Pain At The Pump: Government Gas Secrets

"Joe" > wrote in message
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> "dwight" > wrote in
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>> "Joe" > wrote in message
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>>>> Right, Joe. THAT will certainly help my fuel mileage.
>>>>
>>>> Not that I really give a crap about fuel mileage... I just find it
>>>> amusing that speeding actually makes TFrog more efficient, rather
>>>> than slowing down, as some would have us believe.
>>>>
>>>>)
>>>
>>> That was my point. With a 3.93, you could've easily slipped into 4th
>>> @ 45mph and actually saved gas.
>>
>> Let me get out my calculator... Lessee... The cost of the gears, plus
>> the cost to have them installed... how much gas would I have to save
>> to offset that...?
>>
>> Uh, nevermind.
>>
>> dwight
>
> OK, so the fun factor doesn't count at all. Why not just get an old
> Tercel and be done with it?

You go for extremes, don't you?

Listen - I'm 52 (almost). The 3.93's would require a much faster shift from
first to second than I'm used to. I could hurt myself.

dwight

On Thu, 04 May 2006 02:26:41 GMT, Joe > puked:

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>> "Ritz" > wrote in message
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>>> My Names Nobody wrote:
>>>> "lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Tue, 02 May 2006 16:51:58 -0500, WindsorFox
>>>>> > puked:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Backyard Mechanic wrote:
>>>>>>> "edb" > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.wesh.com/painatthepump/9141621/detail.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What the hell does this have to do with Mustang enthusiasts?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WE DONT CARE !!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or we'd be driving 1350 CC kia's
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found it quite amusing. Especially the part where it said
>>>>>> that the
>>>>>> Diesel Liberty reported as getting 22MPG by Chrysler, CR got 11
>>>>>> and the Honda hybrid rated for 48MPG CR got 26. ROFL!! I love it.
>>>>>> Make the 19MPG
>>>>>> I get in the Mustang look pretty good Heh heh...
>>>>> Especially good considering how everyone driving those hybrids look
>>>>> like weenies to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> They should start making some exotic looking hybrids with gull wing
>>>>> doors and ultralight plastic bodies and functional wings at
>>>>> whatnot. --
>>>>> lab~rat >:-)
>>>>> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
>>>>
>>>> Wings don't function under 60 miles per hour...
>>>
>>>
>>> Tell that to someone driving an old Cessna....They do function, but
>>> they have to be larger as the wing slows down in order to create the
>>> same amount of lift/downforce.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>
>> Wings mounted on deck lids of cars have little to ZERO effect at
>> speeds under 100 miles per hour, Period. Maybe you need to mount your
>> Cessna to you deck lid...
>
>Actually wings mounted on deck lids of cars have a nice effect. They
>usually good for at least a couple of laughs.

Especially if the size of them rivals those of a Cessna.

Seriously, if something as protrusive as a 3 square foot angled piece
of fiberglass has NO effect, why do all of the wind tunnel cars
resemble bars of soap? I find it difficult to believe that in has
zero effect...
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

My Names Nobody wrote:
> "lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 02 May 2006 16:51:58 -0500, WindsorFox
>> > puked:
>>
>>> Backyard Mechanic wrote:
>>>> "edb" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.wesh.com/painatthepump/9141621/detail.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> What the hell does this have to do with Mustang enthusiasts?
>>>>
>>>> WE DONT CARE !!!!
>>>>
>>>> Or we'd be driving 1350 CC kia's
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I found it quite amusing. Especially the part where it said that the
>>> Diesel Liberty reported as getting 22MPG by Chrysler, CR got 11 and the
>>> Honda hybrid rated for 48MPG CR got 26. ROFL!! I love it. Make the 19MPG
>>> I get in the Mustang look pretty good Heh heh...
>> Especially good considering how everyone driving those hybrids look
>> like weenies to me.
>>
>> They should start making some exotic looking hybrids with gull wing
>> doors and ultralight plastic bodies and functional wings at whatnot.
>> --
>> lab~rat >:-)
>> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
>
> Wings don't function under 60 miles per hour...
>
>

Depends on how old you are and who you're trying to impress.


--
"Be sure you keep your fur free of grit,
or you will have the same trouble all over again." - Kate

"dwight" > wrote in
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> "Joe" > wrote in message
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>> "dwight" > wrote in
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>>> "Joe" > wrote in message
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>>>> "dwight" > wrote in
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>>>>> Right, Joe. THAT will certainly help my fuel mileage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not that I really give a crap about fuel mileage... I just find it
>>>>> amusing that speeding actually makes TFrog more efficient, rather
>>>>> than slowing down, as some would have us believe.
>>>>>
>>>>>)
>>>>
>>>> That was my point. With a 3.93, you could've easily slipped into
>>>> 4th @ 45mph and actually saved gas.
>>>
>>> Let me get out my calculator... Lessee... The cost of the gears,
>>> plus the cost to have them installed... how much gas would I have to
>>> save to offset that...?
>>>
>>> Uh, nevermind.
>>>
>>> dwight
>>
>> OK, so the fun factor doesn't count at all. Why not just get an old
>> Tercel and be done with it?
>
> You go for extremes, don't you?

Just to make the point.

> Listen - I'm 52 (almost). The 3.93's would require a much faster shift
> from first to second than I'm used to. I could hurt myself.
>
> dwight

That's what automatics are for. Maybe you should keep CFrog and sell
TFrog. Then those 3.93s would be just what the doctor ordered.

It is especially amusing to see a wing on the rear deck of a front wheel
drive car.


"WindsorFox" > wrote in message
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> My Names Nobody wrote:
>> "lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 02 May 2006 16:51:58 -0500, WindsorFox
>>> > puked:
>>>
>>>> Backyard Mechanic wrote:
>>>>> "edb" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.wesh.com/painatthepump/9141621/detail.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> What the hell does this have to do with Mustang enthusiasts?
>>>>>
>>>>> WE DONT CARE !!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Or we'd be driving 1350 CC kia's
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I found it quite amusing. Especially the part where it said that the
>>>> Diesel Liberty reported as getting 22MPG by Chrysler, CR got 11 and the
>>>> Honda hybrid rated for 48MPG CR got 26. ROFL!! I love it. Make the
>>>> 19MPG
>>>> I get in the Mustang look pretty good Heh heh...
>>> Especially good considering how everyone driving those hybrids look
>>> like weenies to me.
>>>
>>> They should start making some exotic looking hybrids with gull wing
>>> doors and ultralight plastic bodies and functional wings at whatnot.
>>> --
>>> lab~rat >:-)
>>> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
>>
>> Wings don't function under 60 miles per hour...
>
> Depends on how old you are and who you're trying to impress.
>
>
> --
> "Be sure you keep your fur free of grit,
> or you will have the same trouble all over again." - Kate
>
>

In order to get effect from a rear wing you need to be going 100+ MPH in the
turns. You don't need the little extra down force on your rear wheels
driving on the highway. If anything it will create more drag and slow you
down at top speed.
--
Mark
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