library closed at 4pm many members retired to the nearby Culvers for additional conversation.
I want to thank our MiHG Planning Team for another successful MiHG meet and encourage anyone in the Midwest to come and participate in any MiHG, MHG, CPG or CMPG event
Detailed minutes of this meet will be sent to all MiHG members and friends soon.
Bradlee Fons of the milwaukeehybridgroup.com (www.milwaukeehybridgroup.com)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/MiHG_Meet_-_News_Photo.jpgBradlee Fons – CleanMPG (www.cleanmpg.com) – April 27, 2008
The MiHG meet last Saturday was our biggest and one of our best. The potential of rain may have prevented some others from attending, however more likely than not. We had 54 members and friends in attendance making this our largest to date. We had 38 vehicles in the lot including; 5 Insights, 3 FEHs, 2- 1st gen Prius, 10 conventional vehicles, 1 motorcycle and 17 2nd gen Prius. Other than the Insights, our Honda members must have taken the day off. We had a crew of 6 MiHG members perform our VTP checks of members tires including pumping up those that dared to attend the meet low in air.
We had members roll in from Indianapolis IN, Minneapolis MN as well as from Chicago, Loves Park and Wadsworth IL. Our WI. members came in from across the state including; La Crosse, Madison, Seymour, Kenosha, Racine, Beloit, Union Grove, Belgium, Eagle and Slinger. We had 15 first timers at this meet including 9 hybrid owners and 6 conventional owners. We also had a crew from WITI Fox News from Milwaukee at this meet filming part of our meet as well as some of our driver training sessions including Wayne Gerdes. This same crew had done some filming the previous day with Debbie Anders, Justin Fons and Sean Welch on Drive $mart and Hypermiling techniques.
The main points of this meet were an open discussion of summer mileage tips for better fuel economy in whatever vehicle members are driving. We had two shows and tell including Neil Radtke’s small working model of a solar hydrogen fuel cell car as well as Ben Nelson’s electric motorcycle (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9849). We had Ben do a presentation on his EV bike, actually bring the EV bike into our Library meeting room for display and inspection. In addition we had Wayne Mitchell from the Chicago Prius Group bring in an actual battery pack from a 1st gen Prius for display.
We had MiHG sale of performance products including Accutire 4350B gauges at $15, Prius 1st and 2nd gen Ebh at $40. We also announced and began taking orders for the new 600 page hardcover Bentley 2004-2008 Toyota Repair and Maintenance Manual at a $20 discount for $49.95. Shipping to MiHG members for the Manual will be $5.
The remainder of the meet was our R & R on member introductions and performance updates, distribution of our traditional spectacular door prizes, and handout of furthest travel award to Sean Welch. We reviewed upcoming MiHG events or other events of interest including the following:
April 26 – MiHG participation at three Earth Day events in Kenosha, Bay View and Oconomowoc
April 27 – Chicago Prius Group meet at Grossinger Toyota in Lincolnwood, IL
May 10 – Madison Hybrid Group meet at Culvers in Madison, WI
June 1 – Fifth Annual Hybrid Gathering at Miller Park with Milwaukee vs Houston
June 21 – Next MiHG meet at the Oak Creek Public Library
July 19-20 – Hybridfest 2008 in Madison WI
We concluded with our bountiful potluck lunch. Personal driver training follows every meet and we were fortunate to have some of the best hypermilers in the world at this meet. We had 13 MiHG members wishing Drive $mart and Hypermiling personal training so we had our best MiHG trainers including; Wayne Gerdes, Sean Welch, Justin Fons, Wayne Mitchell, Jerad Parrish and Tim Fulton take trainees out in waves either before or after lunch. These training sessions can last from 15 to 60 minutes in length so as usual members hung out in the Library or the lot. After the Library closed at 4pm many members retired to the nearby Culvers for additional conversation.
I want to thank our MiHG Planning Team for another successful MiHG meet and encourage anyone in the Midwest to come and participate in any MiHG, MHG, CPG or CMPG event
Detailed minutes of this meet will be sent to all MiHG members and friends soon.
Bradlee Fons of the milwaukeehybridgroup.com (www.milwaukeehybridgroup.com)