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2008 CanadianDriver Fuel Economy Challenge - Update

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Tideland Prius, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. Tideland Prius

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    [FONT=arial, helvetica]For the past two weeks I've been driving like an idiot. I feel like I'm in a perpetual hurry, leaping off the line in my 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel when the light turns green (only to inevitably get caught by the red light at the next intersection). Also, I'm driving at the higher end of the speed spectrum on the highway; I've got snow and ice weighing down my vehicle; I'm carrying extra weight in the cargo area (too lazy to take it out); I don't drive at an even speed; and I go up and down the lanes in parking lots, trying to get a spot right next to the entrance (this takes patience, which you lose when you see someone duck into a good spot in the next row).

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    [/FONT] [FONT=arial, helvetica]While I haven't been driving our Toyota Camry Hybrid "like an idiot", I have been driving it normally.[/FONT]
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    [FONT=arial, helvetica]Okay, what I might describe as normal, others might consider idiocy.[/FONT]




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    Camry Hybrid vs. Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel.



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