(Disclosure: I made most of these up but did hack a few from a recent discussion on the Chevy Volt Owners Facebook group).
If you look forward to cloudy days because you know cooler air temps will lead to better battery efficiency...
You might be a hypermiler
If you curse when it starts to downpour while you're driving because you must now roll up your windows and turn on the climate system, if only to blow around some barely-cool air...
You might be a hypermiler.
If you choose restaurants based solely on proximity to a free public charging station...
You might be a hypermiler.
If you are constantly performing miles per kilowatt hour computations in your head while you drive...
You might be a hypermiler.
If a person you might typically find attractive smiles at you from the car next to you, and you don't notice at all because you're too busy staring at the dash mentally updating your efficiency stats...
You might be a hypermiler.
If you change into socks and shoes and put on a blazer when you get to work because it was 95 degrees when you left your house and you'd rather drive in flip-flops and a tank top than turn on your climate system....
You might be a hypermiler.
If you're always happy to be behind the truck going 20 miles below the speed limit in the right lane...
You might be a hypermiler.
If you can't remember the last time you used your climate control system...
You might be a hypermiler.
If you won't let your spouse drive your car for fear he or she will mess up your driving statistics...
You might be a hypermiler.
If, when your spouse inevitably DOES drive your car, you stalk him or her via your map service to make sure they are following your firmly set hypermiling rules...
You might be a hypermiler.
If your coworkers absolutely won't get in the car with you to go to lunch because you drive too slow and won't turn on the air or heat...
You might be a hypermiler.
If you laugh maniacally every time the price of gas goes up...
You might be a hypermiler.
If you inflate your tires every few days to get that extra mile or two per charge...
You might be a hypermiler.
If the people next to you think your Volt is a stick shift because the amount of shifting you do...
You might be a hypermiler.
No comments:
Post a Comment