http://www.fuelly.com/forum/ All things Fuelly. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:45:59 -0800 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:45:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.fuelly.com/forum/1005/Please-add-milesday-to-mini-stats ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.1005 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:45:59 -0800 MikeyTG http://www.fuelly.com/forum/1004/BiFuel-CNG-Tracking ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.1004 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:38:55 -0800 pearlbluevtx http://www.fuelly.com/forum/1002/City-vs-Highway-definition ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.1002 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:05:01 -0800 reb01501 http://www.fuelly.com/forum/1001/Mobile-site-blank-on-iPhone-4S ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.1001 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:34:23 -0800 jbenj http://www.fuelly.com/forum/1000/Reminder ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.1000 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:46:55 -0800 Chrisbad http://www.fuelly.com/forum/999/Groups-or-Teams ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.999 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:25:41 -0800 johnthebee http://www.fuelly.com/forum/998/no-wysiwyg-print ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.998 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:24:22 -0800 dudleydog http://www.fuelly.com/forum/997/Add-Best-MPG-to-car-lists ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.997 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:31:34 -0800 DV8N http://www.fuelly.com/forum/995/1188-MPG-on-bike ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.995 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:30:27 -0800 yorkshirepudding http://www.fuelly.com/forum/994/New-Addition-Auto-vs-Manual-Transmission When you create a new car at Fuelly you'll have the option to choose Manual or Automatic transmission. And if you'd like to add it to your existing car you can like this:

1.) Browse to your vehicle page and click EDIT CAR. (Here's the location.)

2.) The top of the vehicle settings page has your vehicle type, click change type.

3.) Transmission is located at the bottom of the choices. Select Automatic or Manual and then click the Update Car button at the bottom of the page.

That's it. Once you have Transmission set you'll see Auto or Manual next to your vehicle description across the site. For example, here's my Prius. If you look at the top of the page you'll see: 2006 Toyota Prius • Hybrid L4 Hatchback (Auto).

Once we have a good number of people reporting their transmission, we'll add filters to the top of the browse vehicle pages so you can limit those by transmission.]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.994 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:47:31 -0800 pb http://www.fuelly.com/forum/993/A-couple-of-suggestions-involving-forum-signature-bars Firstly ... Club or forum branded signature bars.
A lot of recruitment to fuelly happens via club forums or general forums (for example, tdi club).

If there was some way to 'brand' the 500 pixel signature bar so that a logo for the club or forum appears as well as the other details, then it would encourage recruitment for other people using that forum. There would have to be some simple way to add the 'branding' so that it does not make it harder to add a signature (some people who aren't familar with BBCode or forum signatures already struggle with this).

The clubs & forums are usually vehicle or manufacturer specific. So this could be used as a filter if the user has to pick from a list of them.

Pros:
* Recruitment advantages

Cons:
* Keeping it within 500 pixels could mean that you need to shrink other elements
* Maintaining database entries for clubs / forums and their icons ...
* People already struggle to understand how to add signatures, so you wouldn't want to make it more complex.

Adding a fuelly signature to fuelly forum posts
While people can add fuelly signatures to their posts on other forums, they can't add them here.

Pros
* People wouldn't need to click through the user id to find the user's vehicle.
* Since fuelly knows the viewer's units preference, it could show them all in that unit, rather than seeing one person using us mpg, another person using uk mpg, and so forth.

Cons
* A lot of big signatures might make the thread harder to read. Perhaps the small signature instead.
* Since some people have multiple vehicles, a way to select between them would be needed.]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.993 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:52:15 -0800 MMUK http://www.fuelly.com/forum/992/Drivetrain-missing-amp-necessary I realize this has been dismissed in at least two previous posts (http://www.fuelly.com/forum/552/Making-Fuelly-more-Shoping-friendly & http://www.fuelly.com/forum/585/Drivetrain-options-and-sorting/), but I wanted to bring this back up as I feel it's very important.

The drivetrain (namely, Rear Wheel Drive, Front Wheel Drive, All Wheel Drive or Four Wheel Drive) is a major factor determining milage between the same vehicle and should be included to help people better understand the data being presented.

I understand the fundamental ideal of this site is to keep things simple, but this is pretty important stuff to leave out! Most people know generally which wheels spin on their cars, if you want your data to be useful, you should ask for that information.]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.992 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:19:19 -0800 tixen http://www.fuelly.com/forum/991/For-SMS-do-I-use-trip-or-odometer ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.991 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:27:41 -0800 MyFirstNameIsPaul http://www.fuelly.com/forum/990/Difficult-w-Fuelly-amp-Blackberry I have a Verizon Bold and it used to be a PIA, then it got great/easy, and now it doesn't matter if I use Mobile or Basic version of the website on my phone's browser I cannot select any button to actually add the fillup after I've typed in the data.]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.990 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:29:55 -0800 Bster13 http://www.fuelly.com/forum/989/Signature-pic-not-adopting-uplaoded-photo ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.989 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:45:11 -0800 SouthGAPro4x http://www.fuelly.com/forum/988/Adding-fill-ups ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.988 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:15:42 -0800 Jonseyt23 http://www.fuelly.com/forum/987/Add-to-signature-page ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.987 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:53:40 -0800 jspahn http://www.fuelly.com/forum/986/turbo-motor-option I know this has been brought up many times so far, but as time goes on, it's becoming increasingly common for auto-makers to eliminate V6 and V8 engine options with turbocharged I4 and V6s. This is currently the case on the Optima / Sonata twins, the Kia Sportage, the Chevy Sonic and Cruze, the Ford Flex and the Buick Regal to name a few, but the next generation Fusion and Malibu are adopting that model, the Dart will have 3 I4 engine options, Hyundai is releasing a turbo version of their Veloster, etc... From what limited review I can manage based on people nice enough to include turbo or turbo only trim levels in their vehicle description - this can make up to a 30% difference in fuel economy.

I understand that you're trying to make this site accessible to people who don't know that their hood opens, but you've seen fit to add hybrid and diesel options to the drive-train, and turbo motors seem to have as significant an effect on fuel economy as electric assist. Yes, there are sites that tabulate this data - like the EPA - but they have very few data points and don't seem to be setup to track data as well. Ultimately, it's a one time inconvenience for the user to register their car, but it makes your data considerably more useful.]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.986 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:37:45 -0800 rem83 http://www.fuelly.com/forum/985/Quest-for-40-mpg In my quest for my first 40 mpg tank in my Scion xB, I came awfully close today at 39.5! I'm really happy about it but still a bit wanting to see that big FOUR OH !!!!

Almost there.!]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.985 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:03:33 -0800 dz302 http://www.fuelly.com/forum/984/Taptalk ]]> tag:fuelly.com/forum,2012:site.984 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:57:00 -0800 jmp316