Tech with a twist of lime! & FLHybrid Club.

Today I took Waldo and GA-21 to get to Columbia, South Carolina from Gainesville, Florida and only used half a tank of gas in my 2004 Toyota Prius! I forgot that I told the navigation system to take a different route. After I crossed the Florida-Georgia border, I started going with the flow speed wise (75 miles an hour isn't enough to satisfy people anymore), and let cruise control take over the accelerator; that was a big mistake, the darned cruise control (CC) program doesn't understand that hills aren't infinitely tall.  Before CC took over, I had managed 58 miles per gallon from Depot Road to the FL-GA border, a route comprised of city, highway, Waldo (speed trap), and interstate driving.  Today's shout outs are after the jump ...

• The driver of an aqua colored classic Civic Hybrid; I drove with you a short distance on Williston Road.
• The driver of a 2006-2008 white Prius, we zipped up I-10 or 295.
• Also to the driver of a red Hummer H2, I drafted behind you at XX speeding mph, it was the same MPG as if I was driving about 10mph slower.
• As always, all the trucks I hang out with in the slow lane.

Drafting behind an H2 is about ¼ as effective as drafting behind a standard tractor-trailer and because of the speeds we were traveling, I can't tell you how they compare at breaking a gusting headwind.

Also of slight interest to the regular readers, I did not see any RX400h today, although a handful of Highlander hybrids popped up.

My thoughts go out the families of the two white SUVs I saw with roof damage.   I passed two separate crash scenes each involving a white SUV, both appeared to be rollovers, one looked to be weather related.   If you don't mind, please take a moment of silence for these people.

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Alexander said:

Yeah, well I get Eleventy-One MPG! LOL

August 30, 2007

Kacey Green said:

How do you write that on the number pad?

August 31, 2007 | url

Alexander said:

11ty-1 !

August 31, 2007

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