Ignition vs. Roll start?

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by Tamago

it's not worth the ounces of fuel saved...

One thing that generally gets lost in these discussions is the true motivation. It's not the pennies worth of fuel saved. It's being able to go on forums like these and say "I finally hit 50 mpg!" and have a couple dozen people 'attaboy you for doing so well. That's the true motivation and potential pay off.

-Steve

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

One thing that generally gets lost in these discussions is the true motivation. It's not the pennies worth of fuel saved. It's being able to go on forums like these and say "I finally hit 50 mpg!" and have a couple dozen people 'attaboy you for doing so well. That's the true motivation and potential pay off.

-Steve

That's quite an assumption on your part, and an incorrect one at that.

I'm beginning to sense a pattern here...

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by BailOut

That's quite an assumption on your part

If you are arguing that a general sense of "I'm being green" is often involved, I would agree. But by the time one gets to things like coasting with the engine off, the game has become more about the numbers than about the green.

-Steve

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

If you are arguing that a general sense of "I'm being green" is often involved, I would agree. But by the time one gets to things like coasting with the engine off, the game has become more about the numbers than about the green.

-Steve

That's quite an assumption on your part, and an incorrect one at that.

I DO sense a pattern here...

[Gideon]

Originally Posted by silver_vios

I'm assuming you can't think of a good response to sbergman or tamago, so you're just babbling about assumptions now.

lol, well judging from your reply and join date I'm going to assume you're quite new and don't know BailOut very well.

My guess is he wants to conserve energy by not having to type out a multi-paragraph reply justifying his passion for conserving finite resources.

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

One thing that generally gets lost in these discussions is the true motivation. It's not the pennies worth of fuel saved. It's being able to go on forums like these and say "I finally hit 50 mpg!" and have a couple dozen people 'attaboy you for doing so well. That's the true motivation and potential pay off.

-Steve

You're wrong, it IS about the pennies, or at least it is with the guy you're debating. Not too long ago he worked it out that if someone is able to avoid using one's blower motor for 75 years!! they'll save enough $$ to get 2 free tanks of fuel in their Yaris. WOW! I doubt that anybody has ever done that or will ever do that so I guess we'll trust his math.

I don't know, I drive with the flow of traffic, run 32 psi in my tires, leave my engine running when going down hills, use my accessories, ignore my gas gauge until it's time for a refill and still manage to get between 41-44 mpg...probably close to the average hypermiler w/ their mpg banners in their sigs, at this forum.