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The Smart Car

Sat, 27 Apr 2008 16:28:32 GMT

posted by grantsrant

One Look at the Smart Car makes you wonder, where are all the circus clowns that go with it? Drive up to Canyon Creek and they all emerge. My first response was to laugh at the tiny vehicle that looks more like a wind up toy for Dirk Nowitzki then an actual automobile. There is no way I would be caught dead driving one of those, I have an image to uphold. I drive a Hummer H3, which my friends are all quick to point out is actually the girl version of all the Hummer models. Still, the Smart Car makes my smallish H3 look like an Abrams M1A1 Battle Tank. While giggling at my good friend Joe Redmond’s sporty new matchbox, I spotted him laughing.

It turns out he was laughing at all of us. His new Smart Car gets 45 miles to the gallon, I’m lucky to get 16. I figured since the Smart Car is so small it can probably only hold two gallons of gas. I was wrong, it holds 8 gallons. That’s still 360 miles to the tank full. Adding the the draw, for the low low price of $14,000 this Eco friendly chick magnet will be a major hit with the ladies of Green Peace. It’s painted with water soluble paint and it’s classified as an ultra low emissions vehicle.

Being so small, I wondered about safety, especially with the man below driving it. Look closely, that’s Truman Casey, the same guy who recently drove his golf cart into a pond. I did check the safety record of the Smart Car and it turns out it did very well in it’s high speed collision test. Not one bug that slammed into the windshield at 60mph did any damage to the vehicle. Adding to the Eco friendly image, 9 out of 10 mosquitoes used in the test survived the collision.

Truth is the Smart Car is made by Mercedes and the company prides itself on safety. Plus the only other car that generated this much excitement from the Gin Players at Canyon Creek was Joe Redmond’s Bentley.

Top 10 Ways To Save On Fuel Costs!

Thu, 11 Jul 2008 13:43:09 GMT

posted by mrfash2

Fuel, Petrol, Benzine, Car Juice, Diesel…….whatever you call it - has become a major issue.

I’m pumping petrol at £1.20 a litre!! - when i started driving it was around…£0.69? i think. - So almost doubled in 4 years!!

So we thought, as caring individuals who not only want to look out for the environment, but also want to benefit your pockets! So we thought we would come up with our Top 10 ways to save on Fuel Costs!!

1. Pump up your tyres

under inflated tyres increase resistance which increases fuel consumption

-fitting thinner tyres will improve fuel efficiency because they decrease

rolling resistance. Get yourself some Low-Pro’s.

2. Reduce the weight of your car

Stop giving lifts to fat people.

3. Regurlarly change your car oil

4. Chip your enginge.

Usually done to increase power, it is now being said that it increase fuel

efficiency! Sometimes up to 16%! This will increase your car’s power therefore you need to watch out so ou dont end up using MORE fuel, relax your right foot!

5. Buy a fuel efficient vehicle!

simple - just buy a diesel or electric car.

6. Avoid High speeds

7.Keep Revs low

Keep it between 1,500 to 2,500 and you should be fine.

8.Drive smoothly

Accellerating and decelerating (braking) is what uses the most fuel. So trying to beat someone off the red-light, or trying to reinact a scene from Fast and Furious, probably isnt a clever idea when trying to save fuel costs.

9. Don’t use your air conditioning.

10. Use public transport

Basically just give in, stop driving, and get on the the great british smelly, overpacked, sauna-like trains! - or get on the buses which will double your journey length for £2 without an oyster card!!

We hope you’re going to put our practices to some good use, and hopefully this will save you money!

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Tue, 15 Aug 2007 09:26:57 GMT

posted by QMaxim
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