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Well, I'm here. I have seen Brad, Eric, and Bill very briefly. I went and got my stuff.

Here is the booty so far.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/100_0349.jpg

Here are a few more pictures. The first one is of the sign in area, the second is of the parking lot with some of the hybrids waiting for their time to shine tomorrow.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/100_0350.jpg

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/100_0351.jpg

Oh, just wait for the gorgeous shots of hybrids in rows of 24, shining in the partly obstructed sun. Right now as I write this in the Hotel computer room (no WIFI for the laptop) I think so far I have enjoyed most meeting people I've only known through forums like this before. Can't wait for tomorrow to see that the hybrid car show goes off without a hitch and the MPG competition produces some exciting results.

Dinner time. Most of us are stuffing our faces because we don't know when we will have time to eat tomorrow ;)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/100_0373.jpg

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/100_0374.jpg

Well, I just got finished doing the owner of the hour thing. I met a few people and chatted. Gave out a few cards. Hopefully we will see a few visitors in the next few days.

Terry hasn't stopped talking with people since we got to the parking lot around 8:30.

Here is one row of three in the parking lot. I counted over 75 hybrids in the car show area (then I lost count). There are more hybrids parked in the general parking lot. Eric definately got the 100 hybrids he wanted.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/100_0376.jpg

To see video taken of Hybridfest, go see the local news story done about HF 2006 today.
http://nbc15.madison.com/home/headlines/3405131.html -click on the title to view the video. I haven't seen it with audio yet, but even so, you can recognize some familar cars, and license plates.

quick pix dump. No captions or thumbnails; vague hints by
filename. This is mostly for Wayne.
http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/pix/hf06/
.
_H*

Got a video of an EV1 in motion, panrama of HybridFest, Wayne's dash with 150+mpg on his run....

Stay tuned....

My FEH was on the news! Whoo!

I've got a load of pics, I'll add them later.

The new crop from Delta Flyer!

This man is not human!
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/medium/dsc04205.jpg

Panoramic of the parking lot
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/1026/cat/525/limit/last1

EV1 in motion (sorry delta I think I deleted the better one)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/1027/cat/525/limit/last1

And finaly. A parting shot of good ol' tigerhonaker as he drives back to chicago to rest at Waynes house.

Sorry about the quality,
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/medium/100_0402.jpg

Thanks for the pics, everyone. I sure wish I was there, but it is nice to see such a great turnout!

Hi HyChi:

___Only 364 days until HF 2007 and with the turnout, I suspect we will see double the turnout of HF 2006’s event. Expect to be car pooling or maybe just caravanning for the next one as it was a great event for myself and if I might be so bold as to speak for Terry and Cathy from TN., Tom and his family from Chicago, Billy from Washington State, Hobbit from MA. and Chuck from TX all had a great time.

___A lot more pics yet to come ;)

___Good Luck

___Wayne

wayne i bet it took you awhile just to travel 20 miles ;) and if your saying there's still a lot of room left for improvements, than boy its going to take YEARS to get to the level you are at.

Congrats on the personal record though, I'm sure your findings will be our savior to this gas guzzling addiction!

And boy I wish I was there, were there a lot of teenage kids interested in saving gas too?

Hi Phil:

___One of my favorite Hypermilers who just so happens to be just 17 years old nailed a 117.x mpg run on the course. His name is Justin Fons and is an absolutely great kid to meet and talk too. Both Justin and his father Bradlee have learned to push their Insight’s to levels most will never see. In fact, Justin was the first 16 year old to nail down a 100 + mpg segment in an Insight last year!

___After my run in the FE challenge, we talked and he has even more tools in his toolbox for next year. I suspect that we will all be asked to use Scan Gauges next year as there were 3 Prius’ that nailed 99.9 and Billy’s Insight above 150.0. I am almost positive Justin will be push his Insight to that level next year given he was in the 135 - 140 mpg range early on the course but lost it on a higher speed section. He knows how to handle that section now so keep an eye out for this young man. I have extremely high hopes to see him taking the lead in the not to distant future in fact. Just ask around. I was a bit concerned knowing Randall’s 108.x, Dan’s 115.x, Justin’s 117.x, and Mike Debrowski’s heavily modded EV capable Insight was sitting at 121.x before my run.

___In any case, Tom, Terry, Cathy, Hobbit, Chuck, Mark (Meggert), and the rest had a much better handle as to the ages of the public attending. I seemed to be rushing from one end of the grounds to the other doing the 2 relatively amateurish presentations, the FE challenge, messing around with calibrating a SG-I Eric had in his pile of HW for Prius II use, and speaking with individuals for 15 + minutes at a time when and where I could.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

phil, there were some teenage kids walking past a few times but they didn't stop to talk. It could be that we were twice there age. Maybe if you had been there they would have been more comfortable talking to you.

Hi All:

___I added some of Meggert’s and Hobbit’s pics processed so far. Chuck has like 250 more to go and we haven’t even begun to touch and process those yet!

