TV Newsroom needs your help in MI.
 

I work as an assignment editor at WOOD TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
I would like to find someone who is a hyper miler who would be willing to do a TV story with us. We would like to ride with you and get the hyper miler story out to the public.

Please contact me at
Steve Kelso
Assignment Editor
WOOD TV
616-771-9633
steve.kelso@woodtv.com

there are some people from around there i just hope they want to do it

Hi Steve,

Please don't forget to mention the site when someone agrees to be interviewed :)

I'm in Lansing
 

I'm not one of the better hypermilers, but I've improved mileage by about 5 mpg with a few simple suggestions here.

I got interested because I am a full-time law student, travelling to Lansing everyday to study for the bar, while having no income.

I'm free in the afternoons and I'd love to be able to help out.

I'd be willing to help out if some of the more experienced people can coach me by email.

legalrespresentation at yahoo dot com

(Just an email address. I'm not a lawyer.)

MA4T

My car is unfit for tv, plus I'm way too shy :o .

With an extra person and camera equipment you might lose some of your FE!
=)

C'mon jamie. You can do it just fine.

I think your car and you would be a great inspiration to TV viewers. Many in your area probably have cars closer in appearance to what you have than pristine new hybrids.

You use your car every day in your commute, winter and summer, rain or shine. You also use it for general family use. You don't have any expensive or complicated mods to explain. Your driving and willingness to try a few things have made the difference.

Just get your facts together in a simple, coherent fashion that anyone can understand. Most of the people watching will be totally new to hypermiling techniques.

You have worked hard to accomplish what you have done. You owe it to others to spread the word of how you did it.

Steve, get after this guy. He is a hard worker that gets results.

Thanks CO ZX2

Man, I would love to do that, but I am 188 miles away!!!!!
If there are no others closer I suppose I could even take a day off. (government job)...

Do it! You are getting excellent mpg. Just tell them what you know.

I'm a total ham, but I'm a total noob at this hypermiling thing. I'm only 60 miles away. I'm calling Steve tomorrow. Today I had way too much studying to do.

M

You should do it, man. It will show the people in that area that they can be driving a beater and still improve their mileage. There seems to be a general opinion that it's impossible to get great mileage without an expensive hybrid.

Me too
 

I like the loss in FE comment.

^ Yeah that !

x2

Have to admit there could be quite an interesting lead in to an unassuming 94 Metro that gets more than double the FE that many showroom new cars get ! Plus the statement against the "Throw Away Society" ...Recycling at it best ...Ya gotta do it .

Dude! show them how its done!!!!

You should totally do it.

M

I'm looking into it.

niiiiiiice

*eggson*

JWXR7: You should do it. I think it would have a whole lot more meaning to show people they can get great gas mileage, without having to spring for a new car.

SVOboy; What in the world is an *eggson*?

You know when you encourage someone to do something? Egging on? Is this an East coast thing?

I think he meant to have a space
Too egg someone is kinda to tease them into doing it.
So lets keep egging him on!

Come to Atlanta - I'll show you hypermiling in a REAL beater. :)

Pwetty Pwease ? :p

I know about egging someone on, but I had never heard it worded as *eggson*. I can't say whether it's a East Coast thing, or I'm socially ignorant, heh, thanks for the clarification.

Is it *eggson*, *egg son*, or *eggs on*?:(

Well, my rule for actions in asterisks, like *naps* or something is that I use no spaces or punctuation or anything, so, for example, *explainssillyrulestogary* would be something. So, yeah...it doesn't make any sense.

if a woman donates eggs, and then someone has a male child with one of her eggs, the he is her eggson.

Do it jwxr7, the jokes aren't getting any better!

slaps head *groan* shakes head says to self " Self , if that doesn't get him to do it ....nothing will "

I'm ~100 miles away or about 2 hours-give or take. Hmm.

Your not much farther than me.
I talked to steve on the phone last night, the story is still in early development. You should get ahold of him because you hypermiled the heck out of your saturn. He could use input over the phone (phone interview) if the distance is too great. I'm not crazy about being the center of attention.

Hi,

Pardon my abrupt intro to Gassavers.

I've interviewed in the past and would like to share some notes....
- Getting interviewed is good to promote hypermiling
- Might want to Google "hypermiler", "hypermiling" with the News option and review past articles.
- Articles that have forums with readers comments such as www.msnbc.com have lots of people flaming. Note they blow a couple of things totally out of proportion: close drafting and being an obstruction while driving. We are a small group to start out with, and only a minority of us do these two things. The site I'm from publically has gone against close drafting. I stress the majority of hypermilers don't get in the way or pretend they are towed by 18-wheelers.
- We live in a legal world and after the reporter is done with the article, people in the legal department will add the "don't try this at home" stuff.


Hope that was helpful

...?? Was that Smilin' Bob ? ....

I think it was Smilin' Bob driving his Honda Enzyte.;) Welcome to GasSavers Delta. I shouldn't have too much problem with the drafting thing because I rarely do it. Even when I do, I'm still ~2 seconds back where it doesn't have a very big effect. The last time I did any drafting was back in April on the way back from tbaleno's and we were going 48-51 mpg on I-94 for about 15 miles. He never got irritated since I was on his bumper. Maybe I'll get on the cell phone and give the guy a call. Thanks for the tips Chuck.

Do it Larry! You're prius is ready for the spotlight, and you've been rockin' it!

I just sent him an email. I told him a little about my stats and told him that I don't draft and don't hold up traffic like some have been repoted to do. If he wasn't looking for a set-up to slam hypermilers it should be interesting.
Edit: I even offered to drive my Saturn if he wanted me to. I may have to pass on that since I can EOC in the Prius without the legal thing getting in the way.

Yes, I'm the one.

The idea is a satire on some gas guzzlers that supposedly compensate. ;)

Ha! At least I now understand the whole story ! LOL