Aunty with the red car was probably visiting her.
Or her day started off really bad.
Some people around here donāt understand that flashing high beams is āplease go aheadā or āplease let me passā, so they just think youāre being rude.
Or itās a gang initiation scheme.
Had that thing doing the rounds here in south africa as well.
Also it is laughable some of the hoaxes that goes around, yet people fall for them. Every. Single. Time.
edited due to spelling - grrrr, virtual keyboards
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Iāve followed some cars for 5 minutes flashing my lights at them the entire time because they donāt have their lights on. How can they not realize that there is something wrong?
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I used to have excellent night vision and when driving in the city where there are plenty of street lights, sometimes didnāt notice that my lights were off.
Sometimes you can see better with the lights off.
In the Mojave during NTC the OCs told me to try driving without NODs and it would be safer as long as there was at least a half moon. I did it for two nights after the night I didnāt switch from my sunglasses to my regular glassesā¦ it was totally true for a certain type of driving, but sucked for didimao movements.
Lane one: lorries doing 56mph (90kmh, set speed limit for UK/EU lorries)
Lane two: me, several other cars
Lane three: guy in a Volvo doing 55mph and getting ALL the rage!
And then you get idiotic drivers who think youāll overtake faster if they come zooming up on your ass.
And if that doesnāt work, cue slamming on the brakes and mashing the hooter for all to enjoy.
Itās especially stupid if youāre already slightly above the limitā¦ my car sits happily at 120kmh which is slightly faster than the national 70mph limit on motorways. It actually takes effort to keep her at 70mph, whereas thereās a nice āgoldilocks zoneā around 120kmh which required zero effort. So if Iām overtaking and someone flies up behind me, like heck am I speeding up, that requires effort!
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My Corolla can chug all day long at 100km/h with good fuel economy. If some plonker decides to do 120, or even 160, not going to fight stupid.
Learn to park your f**king car properly. If I had a big-ass 4WD with a bull-bar, Iād drive right into you, you knuckle-dragging, knob-gobbling cockwomble.
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100km/h = 62.5MPH
In my F150, in 6th gear, thatās about 1300-1500RPM, so barely any pedal input over idling. If I set the cruise control there and can just go, especially on flat/level terrain, Iād be looking at 28-30MPG, possibly 31-32. My EcoBoost has 18,000 miles on it now, so it is getting to the point where the economy is increasing. Iāve heard they donāt really get broken in until 15-30k.
Last month, I topped off the tank, reset the trip A odometer screen, and headed north on a Dallas run. When I pulled out of the gas station, I hopped on the freeway and set the cruise at 65 and left it there until Huntsville, 45 miles up the road. I think the Trip odo screen said 32 MPG at that point. It starts getting hilly around there, and the speed limit had already been 75 for 15 miles, and we had a long way to go, so I cranked up the speed at that point, but I still got around 24MPG for the whole trip that weekend. But you start hauling 80+MPH, or catch a really strong headwind, and your going to be looking at maybe 18-20MPG.
ā¦ o.o
Okay so, I know I drive a kleinenciticar but still, 60mph on the flat in 5th (my highest gear) Iām looking at 65-70MPG minimum, if thereās a slight downhill Iāll get 85-90mpg.
And yes, I know the USA lags badly behind in getting the populace to drive more efficient cars but you can get biggencars that are good for milage too! My parents recently swapped their 2004 Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.2L Diesel for a 2016 Suzuki Grand Vitara 1.8L Petrol and in 6th gear at 60 my dad gets 55-60mpg. In a SUV. A SUV which he regularly off-roads in; heās now a Doctor of Archaeology, and the university is getting him to teach undergrads, which involves a lot of driving through fields that mostly consist of three feet of mud and one foot of terrified undergrad watching my dad skid towards him.
(Side note: the overall efficiency rating of my car is 59mpg; this is because I deliberately took off the acceleration limiter so instead of 0-60 in 20 seconds, I can do 0-60 in 12, which is vitally important when the motorway on-ramps on the Newcastle City Motorway were designed to be used at 30mph, but have a limit of 50mph so you have to go from standing to 50 on a 100-yard on-ramp).
- It isnāt a car
- That is stupendously good mileage for something that could probably fit your car inside. Before the current generation engine advancements, single digit MPG was not unusual for trucks, and 17-19 MPG was really good. Seriously, it be large.
Arh Arh Arh!
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Itās big, but only about the size of the current Toyota Hilux. The double-cab European version gets 40-45mpg combined, and thatās considered bad.
Oh man I just found the current MPG of the Ford Ranger. No wonder it got bumped to Tax Class G (the scale goes from AAA to G, for reasons) that thing couldnāt survive a day on a hundred gallons!
Additional: I just did some maths, and I think my average MPG should be higherā¦ 35litres is 7.2IMPGAL, 7.2*59=424.8Mi, but I can usually get about 450 miles on a tank so logically it should be 62.5MPG)
No, the F-150 it is bigger than the Hilux. On paper, it doesnāt seem much bigger, but it really is much larger. The largest Hilux engine is less powerful than the least of the F-150 engines.
Iāll accept that. Also I realised that the US Gallon is smaller than the IMP gallon, so some of my maths will be skewed in my favour. For example, your truck getting 32MP(US)G is actually getting 38MP(IMP)G.
My carās 60MP(IMP)G is 50MP(US)G.
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Oh, man, I forgot about Imperial gallons vs US gallons. Iām about to leave the office; way too tired to try to work that out in my head.
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