___Anyway, here they are …

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Hobbit-Dan-Ryan_Expressway_into_Chicago.jpg
Hobbit enjoying a full taste of one of our infamous Chicago Expressway’s on late Friday evening … Expressway was mentioned in jest of course ;)


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Morning_of_HF2006_-Terry_and_Billy_cleaning_thier_cars_before_7_AM.jpg
Morning of HF 2006. Early morning in fact! You see Terry performing his own brand of magic on the HCH-II in the back and Billy who had already completed his work on the Insight in the foreground. 2 absolutely smashing looking hybrids! Until I see the rest of the pics from Chuck’s collection, this is the index thumbnail for the Events and Gatherings --> HF 2006 Photo Gallery.


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Tons_of_Prii_ready_for_HF_2006.jpg
So you think you have seen a lot of Prius’? There must have been 30 + on the lot itself and another 30 + in the various parking lots! This pic does not even close to showing the amount of Prius’ at HF 2006!


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_More_Insight_s_then_I_have_seen_in_my_life.jpg
And enough Insight’s in one place to make any hypermile drool with envy. You could feel the energy in the air just walking around them all! I loved this pic … as if you could not tell ;)


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Dennis_-_Randall_-_Wayne_-_Kip_-_Billy_-_Kip_s_wife_talking_Insights.jpg
Dennis - Randall - Wayne - Kip - Billy - Kip's wife in that order talking Insights. It was great to finally meet up with both Randall who came all the way up from OK. and Kip Munro (b1shmu63 from over at IC) and his wife who came all the way all the way from Bob's Lake, Canada. Another Mike D. like genius in fact!


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Randall_-_FE_Challenge_Result_-_108_5_mpg.jpg
Randall’s Insight FCD after his FE Challenge run. He had to park the car down from the checkpoint so lost .3 mpg from the official 108.5 mpg run.


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Dan_K-_FE_Challenge_results_-_99_9_mpg.jpg
Dan Kroushl’s Prius II FCD after his FE Challenge run. The Scan Gauge-I attached showed 115.x mpg.


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Hobbit_-_FE_Challenge_results_-_99_2_mpg.jpg
Hobbit’s Prius II FCD after his FE Challenge run. IIRC, if he had another .25 - .3 miles, he could have maxxed it in EV!

___There are a lot more to come so stay tuned. Let me know if anyone would like me to upload a larger size of a particular pic as I cropped and resized all of the above for the dialup users … Hobbit, thank you for most of the pics above. That one of Randall, Kip, and the rest of us Insight’ers was especially pleasing as I had no idea you captured it.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

I've added the names of those poor souls forced to sit at the "kiddies table" in the picture from post #4.

Can't figure out how to add pictures.

Going around the table clockwise:
Dennis Gaffney with his fingers up
TonyPSchaefer
Marc
FireEngineer
FIneAgedWine

I will try to add the names tonight and re-upload the picture.

Well, I just got finished doing the owner of the hour thing. I met a few people and chatted. Gave out a few cards. Hopefully we will see a few visitors in the next few days.

Terry hasn't stopped talking with people since we got to the parking lot around 8:30.

Here is one row of three in the parking lot. I counted over 75 hybrids in the car show area (then I lost count). There are more hybrids parked in the general parking lot. Eric definately got the 100 hybrids he wanted.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/100_0376.jpg

That silver one in the foreground on the left is mine! :D

Before I unpack....

All the CleanMPG members got about half of what they wanted to do - if that much, we were running at full throttle, then entire weekend, but it was very fun. :)
Wayne maxed at 150mpg on an Insight on the mpg challenge. Since the reading goes not higher than 150 - who knows what it really was? Idea, Wayne might get a reading higher than 150 by doing the next attempt metric, then converting to English.
About that picture: It was more impressive than the mpg challenge Sat at HybridFest. Reason is my car had about 400 pounds more weight:
I'm a passenger - 180lbs.
100 lbs of luggage.
100lbs A/C that was not in the Insight on Sat at HybridFest
Another challenge: my Insight has a mild "dieseling problem" - you must FAS for at least 2 seconds to kill the ICE. One time on my Insight, the engine did not stop on a FAS, bringing it down 10mpg.
Not only did I witness something more impressive than what Wayne did on Saturday, I learned quite a few things. (!)


The new crop courtousy of Delta Flyer!

