04-13-2008, 08:19 PM
Everyone bashes Prius Drivers for driving this way....
BS, deco.
Everyone bashes Prius drivers for impeding the flow of traffic. I've seen *two* Priuii maintaining the posted speed limit or flow of traffic while in the HOV lane.
It's really ridiculous to use that lane when everyone is backing up behind you and traffic on the right it going faster, regardless of what you drive.
Use all the gas-saving tricks you want, just drive in the appropriate lane.
Turning off the car while driving can be dangerous.
If it's moving, that's a big "Duh!", particularly for modern cars who's steering locks with the ignition off.
I suppose there are those who would turn the ignition off, put the car in Neutral, and turn it back on. Crazy. I don't know how it works with modern manual transmissions.
It's probably not good for the typically weak A/T, but I've put mine in Neutral a couple of times, but the computer appears to keep the RPM at the same speed. Nothing to be gained there.
I'd like to lower the idle by about 300rpm, but I think that will actually penalize me regarding emissions systems and output.
BS, deco.
Everyone bashes Prius drivers for impeding the flow of traffic. I've seen *two* Priuii maintaining the posted speed limit or flow of traffic while in the HOV lane.
It's really ridiculous to use that lane when everyone is backing up behind you and traffic on the right it going faster, regardless of what you drive.
Use all the gas-saving tricks you want, just drive in the appropriate lane.
Turning off the car while driving can be dangerous.
If it's moving, that's a big "Duh!", particularly for modern cars who's steering locks with the ignition off.
I suppose there are those who would turn the ignition off, put the car in Neutral, and turn it back on. Crazy. I don't know how it works with modern manual transmissions.
It's probably not good for the typically weak A/T, but I've put mine in Neutral a couple of times, but the computer appears to keep the RPM at the same speed. Nothing to be gained there.
I'd like to lower the idle by about 300rpm, but I think that will actually penalize me regarding emissions systems and output.