Re: Marina Gas over $3.00 Locally

John,
My guess is he only changed 3 words in his Guzzi "Desmo cut and paste. Like
Harry when caught he pretends he doesn't read the posts. Maybe you are in
his "bozo bin". ; )




"PocoLoco" <PocoLoco415@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 23 Aug 2005 11:18:26 -0700, atl_man2@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>
>>Bill McKee wrote:
>>
>>> Prius on a good day makes 45 mpg. That is nice, but the only ones who
>>> are
>>> beating the 45 mpg max are the "hot rodders" who are stuffing more
>>> batteries
>>> in and adding the "plug in hybrid" capability. Long highway trip, you
>>> will
>>> get about 30 on a hybrid. Very little braking, slowing down, etc that
>>> is
>>> recovered as stored energy. The around town and short stop and go trips
>>> are
>>> the most efficient use. The plug in modifiers get the advantage of the
>>> extra battery capacity and plug in to the house charging. Up until a
>>> couple
>>> of years ago, that voided the hybrids warrantee.
>>
>>As usual, dead wrong again!!! See here:
>>http://randyrathbun.org/prius/prius_mileage/
>>
>>Then this:
>>
>>After driving Diesel Volkswagens for 25 years, we have moved into a new
>>era. We are now driving a 2002 Toyota Prius hybrid car. So far, we
>>can report that driving the Prius is remarkable for being so
>>unremarkable -- it feels very much like any other Toyota with an
>>automatic transmission, only better because the transmission is in
>>effect continuously variable. A computerized control system moves
>>energy between the gasoline engine, the electric motors, the battery,
>>and the wheels; if it weren't for the readout on the dash, we probably
>>wouldn't notice most of the optimizations that it performs.
>>
>>
>>
>>Toyota Prius dash and shift lever
>>Toyota Prius mileage computer
>>
>>Especially in winter driving, we found that mileage is much better once
>>the engine is warmed up; the warmup is much faster when temperatures
>>are higher. In the pictures above, we had just completed a trip of
>>about 35 minutes duration in 55 degree weather (clicking on either
>>picture will display a larger version). The mileage was relatively
>>poor in the first 10 minutes (the first five are not shown), then
>>steadily improved during highway driving to more than 50 mpg. The
>>final 10 minutes show very high efficiency in low-speed driving, when
>>the Prius can shut off its gasoline engine much of the time and operate
>>silently in electric mode using stored energy from the battery. For
>>this reason, city mileage really is often better than highway mileage.
>>
>>And this that shows an average of 48.2 mpg:
>>http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/car/1089.html
>>
>>And this, showing virtually the same mileage:
>>http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/16705.shtml
>
> Well, if posting all these URL's is supportive of your position, perhaps
> you
> could post the URL for your Guzzi "Desmo" site!
>
> The big question is, "How many words did you change in your cut'n'paste?"
>
> --
> John H.
> On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD


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