This man is not human!
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/507/medium/dsc04205.jpg

Panoramic of the parking lot
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/1026/cat/507/limit/last1

EV1 in motion (sorry delta I think I deleted the better one)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/1027/cat/507/limit/last1

Hi folks, just recently got home.
Great gathering and had a wonderful time and the privelige of meeting all that were there.
Here are a few photos I snapped:

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/500/Shoes.JPG
A hypermilers shoes left on the pavement while driving their winning MPG competition.
Perhaps these could have gone onto Ebay for a hefty CMPG donation? :D

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/medium/pm2s1.jpg
Panorama of the lot. Sorry it got resized in the upload but if you want a larger size let me know.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Parts.jpg
An interesting hatch full of various hybrid parts..Power split device, HCH motor etc

I'm still unpacking but wanted to upload these right away.
I have a nice one of Wayne in the Insight just before his very, very good run I hope to upload soon.
-Steve

Two days later, I'm at Russell Frost's house [priusownersgroup.com],
and we've had an amazing evening of discussion and rants and diner
food and picture-dumping. Tomorrow I finally get home. Got a
somewhat late start this morning from the motel that Mike D. and
I stayed at, because we ran into another couple with a Prius
and I spent a while giving them the whole techie rundown.
.
I'm not sure I learned anything I can totally put my finger on
at hybridfest, but I have evidently *so* nailed the sweet spot
of Prius highway mileage. Today's main tank ended at 66.4 mpg,
ALL interstates, doing somewhere around an average of 62 mph.
What's highway EPA on this thing, 52 or so? I think it's safe
to say that a Prius II is good for "64 at 64" with the proper
right foot and having good feedback available.
.
The prototype injector-duty meter is totally doing the right
thing, and a writeup of some sort will follow. I knew I took
those pix of the gauge set under various conditions on the way
out for a reason...
.
_H*

Hi All:

___A few more pics from Chuck via Tom to myself … There are a lot more pre-HF2006 shots I remember seeing on Chuck’s camera that I thought were worth uploading so maybe tomorrow we can get those posted as well?

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Illinois_to_HF2006_Insight_FCD.jpg
Illinois to HF2006 in Chuck's Insight – Not to bad for a higher speed run after moving out of Milwaukee.


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Hobbit_and_his_Prius_II_doing_what_they_do_best.jpg
Hobbit and his Prius II doing what they do best. Educating the masses about the Prius II’s inner details.


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Rich_Krueger_06_FEH.jpg
Rich Krueger's 06 FEH.


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/RX400h_at_HF2006.jpg
One if not the only RX400h at HF2006.


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Bradlee_Fons_Insight_Display.jpg
Bradlee Fons Insight and Display. I have spent more then my share of time behind the windscreen of this little beauty and what a wonderful ride she is!

___Hot Georgia, I seem to remember seeing those shoes somewhere before? Where could that have been ;)

___Hobbit, I am glad to hear you are making your way back safely. Nobody knew where you went for a bit?

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hi All:

___The following is mainly for Phil as he wanted to see the FE Challenge course. There is another great pic where Chuck in his Insight was coming up on Randall in his who was coming up on what appeared to be a Prius II during the actual challenge but I do not have that one just yet :( IIRC, that particular Prius II driver took over 1.5 hours to complete the RT so he was really pushing his FE. We all completed it in less then an hour with 10 + minutes to spare. I will post that particular pic when I receive it.

___The pics show the first set of lights and overpass above the highway and rural country roads that made up ~ 15 miles of the course with little to no traffic and maybe a stop sign every 1.5 miles or so. In and around the fair grounds was the very dense traffic pattern with at least 4 stop lights within ~ 2 blocks and everybody got caught by at least 2 of them along with the fair traffic :(

___These are in order as they were taken although I do not have mile markers. The first was taken the day of the event. The rest were taken on Sunday morning. Chuck said the course was blocked by a team of local sheriff deputies at or around mile 10 because of a horse show/horse crossing early Sunday morning and he turned back rather then wait for the procession to clear.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/FE_Course_just_outside_the_Fair_grounds.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_DSC04240.JPG
FE Challenge course - Pic #1 ----------- FE Challenge course - Pic #2

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_DSC04241.JPGhttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_DSC04242.JPG
FE Challenge course - Pic #3 ----------- FE Challenge course - Pic #4

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_DSC04243.JPGhttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_DSC04246.JPG
FE Challenge course - Pic#5 ----------- FE Challenge course - Pic #6

___Good Luck

___Wayne

...Chuck said the course was blocked by a team of local sheriff deputies at or around mile 10 because of a horse show/horse crossing on early Sunday morning and he had to turn back rather then wait for the procession to clear.

....can't resist but to ask Laurie if she was at that four-legged event? :D

Hi All:

___And a few more … These are UW – Madison Entries into the US Government - University Challenges Future Car - Future Truck - and Challenge X over the last few years. I do have to wonder why these automobiles are not on the road given where fuel prices are today regardless of the $3 - $5K hybrid upgrade for a $30K + vehicle?

Aluminum Cow
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/UW_Madison_-_Ford_Taurus_-_Future_Car_-_Aluminum_Cow.jpg
1994 Mercury Sable (I have no idea why it has a Ford Taurus front end?) using an all aluminum uni-body and shell (only 25 made), a 90 HP Ford sourced Turbo diesel (only 100 made), and a Solectra AC induction motor - Series hybrid electric vehicle. Acceleration was greater then the stock V6 - 140 HP Taurus/Sable twins of the time.


