Comments on: Test Spin With Ford- Part 2 http://earth911.com/news/2009/05/11/test-spin-with-ford-part-2/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amanda Wills http://earth911.com/news/2009/05/11/test-spin-with-ford-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-28130 Amanda Wills Thu, 14 May 2009 23:49:12 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=17189#comment-28130 Hi James, I encourage you to check back on Monday for the third and final installment in the series. I have addressed all your questions plus more. I look forward to getting your feedback. Hi James,

I encourage you to check back on Monday for the third and final installment in the series. I have addressed all your questions plus more. I look forward to getting your feedback.

]]> By: Chuck Thomas http://earth911.com/news/2009/05/11/test-spin-with-ford-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-28059 Chuck Thomas Wed, 13 May 2009 19:02:13 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=17189#comment-28059 Thank you for the series on hypermiling - Amanda. I'll admit that doubling the EPA is not the daily commute, but I've gotten at least 30% on mine doing many of the things Wayne did in DC. James, you might want to check the stocks in nickel - every hybrid in the junk yard is going to have the battery pack harvested as they are in short supply. Amanda just said the Hybrid Fusion was not holding back traffic. I drive a lot like that in Dallas and there is not problem except the occasional driver with a chip on their shoulder. Cheer up - James. Thank you for the series on hypermiling – Amanda.

I’ll admit that doubling the EPA is not the daily commute, but I’ve gotten at least 30% on mine doing many of the things Wayne did in DC.

James, you might want to check the stocks in nickel – every hybrid in the junk yard is going to have the battery pack harvested as they are in short supply.

Amanda just said the Hybrid Fusion was not holding back traffic. I drive a lot like that in Dallas and there is not problem except the occasional driver with a chip on their shoulder.

Cheer up – James.

]]> By: James http://earth911.com/news/2009/05/11/test-spin-with-ford-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-27989 James Tue, 12 May 2009 17:21:31 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=17189#comment-27989 So you still haven't told us anything about the car. How does it drive and handle? Is it clunky and tinny sounding? What is the EST MPG on this car? This Hypermiling works on any car not just hybrids. But in real life traffic it doesn't work. You not wasting gas going from light to light but when your slow moving thought the light only allows 3 cars to go through before it turns red again is going to get you ran off the road. I had a 1990 Ford Probe that averaged 28 MPG and HWY I got 34. Why is has it taken almost 20 years to get a car that only averages 40 or 45 MPG and they call it a hybrid. How environmentally friendly are the batteries compared to a simple engine that can achieve close to the same MPGs? I don't believe a hybrid is environmentally better till it can reach 80 or more MPGs. Don't let the Ford PR guys fool you into thinking this or any other hybrid is the greatest thing since slice bread. The technology has been around to long they need to be making cars with a lot better MPGs. So you still haven’t told us anything about the car. How does it drive and handle? Is it clunky and tinny sounding? What is the EST MPG on this car? This Hypermiling works on any car not just hybrids. But in real life traffic it doesn’t work. You not wasting gas going from light to light but when your slow moving thought the light only allows 3 cars to go through before it turns red again is going to get you ran off the road. I had a 1990 Ford Probe that averaged 28 MPG and HWY I got 34. Why is has it taken almost 20 years to get a car that only averages 40 or 45 MPG and they call it a hybrid. How environmentally friendly are the batteries compared to a simple engine that can achieve close to the same MPGs? I don’t believe a hybrid is environmentally better till it can reach 80 or more MPGs. Don’t let the Ford PR guys fool you into thinking this or any other hybrid is the greatest thing since slice bread. The technology has been around to long they need to be making cars with a lot better MPGs.

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