CleanMPG World Fuel Economy Championships - Records smashed!

ericbecky · #11 06-23-2008, 09:02 AM

Thanks for the video!
So far you guys have provided the sightsthe sounds, now if we could just figure out a way to smell and taste what it was like to be there.

laurieaw · #12 06-23-2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ericbecky

now if we could just figure out a way to smell and taste what it was like to be there.

after watching wayne climb out after a run with the windows closed, you may want to pass on that part........

PaleMelanesian · #13 06-23-2008, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ericbecky

Thanks for the video!
So far you guys have provided the sightsthe sounds, now if we could just figure out a way to smell and taste what it was like to be there.

Maybe this can give you an idea. Also, we encountered a few horse buggies along the way.

Chuck · #14 06-24-2008, 12:26 AM

Basically I'm just letting everyone know I'm back in Dallas safely.

My first flight to Chicago on AA was in 1989 at 700mpg due to a headwind - my biggest gas guzzeling trip ever...explaination...I was between jobs and a recruiter sent me on an interview without really screening. Over the phone they could have found out my database experience did not cover DB2 as the qualifications required. That cost the gas on a round trip from D/FW to O'Hare and the recruiter $800.

Would have liked to do more, but the "must do" things were accomplished along with the pleasure of meeting many of you for the first time.

bestmapman · #15 06-24-2008, 05:15 AM

Good to meet you Chuck. I wish I could have spent more time talking to you.

lamebums · #16 06-25-2008, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Aether glider

next year in-car video would be awesome to show off technique.

I tell you what we can do--I could shoot some video while in a Prius or other hypermiling vehicle at the next meetup on the 5th? And then just have the driver explain what he's doing? Pretty inexpensive since the camera is already paid for and I still have 45 minutes of tape.

lamebums · #17 06-25-2008, 10:50 AM

I forgot this picture--this is Laurie getting 1.1L.100km (213.8 MPG) in a clinic with Wayne earlier on Saturday.

Now if only it counted as one of the runs.

lamebums · #18 06-25-2008, 12:29 PM

I've added Bob's score on the Prius to the list (perhaps I was AWOL when he came in or I was on my Insight run?). Coming tomorrow are the scans of the original score sheets and a few of my overall comments now that I've had a couple days to sleep on the whole experience.

But all in all it was a hell of a time even if I was running like a chicken with my head cut off and had to watch Wayne go about 2 MPH up the first hill in his Prius

Dan · #19 06-26-2008, 12:28 PM

Quick Digg it:
http://digg.com/environment/213_MPG_in_a_stock_Honda

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diamondlarry · #20 03-04-2011, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by NickfromIL

I should mention my desire for a non-hybrid division.

Wow! Talk about a blast from the past. Thanks for bringing back the memories Andrew. Anyway, one of the vehicles that didn't get mentioned in the official stats was my son's (CobraPond) '99 Saturn SL2 5-MT. If I remember correctly, he did 88.5 mpg on the course. There were some modifications to the cylinder head and the valve timing had been tweaked to lower the rpm of the torque band however, the driver is really good by himself.