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Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-23-2007, 11:17 AM

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Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

She should have just run the other way... :-)

She should have just run the other way... :-)

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-22-2007, 05:37 PM

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Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

Ya, baddog, the kind of hills where a little more...

Ya, baddog, the kind of hills where a little more weight might theoretically help would be hills where you would never hit the brakes on the way down. More weight is a sure loser if you are having...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-22-2007, 03:51 PM

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Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

A gust of wind DOESN'T set you back all the same....

A gust of wind DOESN'T set you back all the same. The heavy one will not be slowed as much as a light one. That's part of the point.

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-22-2007, 01:59 PM

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Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

I think that this is the problem. Efficiencies...

I think that this is the problem. Efficiencies vary quite a bit. A lot more than I would have expected. And in ways I would not have expected. Have a look at this chart....

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-22-2007, 12:27 PM

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Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

Yep!

Yep!

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-22-2007, 07:26 AM

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Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

Try this on for size. I have two Honda Elements....

Try this on for size. I have two Honda Elements. One weighs 5000 lbs with me and my stuff in it. The other weighs 200 lbs due to the extreme lightening measures I have taken.

In the heavy...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-21-2007, 02:13 PM

Replies: 59

Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

You are right about the conservation of energy. ...

You are right about the conservation of energy. It takes a certain amount of energy to get a vehicle from point a to point b at a given rate. Sooo, if you just set the cruise, your engine will run...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-21-2007, 10:53 AM

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Weight reduction - not always good?

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Posted By Bill in Houston

On the gently rolling hills north and west here,...

On the gently rolling hills north and west here, a really heavy car could P&G with the flow of traffic, since a heavy car will keep its speed up well on a slight hill (as compared to a light one).
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