Moolander
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/UW_Madison_-_Ford_Explorer_-_Future_Truck_-_Moolander.jpg
2002 Ford Explorer using a 1.8 liter turbo-diesel and AC induction motor. Estimated combined FE is 39.4 mpg with California Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) emissions levels while running on B35. Full passenger/cargo capacity, appearance, and towing capacity were maintained yet received twice the FE!


Moovada
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/UW_Madison_-_Chevrolet_Equinox_-_Challenge_X_-_Moovada.jpg
2005 Chevrolet Equinox using a GM 1.9 L CIDI w/ a 6 speed manual transmission - Ballard induction motor/gearbox - in a Parallel Hybrid design all running on B20. UW Madison believes they have matched Tier II/Bin5 and it out accelerates the stock Equinox while receiving ~ 36.5 mpg EPA City/Highway combined!


GM EV-1
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/UW_Madison_-_GM_EV-1.jpg
The original drivetrain, pack, inverters, controllers, and interior display have been removed/disabled/substituted. She is currently running on a Ballard Electric AC Induction drive system IIRC.

___I wish I would have had more time to with all the students and professors as this WAS the event for me. I had 0 time to spend hearing about these great vehicles from those who built them :(

___Chuck, to bad she wasn’t as she would have had 2 great events to attend all in one weekend! Maybe next year? I can only hope.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hi All:

___Again, I did not get the chance to walk over to speak with the owner of Hymotion let alone even view the Prius II PHEV-30 and talk about its capabilities as well as the FEH PHEV-50 still under development :( Eric promised to try and make it a 2 day event next year …

Hymotion’s Prius II PHEV-30
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Hymotion_PHEV_driven_to_HF2006_from_Canada.jpg
5 kWh Li-Poly pack. Below 35 mph, you can travel ~ 30 miles again and again and again using no fuel at all! Charge time of 5.5 hours per the online spec sheet.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Hymotion_PHEV_-_Working_end.jpg
Working end of the Hymotion Prius II - PHEV-30

___Anyone notice the missing the aero cover rings on the wheels? I would have said something about that ;) On the other hand, I sure would like to have one of these for the wife!

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hi All:

___Next …
Billy’s 2005 Insight 5-speed
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Billy_s_Insight_setup_to_show_crushing_high_gas_prices.jpg
Billy's Insight as he displays it at Car Shows all over the Northwest. He jacks up the Insight's passenger side, places a small gas pump with a note about crushing high gas prices. While it is jacked up, he pulls the front wheel showing the wheel well, discs, and you can actually see how clean the under carriage is!

Billy’s Insight display
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Billys_Insight_Display_Detail.jpg
Billy's Insight display. Notice the .237 Cd after his aero-modifications. The exterior mirrors have been replaced with an internal rear view video camera that is far better then mirrors anyway! The rear wiper has been removed as the Insight doesn’t need that except when it is snowing. I have seen pics of his Insight many times but in person, this is the best looking and setup Insight I have ever had the opportunity to sit behind the wheel of.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

....Notice the .237 Cd after his aero-modifications....

Billy did a wind tunnel test?

Since he is a pilot, that is plausable.

Hi All:

___Next …

Mike Dabrowski - MIMA and EV modded Insight - Exterior
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Mike_D_-_MIMA_and_EV_modded_Insight_Exterior.jpg
He keeps the exterior looking very nice as you can see. He drove his Insight into the presentation area under EV for display during his own Presentation on hacking into Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist.


Mike Dabrowski - MIMA and EV modded Insight - Rear Interior
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Mike_D_-_MIMA_and_EV_modded_Insight_Working_End.jpg
Working end of Mike Dabrowski’s MIMA and EV modded Insight interior. A ton of HW including the lightweight spare as an air accumulator for raising and lowering the fifth wheel for pure EV. If he picks up even a 2.5 kWh pack, FE challenges less then 30 miles are history as he will not use any fuel!


Mike Dabrowski - MIMA and EV modded Insight - Driver/Passenger Interior
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Mike_D_-_MIMA_and_EV_modded_Insight_Interior.jpg
A ton of controls for all kinds of things most of us could never have imagined even 2 years ago!

___You can read more about Mike’s accomplishments with the Insight at the following: Honda Insight – Manual - Integrated Motor Assist (http://www.99mpg.com/)

___Chuck, since Bill was a test pilot, he has SW that can do some of the drag calculations! Cool stuff :D

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hi All:

___More :)

Prius II in a Community Share Program?
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Prius_II_Community_Share.jpg

Can someone bring me up to speed on this as I have posted news about rentals for multiple members/users but I did not hear anything about this in and around Madison? Please reply to this thread if you have any information about the pic. Maybe I should check out the site pasted on the back of the Prius II instead? www.communitycar.com … Dohhh!


FEH exposing its pack
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/FEH_exposing_Ni-MH_pack_under_her_rear_carpet.jpg

I wonder if it was a little embarrassed ;)


Toyota HiHy towing Aero-trailer
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/HiHy_towing_their_aero-trailer.jpg

I am sure most know my feeling about … Ahhh, never mind :)


Mark Holdwick's TCH
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Mark_Holdwick_s_TCH.jpg
He doesn’t live that far from me in fact and oh what a nice ride ;)


Prius' on top of Prius'
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Prius_on_top_of_Prius_.jpg

Never saw so many Prius’ in my life!


