vadimax
Flashlight Enthusiast
Aerodynamics is funny science. Not all vortexes are bad.
That's bizarre! I'm going to chop off the top of my Jeep
I've owned a number of vehicles in recent years:
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- 2018 Subaru WRX (2.0L turbo I4, 6spd manual, sedan): ~32 highway / ~20 city. Pretty much all the positives of the 3 but with roughly double the performance and AWD. Accelerates onto the highway with authority and passes with pretty much none of the planning required in all my other vehicles (save the F150 which tended to encourage other drivers' planning to stay out of my way). Launch from a stop, smash the gas to get onto the onramp, or execute a few passes where you lurch into a +20MPH overtake and the realtime MPG-O-Meter will let it know what it's cost you instantaneously, this "lap", and for the trip odometer. My work commute is overwhelmingly on local highways and the realities of traffic patterns means that I take different routes to and from to shave some 30+ minutes off time spent driving: the morning commute is a bit too hectic to allow for cruise control but keeping up with traffic I can typically best 30MPG home-to-office; afternoon there's far less traffic and I've gotten as high as 32 office-to-home.
I fully expect my next ride to either be fully electric - with specifications better than those published for Tesla's much-hyped Model 3, for markedly less - or be a strong serial hybrid something like the Chevrolet Volt. I seriously pondered the Chevrolet Volt - and vaguely regretted not having an electric vehicle during the hilarious-yet-infuriating post-Harvey Dallas gas crisis - but the projected reliability, packaging compromises (rear seat is almost as bad a rumor as it is in 2-door coupes), and boring utilitarian-driving philosophy ultimately pushed me to the WRX. I suspect that had I been able to delay the purchase by 1-2 years I would have been rewarded with a plethora of long-range EVs and far better public charging support than exists today. Pluggable hybrids on the other hand are curiously dissatisfying, hard to find with meaningful electric range (Chevy Volt and BMW i3 seem to be it), and few if any look to be in the automakers' development pipelines.
from what I hear/read, many hybrid Autos in the US do not really obtain better 'fuel' mileage than a normally aspirated Auto w/o a battery pack. The 'hybrid' aspect simply allows a larger vehicle to be accelerated faster.....
There's sort of a grain of truth to that if you're talking about early 90's era economy cars vs current hybrids; a Geo Metro 3-cylinder comes very close mileage-wise versus a current Toyota Prius on the highway, but the Prius' ability to not use the engine around town gives it a sound advantage in the city. The two cars aren't remotely comparable otherwise, the Metro is a death trap by current safety standards, aside from being very small and very slow.
Hybrid for city, diesel for highway.
Hybrid for city, diesel for highway.
things people do to save few bucks is unbelievable.
I don't disagree, it is just interesting that the 328ID is rated 31 city / 42 highway, which is pretty respectable for that size vehicle.
things people do to save few bucks is unbelievable.
Some people will drive down the street to pay $2.29 vs $2.33. Four cents x 15gal = $.60.
And they don't realize that if your car recommends premium and you use regular, you lose MPG and thus the few cents per gallon you thought you were gaining..
Google "hypermiling", it's an art form..
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