| W. Chris Shank on 4 Oct 2007 20:57:45 -0000 |
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My first few cars were stick. Last 10 years or so have been with automatics. They are as close to "hands-free" driving as I can reasonably get. ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric <eric@lucii.org> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:18:14 PM GMT-0500 Subject: Re: [PLUG] stick shift? Art Alexion wrote: > On Thursday 04 October 2007 10:52:11 Eric wrote: >> My last trip to Chicago this spring we took the Camry and pretty much "had >> our foot in it" the whole way. We averaged better than 34 mpg. At $3+ per >> gallon of fuel that was *sweet*. > > Except when it rains, I drive a 1978 Honda Express to work. It has no > transmission (well technically a front and rear sprocket constitute a > transmission, but it has only one speed) and gets about 100 MPG with Shell, > 80 MPG with Sunoco, and doesn't like to start with Lukoil. The Valero across > from where I work sells 100 octane "racing fuel" for ~$4.50/gal. Since my > tank only holds 2 L., I can fill it for a little more than $2. I am curious > how it would run on that. Whoa!? What the heck is a Honda Express? he asks.... Oh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Express I have a friend that has a Honda Insight (manual tranny, natch) and he almost never gets less than 72 mpg average - some weeks over 80. Too bad they stopped production. Eric -- # Eric Lucas # # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- W. Chris Shank ACE Technology Group, LLC www.myremoteITdept.com (610) 640-4223 -------------------------------- Security Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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