Comments on: Trends: Primordial Robots and Hacked Hondas http://thesniffer.net/?p=222 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:24:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nora http://thesniffer.net/?p=222#comment-1209 Nora Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:36:17 +0000 http://thesniffer.net/?p=222#comment-1209 Great, thanks Darin. Very interesting. I know zippo about cars, so good to have the perspective. Thanks for listening! Great, thanks Darin. Very interesting. I know zippo about cars, so good to have the perspective. Thanks for listening!

]]> By: Darin http://thesniffer.net/?p=222#comment-1191 Darin Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:32:57 +0000 http://thesniffer.net/?p=222#comment-1191 This is just weird. I listen to CBC all day as I work on stuff ... like writing/talking about eco-modding cars for better efficiency, and making web sites for guys like Mike who have made particularly outstanding examples such as his Aerocivic. (FYI, he's in SC, not LA ... and I'm in NS this winter, but usually ON.) From this car/design savvy listener: yes, the claims Mike makes are legit. But you need to put the breathless claims of "95 mpg" that you may have read on other blogs about the Aerocivic in context. That's his fuel economy in best-case circumstances: on a level road, in warm weather (cold weather is brutal on fuel economy) with a fully warmed up car. His fuel log shows an average in the low to mid 60's mpg (all figures US gallons) in all-around driving in the winter, and low to mid 70's in the summer. Still shatters the figures current hybrids offer, though. I'm a big fan of the work he's done, for so many reasons. Anyway - glad to see someone else appreciating what he's accomplished! Cheers - Darin This is just weird. I listen to CBC all day as I work on stuff … like writing/talking about eco-modding cars for better efficiency, and making web sites for guys like Mike who have made particularly outstanding examples such as his Aerocivic. (FYI, he’s in SC, not LA … and I’m in NS this winter, but usually ON.)

From this car/design savvy listener: yes, the claims Mike makes are legit.

But you need to put the breathless claims of “95 mpg” that you may have read on other blogs about the Aerocivic in context. That’s his fuel economy in best-case circumstances: on a level road, in warm weather (cold weather is brutal on fuel economy) with a fully warmed up car. His fuel log shows an average in the low to mid 60’s mpg (all figures US gallons) in all-around driving in the winter, and low to mid 70’s in the summer. Still shatters the figures current hybrids offer, though.

I’m a big fan of the work he’s done, for so many reasons.

Anyway - glad to see someone else appreciating what he’s accomplished!

Cheers - Darin

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