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mobile chernobyl wrote:Hey man, I have some snake oil, are you interested?

No thanks, I might tread on uncertain ground, but I take as little quack medicine as possible.

If you want proof, here you go.

It's a stripped-down Opel T1 that got 376 MPG in a 1973 competition. It accomplished this feat by vaporizing the fuel before it entered the engine, a method similar to those found in the book I mentioned. If the car weren't stripped down, it would still probably get more than 100 mpg.

To JSR and Poland_Spud:
Sorry that it isn't thirties styling, but I think the MPGs make up for the loss in classiness.

On a more realistic note - look into some of these creations. http://students.sae.org/competitions/supermileage/

I mentioned something like this on page 110.

Stupid electricity... pneumatics rule.
I just shocked myself with 120 volts playing with the vacuum motor. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of two wires that didn't power the motor, but I left the power plug in one time and touched a contact, and got zapped. Hopefully I can start my secret project this weekend... 8)

danielrowell wrote:I mentioned something like this on page 110.

Oh sorry, I was intimidated by the magnitude of this threads size, and breezed over your post dismissing it as something more akin to this:

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POLAND_SPUD wrote: What I don't understand is why this is limited to electric cars or hybrids only?
'Yo dawg I heard you're rich so we made a car that costs 35 000$ so now you can save 15% on fuel'

Do the math. Figure getting 150K miles from a car.
At 30 MPG that would be 5,000 gallons of gas.
At 45 MPG that would be 3,333 gallons.
Figure the cost difference at your projected prices.
At an average of $3.50 per gallon, the fuel price difference would be $5,834.
When I bought my Prius I sold a Mustang. I got much better than a 15% improvement. The extra cost of a used Prius has been paid back several times in savings. My savings is close to $18,000. My car cost $18,000.

Some cars are overpriced and you won't save much if you keep it for only 3-5 years.

It accomplished this feat by vaporizing the fuel before it entered the engine

I say it was 3 gerbils on a wheel hidden under the hood!

Technician1002 wrote:Figure getting 150K miles from a car.

That's even a conservative estimate, as I'm discovering. My dad has put over 160,000 miles on a 2000 Toyota Avalon, the most significant repair it's needed yet is a replaced front strut, but beyond that regular maintenance and a lack of reckless driving have so far kept it on the road and running.

I find Japanese cars are great for heavy usage, probably why they're so popular down here. We had a 1996 Honda Accord that did about 160,000 miles as well, no significant repairs except for when it was involved in a minor car accident and the front bumper was replaced and some metal bent back in to shape.

My friend had a Mitsubishi Diamante which would've done close to 200,000 miles before they sold it.

Other cars my family has owned in recent times include a 2001 Ford Escape which has been a minor nightmare every few years from leaking brake fluid to a faulty transmission but apart from that been alright and about a year ago we got a second hand 2008 BMW or something which hasn't had any faults as of yet.

I wouldn't buy a European car unless I had a lot of money, even the cheap ones regularly cost more than they're worth to fix since we're so far away from Europe down here. Actually, I'd buy a Jap import European car, usually you can find parts for them at a reasonable price.

I still think you can get a lot of life out of some of the American made cars. I have 173,000 on my 2000 sable and my father has an 86 chevy with 210,000 and they still are used pretty regularly.

Gun Freak wrote:Stupid electricity... pneumatics rule.
I just shocked myself with 120 volts playing with the vacuum motor. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of two wires that didn't power the motor, but I left the power plug in one time and touched a contact, and got zapped. Hopefully I can start my secret project this weekend... 8)

You'll save a lot of time and money if you just go buy a Fleshlight.

You'll save a lot of time and money if you just go buy a Fleshlight.

heh I was acctaully going to write something along these lines

May as well join 'em...

Gun Freak wrote: Hopefully I can start my secret project this weekend...

Is that when you expect to hit puberty?



Gun Freak, you are aware that all this banter will stop once you build a hybrid, right? I was hoping the video of that 3000 cubic inch hybrid might convert you

POLAND_SPUD wrote:heh I was actually going to write something along these lines

+1

Gun Freak, you are aware that all this banter will stop once you build a hybrid, right?

He's right you know, after I built my first hybrid innuendo related insults reduced by 74%^*

* level of insults did not actually go down

May as well join 'em...

Heh I guess you've got some first hand (?) experience.
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtop ... tml#252479

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