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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hello Holly,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You've tapped the nerve of a hyper-hypermiler! Our family
has three vehicles. The big transportation <FONT color=#ff0000
size=6>PIG</FONT> or our family is a 2002 Saturn Ion that gets 25 mpg. The
second is a Toyota Prius that has averaged 53 mpg over two-and-a-half-years - we
bought it new for about $25K (as far as a car goes, I love it!). The third
vehicle is a 2002 Yamaha 650 V Star Classic motorcycle that I bought 8
months ago for $2,900 - it only had 1,050 miles on it and was in near-showroom
condition. My average fuel mileage for the first 8 months has been 55 mpg.
Recently (like a week ago) I put an "air kit", an open exhaust sytem on it
and a taller rear tire that reduces the overall gear ratio and got an honest 65
mpg on my last tank. I suspect with some hypermiling techniques I will be able
to push that up to 70 mpg.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Next is an electric motorcycle.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Stay in touch. Happy to talk about this stuff till your
eyeballs pop out! ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You struck a nerve......</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hollyquigley@gmail.com href="mailto:hollyquigley@gmail.com">holly
quigley</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> hypermiling? (OT?)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>So has anyone tried "hypermiling" yet? I figure with all the
time we spend on the road in our profession, it might be of interest here. I
can't afford the downpayment on a Prius just now, and unfortunately my better
half is too worried to agree to entertain the thought of a motorcycle for
work. I drive a manual transmission PT Cruiser, and with gas prices the way
they're going, the topic of hypermiling was quite interesting. So far I'm
getting 31mpg in the city now, just by doing a bunch of coasting and slower
thoughtful driving. Given that I'm due for an oil change, a tuneup, tire
rotation and who knows what else, I was impressed. The perk on top of that is
a big reduction in stress, not to mention the increased safety. I guess I
didn't realize how much stress I put on myself by rushing around driving fast!
Does anyone want to discuss?<BR><BR>-Holly Quigley<BR>Ticking off Drivers in
the Fast and Furious City of Atlanta<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>