Randall and his “Little Blue Beauty”
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Randall_and_his_Little_Blue_Beauty.jpg
He has to tell you what his sig over at IC stands for. Very very profound if I do say so myself!


Tired pup at HF2006
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Tired_pup_at_HF2006.jpg

___I think the pup had about enough of HF2006 by late Saturday afternoon. A very appropriate pic as I too am quickly running out of steam given a long morning, afternoon, and now evening of readying HF2006 pics and especially looking up some of the details for descriptions before upload and posting. I will post more later on this evening …

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Where are the pictures of all the Chicks?! Were any women in attendance at all?

Where are the pictures of all the Chicks?! Were any women in attendance at all?

Yes, women were in attendance, although it's sort of like the demographics of a
Star Trek convention. ;)

I've been meaning to paste a calendar girl beside a hybrid as a faux zine cover for CleanMPG. :D

I'm back home now. Awesome trip, and hanging out with Russell
down in Lancaster was a riot.
.
One of many amusing pix-snippets from the road:
http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/pix/hf06/dtg.jpg
.
My car has turned into some kind of MONSTER. Read the preliminary
here: http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/pix/hf06/monster.html
There will eventually be a full writeup, but I've gotta go
out and collect some hard numbers first.
.
_H*

Hi All:

___Here is the final of those pics I have in my hands I thought might be of interest. I hope to see more as I believe Chuck has them on his camera about his trip into HF 2006 (St. Louis Arch, Sears Tower, on the road …)

Billy’s Insight in the rain
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Billy_s_Insight_in_the_rain.jpg

TCH in the rain
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/TCH_in_the_rain.jpg


Second bout of bad weather as HF2006 comes to a close
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Bad_Weather_to_end_HF2006.jpg


Wisconsin State Fair - Carnival on the other side of HF2006
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Fair_on_the_other_side_of_HF2006.jpg

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hi All:

___Missed at least 2?

Last Prius II and HiHy sitting next to one another on an empty HF 2006 lot early Sunday morning.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Last_Prius_II_and_HiHy_on_the_HF_2006_lot_Sunday_morning.jpg


Chuck surrounded by 18-wheeler's out on I-44 while on his way home to Dallas, Texas.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Chuck_surrounded_out_on_I44.jpg
Don’t forget to look into the rear view mirror while staring at this one ;)

___Still a few more I would like to post but I do not have my hands on them just yet …

___Good Luck

___Wayne

I just e-mailed Wayne two EV1 videos. The better one has several interesting things:

It is driving by a red Insight. Take away the long back end of the EV1 and they would really look a lot alike
Nearly all of the EV1s were crushed - fewer of the survivors actually run. For the University of Wisconsin to get it to run, some or all of the engine was custom-made (read: NOT GM parts). Holding that thought, note the blue ad just under the EV1s right rear. Is this U of W's thank you for having the drive train disabled? :p
The orange cones were the start/stop point of the mpg challenge

One thing I totally forgot to do was hand out a certain cdrom like
candy, but Wayne can probably generate a few copies for the locals.
.
_H*

Hi Hobbit:

___That would be great and let me know where you have them posted/uploaded. There is another Group Meet just north of Milwaukee in 3 weeks and the Prius II’s are always well represented. Usually far less technical oriented then you would go but there is always a few “must have” nugget’s of info in the rather large pile of technical details.

___When you are finally well rested up from the trip home, hit the highway speed - highway FE article in the Prius II because there are going to be a ton that want to read that one ;)

___Chuck, can you send me your pics form the Arch and Sears Tower? Also there was a great pic with you on the course coming up on Randall who was about to pass a Prius II IIRC. I think you should create a HF 2006 - Cross Country Journal for a new thread as you have some very good material! I will post the EV-1 vid here in a few minutes. Good eye as to what is just behind the EV-1’s passenger side door. A parting shot by a very intuitive (should we say disgruntled ;)) student up at the UW-Madison towards GM if I do say so myself!

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hi All:

___And the infamous video clip of the EV-1. Tom had this one up already but everyone should have a look at the passenger side door. Nice job by whoever that did that :D

EV-1 heading out - Video Clip (http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/1027/cat/507)

___I am going to see "Who Killed The Electric Car" tonight so that single sticker is even more pertinent now ...

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Don't you think we should digitally hide the big blue "F-word (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Ford_Motor_Company_Logo.svg/220px-Ford_Motor_Company_Logo.svg.png)" to avoid offending GM? :p

What was the best FE of the HCH I and HCH II at Hybridfest?

Hi Chuck:

___I am not sure? I heard Linda tell everyone that her HCH-I received in the mid 70’s on the course with her husband or somebody else driving it? That may have been before HF2006 during the design of the course however? I do not know anything about the HCH-II’s results?

