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| Written by Kacey Green | |||
| Friday, 10 August 2007 | |||
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 On the drive back to Gainesville, FL, from Columbia, SC, once again, I used less than one tank of gas. When I rolled back onto the farm, the gas gauge read three pips. I exceeded both the old and new EPA ratings for the vehicle at 55.2MPG averaged over 462 miles. By looking at the distance travelled, you can also see I took a couple of wrong turns, more on that later in this write-up. Normally in these types of articles I give shout outs to all the hybrids I encountered but this drive was really draining and I knew from the first sighting I would not remember them all. No I could not write them down, I was driving, though next time I may keep a scratch pad and write down a letter code and tally them up (ex. HAH, HCH P, CP, RX, Cam, HH, etc. [Honda Accord Hybrid, Honda Civic Hybrid, Prius, Classic Prius, rx400h, Camry hybrid, Highlander Hybrid]). My mother and a friend of mine both told me not to come back to Gainesville on I-75 South, one said Waldo road the other said another route I had taken twice before (under their direction). I have never been very good at verbal directions on very unfamiliar routes (a route I am partially familiar with, and I'm a wiz). I ended up combining the two sets of verbal directions and making two wrong turns adding an extra hour to the trip while the Prius' navigation sent me the long way back to I-75.
Aside from the trip itself, I found out that in the same region of Subway that serves the Subway Pizza, they also serve a drink larger than what Subway sells as a large here in Florida, our large is their medium. I'm going to have to lookup whether or not medical doctors founded Doctor's Inc., because now Subway is starting to look like it is just a classy fast food chain with much less grease and no drive thru windows. Also, remember to check your tire pressure at least once every two and a half weeks (I prefer to check mine every Monday morning before work). I saw over twenty vehicles, personal, commercial, and trailers, pulled over on the side of the road with flats or blowouts. The heat wave passing through the southeast right now it seems to be accelerating that tire failure due to poor tire maintenance. Low tire pressure also wastes fuel to rolling resistance that could be used to drive the vehicle.Share it!             Trackback(0)
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This is one awesome car! Less than $30 in gas each way!  |
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