[31_bandits]

i did "calibrate" the computer once with actual gallons used and the odometer reading.

That was spot-on. But if the odometer isn't right, then p'raps the mileage report isn't right either...


And on a side note, i think its funny as crap getting 15mpg. i know its still bad mileage, but it completely confuses people who ask about my mileage in an accusatory fashion.

"what do you get with the hummer"

"about 15 avg for highway/town"

"with what pulling it?"

"i think its a six liter V8"

"show me"

"ok"

"you reset that just a while ago and coasted in here to fill"


i had that convo, word for word, with some dude at the gas station a few weeks back. You see, enviro's WANT H2s to get 8. It wouldn't make them happier if we all got 20, it would make them mad. I swear that's true, or i guess at least. They'd be mad about all H2s averaging 20. Not happy because less gas was being used, less CO2 created, but mad because this vigilante cause, so slathered in self-righteousness, would be somewhat undone. They wouldn't be as much "better" as they thought they were.

And that, folks, just might be lame.