___Good Luck

___Wayne

I remember Linda saying 68.x for the HCH and 71.x for the HCHII. But I am old and my memory is shaky.

New article up on my site with the numbers.

http://hybridcars.about.com/od/news/a/mpgresults.htm


-

Thank you, Eric

Someone at GH was inquiring....

Hi Eric:

___Thank you! Do you know what kind of HCH-I/II’s the HCH drivers drove? Say that 3 times fast :D

Car Type/Name|State|Time (minutes)|MPG
||
Modified Insight 5-speed
Wayne Gerdes|IL.|55|150.0 mpg
Mike Debrowski|CT.|50|121.9 mpg
Randall Burkhalter|OK.|45|108.5 mpg
||
Insight 5-speed
Justin Fons|WI.|51|117.2 mpg
Tim Thompson|WI.|41|95.6 mpg
Chuck Thomas|TX|43|82.9 mpg
||
Prius II
Dan Kroushl|PA.|48|99.9 mpg
George Kalkas|IL.|81|99.9 mpg
Samuel Cooke|WI.|69|99.9 mpg
Al Walker|MA.|43|99.2 mpg
Dave Bassage|WV.|49|97.9 mpg
Tom Zimmerman|IL.|49|97.6 mpg
Jack Wear|ON.|47|82 mpg
Wayne Mitchell|IL.|42|88.1 mpg
Erik Haltrecht|ON.|48|82 mpg
Jerad Parish|WI.|40|74 mpg
Kenneth J. Kueler|WI.|42|72.9 mpg
Jim Bolton|WI.|38|72.7 mpg
Shane Brath|WI.|59|68.2 mpg
Matt Garrison|WI.|38|61.9 mpg
||
HCH-II
Shane Richardson|WI.|53|73.2 mpg
||
HCH-I
Michael Beres|MI.|42|68.1 mpg
||
Insight CVT
Kevin Moot|MN.|37|71.6 mpg
Paula Collum|OH.|38|59.4 mpg

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Top was hch II
Bottom was I.

Oh man I should have re ran that course. I could have beat 68.1 easy. thats only 8.1 mpg more than my daily commute and from what I hear there are a whole lot less lights and traffic.

Oh well. My congrats to those that did compete. I am going to have to practice my map reading skills for next year.

Hi Tom:

___Could you imagine Tarabell or Laurie out on the course driving their HCH-I/II respectively let alone Sledge, Meggert, and/or Terry in their own HCH-II’s? Steve (Hot Georgia) was there although car-less. He should have taken yours out as he owns the CVT as well … That would have filled the HCH-I/II ranks with some very respectable numbers really quick I bet!

___Eric, thanks for the split. I fixed the results table above …

___Chuck, still waiting for a few more pics. Think about a new thread with all the neat pics of driving to HF2006 as well as heading home. Some really good stuff you have there!

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Tom, it sure wasn't your mapreading skills that are to blame. I left out a whole step in the written instructions. I might never forgive myself for that!

The 73.8 in my HCHI CVT was achieved by Richard, the HFest VP. on a sunny warm April afternoon. I traded that car a week later on my Insight...

~Linda

Linda, From what I hear it was a great course and like I said above, I'm kicking myself for not doing it again. You realy did a great job on designing the course from all accounts. I saw some pictures and droolled. Bits of it look like where wayne was able to take my car past 100mpg when we did testing.

I hope you had lots of fun putting people through it. Did you see lots of happy faces when they came back? I bet you did!

As requested, I added time (in minutes) to the Hybridfest MPG Challenge results table.

http://hybridcars.about.com/od/news/a/mpgresults.htm

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Yay! I was the quickest of the 99.9's by quite a margin.

Hi All:

___Although most here do not know him, I know Dan and I would be delighted to have him visit for next years HF2007 event.

___Because there is behind the scenes discussion of a moderated Hybrid car roundtable w/ the public’s attendance and questions, Tom suggested I contact Yoshi (Super/Mid - FCD creator/builder and one of the most technically astute hybrid engineers in the world) out of Japan. He said he would be glad to come! As Eric and his team begin the draw down meetings for HF 2006, I am sure items of merit for next year will emerge and having Yoshi here for that round table could be a really exciting.

___Anyway, I wanted to post that Yoshi is definitely interested. Afterwards, he and his wife would like to drive out to see Niagara Fall’s. If it were not Dan or Hobbit, I am sure there are plenty of members that could help him with that request as they depart the Madison-Milwaukee-Chicago area post HF 2007. We can start some kind of fund raiser to help him with travel expenses but Tom and I would cover his accommodations while staying in the Chicago/Milwaukee/Madison area itself.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Some of my memories of 2006 Hybridfest :)


Dual Pwr representing NY State and a posted sign of FUH2
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/fixmyset/2006%20Hybridfest/Reduced%20pictures/debe0beb-1.jpg

Stagers at work?, Rob, Horacio and Robert
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/fixmyset/2006%20Hybridfest/Reduced%20pictures/dae6bcf8-1.jpg

Indiana Prius with trailer
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/fixmyset/2006%20Hybridfest/Reduced%20pictures/a208fac9-1.jpg

and my best picture yet, director and master organizer of the event !!
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f322/fixmyset/2006%20Hybridfest/Reduced%20pictures/00c0fa4d-1.jpg

One thing that impressed me is one of they guys unfortunately has Parkinson's. :( It did not stop him from coming - he swaped his 5-speed Insight for a CVT Insight and is able to store his walker.

