I lost track of how many coming of age films I enjoyed during my coming of age that included some character that vaguely resembled John Belushi yelling “road trippppp.” This summer, however, I’ve been reminded nearly every week of how rare that cry has become.
Price pressure at the pump had many more Americans enjoying “staycations” [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Are Road Trips Destined To Go The Way Of Toga Parties?
in calculate mileage, gas mileage calculator and gas prices and other news. 0 CommentsCars Mileage Expressed as MPG or GPM?
in gas prices and other news and improve gas mileage. 2 CommentsPeriodically an argument bubbles to the surface over the fundamentals of how we measure a car’s mileage. The argument is put forth that it makes far more sense to measure fuel use in gallons per mile, versus the miles per gallon we currently use.
A brand new post by Felix Salmon at Market Movers caught [...]
Gas prices are down allowing many of us to breathe a small sigh of relief at the thought that our labor day weekend travel plans may not be axed the way our Memorial Day plans were. “Staycations” are no one’s idea of fun.
As a blog editor, I have to ask how we all got so [...]
Gas Saving Devices: the Weird & Wonderful
in gas mileage calculator and improve gas mileage. 0 CommentsOf course the reason to use a gas mileage calculator in the first place is to figure out exactly what your mileage is so that you can improve it. Once you have that information in hand you can make a better decision about buying an alternative fuel vehicle to help improve gas mileage. [...]
Nothing is ever as simple as we first think (or hope) that it is. Measuring your gas mileage as a first step to improving it is no different.
When you bought your car you may recall learning that your car should get XYZ miles per gallon (mpg). Off you drove, secure in the knowledge that since [...]
