I guess one of the method to saving gas is not braking because there was this part where the news guy was in the car of the hypermiler who was making a turn without braking. Isn't that a bit dangerous jsut to save gas? I mean if you look at the big picture, that will cost more money in the long run with premature wear on suspension parts and tires. There are some people who may think that's a great idea yet can't pull that off.

On a side note, what's up with CNN having all these "end of the world" specials?

I didn't watch it on CNN, but I have read an article or two about it. For the really hard-core hypermilers, it ceases to be about saving money and turns into something like a sport. Turning without braking first could be a little hard on tires and suspension parts, depending on how hard and how fast of a turn we're talking about. I take tight turns going pretty fast quite often, but I just do it for fun. They do other stuff more off the wall, like turning the engine off and coasting on hills and when slowing down.

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I want to say that guy is going overboard.. pushing his car to get it out of the drive way and stuff...


I was mulling over buying a nice bicycle to ride to work, its only 10 miles round trip. But then I thought... well.. I only work 6 days a week and its a 10 minute drive and I consume 3 gallons a week driving to work.. It would take me years to recoup the price of a decent road bicycle...But I would be working out more and carbon free transportation.. we shall seee