Hey guys and gals; it was good to meet everyone at HF06. This was the best part of the event. Lots of nice pics here also. Thanks to those contributors for doing such a good job of documenting. Waiting for that pic of Chuck passing me passing a Prius. Who was that hypermiling Prius driver? I gotta learn to slow down.:eek:

And for the amusement of others::bananajump:

I got a hypermiling ticket on my way thru KS. Got busted for, shall we say; right side ridge riding.:confused: Was tooling along at ~50/55, 3AM, letting semi’s pass, which 2 or 3 did, and then this passenger vehicle won’t pass me!!!
I hold to the right side going down hills so he can see to go around…….but he won’t do it. Couple of hills later he hits me with the lights. Seems I violated the solid white line on the right.
Asked me if I had anything to drink to night.
“No sir, just holding to the right so you can go around.”:p

Technically; failure to maintain single lane.
Written warning.

“Is this a hybrid? Have a nice night”

Randall

Welcome highwater!

Need to look and see if I got Terri making that move - it was so fast and unexpected.

Earlier this year, I travelled 141 miles at 98.9mpg. It effectively ended in Denton on I35 when had to get my speed over 40mph as a policeman was behind me on the verge of turning on stopping me.

Here's a good news coverage of the Fest:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=475514
I found the link over at TDIClub and didn't know if it was mentioned here as well.

-Steve

Hi Highwater:

___Welcome and it was great to meet up with you at HF2006. I hope you can make it out for HF2007 as well because it should attract even more Insight’s!

___Steve, those TDI’ers can be an unusual sort with hybrid’s suck one minute and then a link to an online news story about Hybridfest 2006 the next? I think they are being turned to the “Bright side” by people like you and Eric ;) I do have to thank Eric for bringing on the TDIFest organizer early on to make HF2006 what it was. From what Eric has mentioned over the past few weeks, the TDI owning individual had a very good handle on the ways of TDIFest and passed on his expertise to Hybridfest without any of the backbiting the TDI vs. hybrid owners usually get into. Every bit helps and from my perspective HF2006 was a spectacular event other then being just 1 day.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Wayne you are 100% correct regarding the TDI'ers.
I also truly appreciate Eric posting over there as well.

There have been hybrid visitors there with an attitude or semi-attitude and I've found that kindness and alot of respect goes a long way in educating people with a grudge of some kind.
Eric and me seem to be breaking through.

I was truly suprised by a vetran TDI driver cheering me on regarding my last (poor 4 me) tank posted on their July MPG competition. I'd post a link to those kind words except my employers firewall blocks that site for some reason. :(
-Steve

Hey, guys --

I posted my Hybridfest 2006 pictures over on flickr.com. Flickr's cool, if you don't know it -- you can use your Yahoo ID to sign in with. There's a monthly limit on bandwidth, but it's pretty high -- my 12 pics only used half -- and if you TAG your photos, others can search for them. If you decide to post, use the tags "hybridfest" and "hybridfest2006", and then you can simply search that tag and see everyone's at once (it does take a few hours for the tags to enter flickr's search engine). Might be a nice way to keep 'em all "centralized", eh?

Let me know what you think. THANKS! Looking forward to seeing more pics...

~Linda (Hybridfest_Linda over on Flickr)(who hates this heat wave, and hates what AC --even set to 88° -- does to her MPG when the heat index is 105°)

Hi Tom:

___Could you imagine Tarabell or Laurie out on the course driving their HCH-I/II respectively let alone Sledge, Meggert, and/or Terry in their own HCH-II’s? Steve (Hot Georgia) was there although car-less. He should have taken yours out as he owns the CVT as well … That would have filled the HCH-I/II ranks with some very respectable numbers really quick I bet!



___Wayne


darn, wayne. did you read my note about 90 miles from my house to minneapolis on i94, and getting just over 67MPG? i was pretty pleased with that one.

today i saw both a bright red insight, and got passed by a brand new hch II. the other day a blue 2005 passed me, the color i really really wanted.

all i saw all week was 1 or 2 horsepower rigs, but it was fun.

Hi Laurie:

___I read it ;) Just make sure next year your calendar is free because I am going to try and get Tarabell and her HCH-II out as well. A short Hypermiling Clinic with Linda (HF 2006 organizer) and her CVT based Insight and I think the bases will be covered. It will scare the hell out of half us men trying to show our stuff, won’t it ;)

___Linda, we need a link for your photo gallery. I was searching Hybridfest.com and did not see it. Eric pointed your pics out in chat last week but that is long gone now. My own link history from last week is absolutely huge and would take over an hour to find it myself :(

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hey, Wayne!

http://flickr.com/search/?q=hybridfest&w=all

That should take you to Eric's and mine, both, that are on Flickr.

