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Cant we all just get along?…Please? We should be attacking the politicians and these companies robbing from us with these high gas prices.

Read what people are doing to each other…

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Well you need to. With gas prices going so high, everyone (and I mean everyone whether u drive a car or truck) needs to hypermile. Here’s how it works…

Washington Post staff writer, Joshua Zumbrun?s Insight averaged only 48 mpg ? a figure much less than the company?s claim of 57 mpg in the city. Fortunately, he had briefly met Bradlee Fons, a car fanatic, or rather, car mileage fanatic?to be more precise. Fons had specially urged Zumbrun to meet up with Wayne Gerdes, a man he terms “America’s greatest hypermiler”.

Gerdes is a member of the team that drove 1,200 miles on a Prius on a single tank of gas. A zealous analysis of the mileage capability of his Corolla, made Gerdes attain as much as 75.6 miles per gallon on his Key Bridge cruise and a two-way trip from Georgetown to Columbia only on a gallon of gas.

What exactly is Hypermiling? It is all about making adjustments to increase your gas mileage. Listed below are some Hypermiling Techniques that would do just this ? no matter what car you are driving. These tips were handed over by an auto expert Pat Goss, owner of Goss’ Garage in Seabrook, commentator for PBS’s ?Motorweek?.

DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT

Goss says: Going slow can save gas. Goss says that once you go above 38 mph, you lose mileage. For every 5 mph above 55, he tend to lose 10 percent of your fuel economy.

DRIVING WITHOUT BRAKES: Maintain a steady speed if traffic is heavy.

Goss says: Do it when possible — but be careful especially in the Beltway.

TURN OFF YOUR CAR AND COAST: To save even more fuel when decelerating, shift to neutral and turn off the engine while coasting to a stop.

Goss says: Highly dangerous. You don’t have your car under control, says Goss.

OPTIMIZE YOUR ROUTE : To avoid traffic, try different routes. It so happens that a longer but smoother route saves a whole lot more gas.

Goss says: “Basic driving techniques. I teach this the first day,” Goss says.

WATCH YOUR TIRE PRESSURE: Some hypermilers recommend over-inflating tires as flat ones require more energy.

Goss says: It works but is very risky. “When you over-inflate a tire, you can compromise its traction and . . . make the tire wear out more rapidly. He adds that it is “very negligent to recommend that someone do that.”

STAY ON TOP OF OIL CHANGES: Use thinner oil.

Goss says: Goss reasons: It can have a significant effect on fuel economy, especially as the oil ages.The viscosity of engine oil is always increasing. . . . The thicker the oil is the harder it is to push through the engine.

Source: washingtonpost.com

Here are a couple of videos that may help.

Umm, I dont even know what to say about his. What is going on here? BMW is coming out with a new “cloth” car. Yes, CLOTH! I dont even want to waste my energy typing this.

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I was in Nigeria for three weeks and I’ll tell…Nigeria has the worst driving roads in the WORLD! Now I’m not bad mouthing my country, but I prayed at least 10 times every day I was on the road. The roads are horrible, there are no traffic lights/signs, no stop signs, etc.

Oh my! This CNN video is accurate to a degree. Not all of Nigeria is without strict traffic laws. Tourist areas such as part of Lagos and Abuja have traffic lights, stop signs, and even traffic police.

All I can say is when you go to Nigeria, please get a driver.

Yes! The comma is in the right place. And no I didnt forget any zeros. You can buy a new car for $2,500. Read more here.

I am happy to say that Andy sold his car. We got it for a fair price and I am so happy that it’s sold. It was just sad looking at that car. We had so much memories in that car. Oh Maxine! That’s what Andy used to call his car. Good news is the money we got for Maxine will help towards a down payment on our first home.  That way, she’ll always be with us… in spirit.

I have sad news. Andy’s car was stolen Tuesday night right if front of my apartment. Very surprising. I live in a very quiet town too. Anyways, the car thief(ves) aka dumb-ass(es) hoodlum(s) came and and took something that they didnt work hard for. It’s really humorous how someone can just take something it isnt theirs and be proud of it. Such low lifes.

Andy and I were both devastated and we didnt think we would see our car again. We couldnt sleep that night and unfortunately I had to work the next day. Boo! The good news is that on the way to work Andy got a call and the police told him that they found the car.

After going through a lot of bureaucratic red tape, Andy finally got his car. Even though he had to pay $125 to get “his” own car back from the police tow yard. F***’n theives! Both the police and the hoodlums.

Once Andy and I saw the car we were happy that it didnt look too bad but all of his stuff inside the car was gone. I always told Andy, “Please, take your helmet, bike shoes, tools, tire pump etc out of your car and leave it home.” He kept saying I nagged him too much about it, but look what happened. He had about $300 worth of stuff stolen from his car. Not including the radio. That of course was stolen as well. But anyways, Andy decided he wants to sell the car… as is.

Not only does he NOT have space at his house for it, but he just doesnt want to invest anything into the car because he doesnt drive it. Only to my house and the occasional mall and movie here and there.

Here are some pics of the car. Only serious buyers.  Since there are obvious defects to the car, the price is negotible. Take a gander at the pics…

If interested please post your email address in the comments. And fyi, I live in N.J.

Why?! I need to get some sleep. And the funny part is I am tired. Right now I am watching a re-run of the MTV Movie Awards. Its whack, but there is nothing else to watch. Actually, I am not watching it, it’s just on for background noise while I surf the net.

Andy and I spent a few hours in NYC and we stopped by this Vespa shop and I am sold. I really want one now. I want the vintage looking one. LOL I forgot to ask what the model name was. I think it’s the GTV. Anyways, I like all of them.

 

You can check out the Vespa’s here.

I woke up this morning and I look out the window and it was snowing. I’m like ok the DMV will be open still let me get this over with. Anyway, I started driving and since it was rush hour I decided to take the local route. Because of bad drivers and bad weather, it took me one hour to drive to the DMV. And the trip usually takes 20-25 minutes.

Now, on to the good part. There are two lines at the inspection station and I must pick one and wait to get my car inspected. This happens to me all the time because when you choose a line you must stay in that line, especially if there are cars behind you and you cant reverse to go to the faster line. Anyway, to my disbelief, I choose the slow line. I hate when I am waiting at the DMV, my car is burning gas and you have cars that come in after you having their car inspected first because they were lucky to pick the fast line. Now after about 40 minutes of waiting in line, I was asked to move my car forward.

Now to the best part of my day. While I was waiting in the booth to get my car inspected, the inspector walked to get my car and then I hear my horn being honked a couple of times. I didnt think anything of it because I thought he was checking to see if the horn worked. Then I hear the car horn again. I look at him and I see him waving at me. I’m getting worried now. I asked him what’s wrong and he tells me that my battery died. Great! Fantastic! Not only did I waste a lot of time at the DMV and I had to pee, this ish has to happen. :-).

Ok, now back to the drama. I asked him if I will fail inspection since this happened and he said, No I will take care of you dont worry. I was relieved but I didnt want to get my hopes up. So after he was pushing my new (used) car, he later got it started. He passed my car and I was relieved. I am not sure what they did to my car, but luckily the problem was very minor. I am so glad I dont have to deal with the DMV until 2009.

P.S.-These are NOT the actual photos of the DMV fiasco. These photos were provided courtesy of Google. :-)