We like sheep... on the ECO Dashboard

Ah, the intelligent drive coach.

First, if you're in traffic, it's very difficult to be as efficient as "it" wants you to be without making people trying to get places angry. This is mostly on the start and stop sections. When I'm in traffic, I "first" drive to be safe, then as conditions allow, I play the ECO score game. I can assure you that if you do try to follow it your driving will get more efficient even when you are not trying.

It's all about training your foot control. it does not reward a sloppy or itchy foot. If you can practice in a low traffic area, it will be easier when there is traffic. Try to always keep your green bar to the left of the blue recommendation bar. I've found that on the start part, you actually can exceed it "a little" for 5 - 8 seconds as long as you go back below before the score sets in. Once the start score is displayed, you cannot change it until you stop. It's better not to go past the blue bar, but staying too far below it is also not conducive to a high score.

 

That Intelligent Drive Coach is a PITA!! Out here, it could get you killed, and certainly flipped off, if you try to follow it! It's best used at 4:00am, on a Sunday morning, on some deserted back street! Good luck finding one of those out here!! Stay off the freeway and just drive smoothly is what I do to try to reach the low 80's, and not tick people off!

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Hi ho, hey Who? is number 1 on the Eco Ranking for the Eco Dashboard!! Ya "gotta" love it!

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That stupid "auto editor" won't let me say, "gotta"!!! Censorship!!!
"Gottta", "Gowta", testing, tasting!!!

 

If I wanna be illiterate, then damn it, let me be illiteral! I ain't got no learnin', and I aim to show the world that I am so unencumbered!! Politics proves (especially these days) that you can be really stupid and reach the top!!
Give me the right to let my ignorance shine, like that of the aforementioned fools.

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10 days into the month and I finally have my first sheep and orange blooms! Doing a 150+ mile drive on 2-2-18 takes awhile to overcome☹️

 

I am giving up on Feb like I had to do with Jan. Got a 200 mile trip on Monday and I have already used gas twice this month. 0 degrees here this morning. This winter sucks. (But I have seen two robins, geese flying north, and there was a lady bug in my kitchen...all signs this is about to be over...no matter what that big rat said the other day.)

 

This is what I deal with daily. I'm able to vary my travel time and choose routes that avoid the grid lock freeways. The routes are all 4 or more lane local, jam packed, residential/small business type 1 mile long sections (all urban, no farm fields here). Every stop light becomes a drag strip to the next and the traffic wits until the last second to stop. The acceleration and deceleration is a 2/3rds of the score killer. I try to be at the back of the pack but if you're not careful the pack behind you catches up and you're in front again.

You'd think that taking small county roads if available would be better, but they just invite people to coast through stop signs and heaven forbid you come to a complete stop to reset your score. They drive those roads very fast as well, so they are actually worse.

With our 20 year long house building boom, I've got to drive 20 miles just to find a farm field now. They've all turned to housing editions.

 

When we built our current house in 2004, we were literally on the edge of town. The edition used to be a farm operation. Now, 2018, we're more mid-town than out of town. We built in a housing building boom and it's never slowed down here. We used to have a full section wheat field 1 mile away and now it's 100% houses. Most of these are ~3,000 sq ft, nice lot size homes built @ $95 per sq ft, land included. No wonder why people are flocking in from both coasts to build. Now I have to go 20 miles to see a cow. It's changed a lot. I've driven a lot of miles in DC, Boston (big dig days), Nor/So Cal, Dallas and Houston traffic and no, we are not there yet, but it's more of a pain than it was.

 

Statistically, last month was awful. This month has been much better. Eleven days in and I'm ranked 5th on ECO with 99/100 and in a surprising 10th place on mpg/mile with 372.99 miles @999.9 for the month. Trust me, it's very hard to be rated high on "both" of those lists. I only have L1 charging at home or I could do better.

 

Mr. Mark57,
Your high scores in both categories are great, especially considering that you're doing it with only L1 charging at home. I'm cheating with L2 charging at home, so I can charge 2 or 3 times during the day, in addition to overnight charging! I give up on getting a high Eco score, my best being 87, due to peasant dodging!
I'm now having fun with several aliases, including A Choired Taste, Who?, and currently, Le Prime Snail !! If you change your "Nickname", it doesn't update on the list until your next drive. Perhaps I should get a life?!


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Due to a weekly trip, I had to burn gas Tuesday so I'm below the 999.99 mpg list for the month. It's a weekly thing so there's no getting around it. It's been cold here but today it's going to be a record 85° and then back to 39° tomorrow. I'd get out and drive in the warmth, but yesterday, I pulled "all" of the muscles in my crotch area (hip adductor muscles) and I can't even lift my feet into the car much less use the brake or gas pedal. Yes, it hurt like I can't describe. I'm down.

 

Mr. Mark57,
I guess that might be one of the few days where I would consider using a self-driving car!! Take care, you poor SOB, yowwww!

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That app needs two filters that remove some of those low mileage 199 mpger's.
Every new car driven off the lot starts in that category !

Kick out those that have driven under a 1,000 - I'd like to see where I stand then.
And kick out those that have drive less than 10,000. - Lets see who the real users stand.

 

The doctors said I ran my last marathon. I guess I can stop training for Tokyo 2020.

 

Hey run those 26 miles on EV in your Prime; you'll finish the race feeling so much better, especially after beating the pants off all those poor saps running!!

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When I get out of the hospital, I'll consider it.

 

Best of luck to you!! My last serious physical endeavor, playing with other soccer dads in a macho exhibit, blessed me with a cracked tibia! I've since gone back to the relative safety of cars!
You do pay a long time for that physical crap.

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I can remember saying I was glad when Jan was over so I could get my sheep back. Feb has been just as bad. March has got to be better.