Let me know when you are free for some hypermiling...

~Linda

Hey, Wayne!

http://flickr.com/search/?q=hybridfest&w=all

That should take you to Eric's and mine, both, that are on Flickr.

Let me know when you are free for some hypermiling...

~Linda
Linda,

Nice Pics. thanks for the Link. :D

tiger

Hi Laurie:

___I read it ;) Just make sure next year your calendar is free because I am going to try and get Tarabell and her HCH-II out as well. A short Hypermiling Clinic with Linda (HF 2006 organizer) and her CVT based Insight and I think the bases will be covered. It will scare the hell out of half us men trying to show our stuff, won’t it ;)

___Linda, we need a link for your photo gallery. I was searching Hybridfest.com and did not see it. Eric pointed your pics out in chat last week but that is long gone now. My own link history from last week is absolutely huge and would take over an hour to find it myself :(

___Good Luck

___Wayne


i don't know, wayne. the fjord horse show is always the same week every year, so unless the hybridfest date changes, i don't think i can get there. when we leave the horse show, we always reserve the hotel for next year....as much as i love my car, i also love the horses.........

JSonline: "Imagine a Harley owners reunion, but much quieter."
.
Heh. Not too long ago I posted a similar sentiment over at Priuschat,
referencing http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/pix/lac06/shore1.jpg
and saying we need that level of enthusiasm about hybrids and
alt-fuels.
.
Hybridfest was the closest I've experienced yet, and it was awesome.
Laconia was cool too, but for entirely different reasons. I was
also there to work a music gig, and I don't even *own* a scoot at
this point. But I was not the only Prius mixin' it up out there
amongst the Hogs, which was totally hilarious.
.
_H*

Hi All:

___I found a few more pics of HF 2006 thanks to Justin and Bradlee Fons. A lot more to go but this should keep us going for a while …

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_HF2006_Before.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_HF_2006_During.jpg
HF 2006 before the fun began. ---------------------------------- A taste of HF 2006 during.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Bill_doing_what_he_does_best.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Linda_at_HF2006.jpg
Bill doing what he does Best. ------------------------------------------------------ Linda at her finest.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Billy_and_Randall_with_Bills_Insight.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Billys_Insight.jpg
Two of the best Hypermilers on the planet – Billy and Randall. --------------------- I want my next car to look exactly like this ;)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Prius_I_making_a_statement.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Who_wants_to_run_a_FE_challenge_in_this.jpg
Prius I owner making a statement. -------------------------------------- Who wants to run a FE challenge ;)


http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_Dave_Bassage_Sleeping_in_the_Prius.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Resize_of_FEH_with_HF2006_Sticker.jpg
Dave Bassage’s Hotel Prius. ---------------------------------------- FEH w/ an HF 2006 Sticker already installed.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Dan_and_Bill_in_the_Parking_Lot.jpg
Name these two other best hypermilers on the planet :D

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Name these two other best hypermilers on the planet Well, neither of them is me so that narrows it down :)

Hi Tony:

___Me neither so that makes it … Ahhh … Mmmm … (6.66 Billion - 2) :D

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Hi All:

___More!

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Re_Ice_Cream_Social_in_full_swing.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/RE_Eric_and_Jane_performing_last_minute_details.jpg
HF 2006 Ice Cream Social in full swing. -------------------------- Eric and Jane performing last minute duties.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Re_HF_2006_Entertainment.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/RE_Hybrid_owners_having_a_good_time.jpg
HF 2006 Live Entertainment. ------------------------------------ Hybrid Owners having a good time.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/RE_Marie_-_The_real_reason_HF2006_went_off_without_a_hitch.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Re_Bob_doing_his_Mug_Shot_Imitation.jpg
Marie - the real reason HF 2006 went off without a hitch. ------------------------- Bob doing his MUG Shot imitiation ;)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/RE_Pravus_Prime_Signing_in.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Re_Post_Registration_Mess.jpg
Rich signing in. --------------------------------------------------------- Post registration mess to clean up.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/RE_Whose_lowered_HCH-I_-_Tom.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/RE_Krousdb_s_next_Vehicle_-_FEH.jpg
Whose lowered HCH-I is this … Tom? -------------------------------- The FEH - Dan’s next vehicle :D

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Re_FEH_with_50_miles_of_Hymotion_Li-Ion_EV_added.jpg
50 miles of EV in the FEH. Courtesy of HyMotion’s Li-Ion kit.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Re_Whose_Insight_is_this.jpghttp://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/525/Re_Inside_the_EV1.jpg
Who’s Insight is this ;) --------------------------------------------------------- Inside the EV1!

___Good Luck

___Wayne

LOL, nice, me signing in...

What, were you spying on me? Me signing in, me at dinner, my car at the show.