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05-11-2007, 08:55 PM
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I am glad too see the exposure on the news.
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Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
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05-12-2007, 12:07 AM
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I'm from Tulsa! (Just doing a short co-op in Houston) I love to see KOTV doing a segment on us. Sometime next fall we should have a gassavers meeting in Tulsa. I had no idea there were more people in the Tulsa area that were gassavers.
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05-13-2007, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by kwtorbe
I'm from Tulsa! (Just doing a short co-op in Houston) I love to see KOTV doing a segment on us. Sometime next fall we should have a gassavers meeting in Tulsa. I had no idea there were more people in the Tulsa area that were gassavers.
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rh77 is in Tulsa some. I dont think Highwater ever gets to Tulsa. Im in Tulsa daily. So maybe we can get together for lunch or dinner sometime.
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05-14-2007, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Peakster
Great Newscast. I find it funny that at the end of the whole segment, they remind viewers that coasting out of gear is illegal.
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Both of us wanted to make the point that Coasting in N ice on or off is extreme and possible against the law. I myself did not want folks with no skills getting out in the cars Friday morning and having wrecks! I could see army's of idiots all amped up about high mpg getting into there cars, cell phones to head and busting into a coast causing massive wrecks. As it turned out. Most have looked at it as a novelty.
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05-14-2007, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by slurp812
Is coasting downhill illegal in all states? Well Is it in Ohio?
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im not sure about coasting in neutral but i know for sure that turning off your engine in IL while the car is in motion is illegal.
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05-14-2007, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by rh77
That was a great news piece! Way to get the exposure out there...
Yeah, coasting in Neutral is illegal almost anywhere, but so is going 46 MPH in a 45 MPH zone.
It made a good point, though. Hypermilers are more attentive to the road and surroundings, and often drive under the speed limit -- which Law Enforcers should be very pleased with.
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accualy if you get pulled over for going less than 5 mph over the speed limit and you fight it in court it will most likely be droped becasue of a cars spedo doesnt reflect exactly that it says. thier usually all off by +-1mph. some extreme cases 3 or 4 like my chevette
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05-14-2007, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by VetteOwner
accualy if you get pulled over for going less than 5 mph over the speed limit and you fight it in court it will most likely be droped becasue of a cars spedo doesnt reflect exactly that it says. thier usually all off by +-1mph. some extreme cases 3 or 4 like my chevette
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Through the GPS, I've seen rentals as far off as 6-7 mph at 60. Odd thing is that the VSS must've been accurate as the SG usually showed about the same as the sat-nav.
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