Official Car Thread :: Vol 2 :: Now with More Bikes!

**Wildkat** · 05 Jun 2008, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by MarkRyan

Wow, nice. What prompted that?

**stormy** · 05 Jun 2008, 01:17 PM

Article on hypermiling, or as I would call it, being obsessive compulsive about gas consumption. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...hotopanel..2.*

Originally Posted by article

The acknowledged king of hypermiling is Wayne Gerdes, a former nuclear power plant operator who lives in the Chicago suburb of Wadsworth, Illinois, and who founded the Clean MPG Web site.

Gerdes has posted a lengthy treatise on the hows and whys of hypermiling, and attained more than 200 mpg in his Honda Insight hybrid over a 40-mile drive, and 127 mpg in a Prius on a 30-mile trip.

But he also recorded 66 mpg in his '05 Honda Accord and 85 mpg with his '03 Ford Ranger pickup. During his ownership of these vehicles, he has a lifetime average fuel economy of 48.6 mpg in the Accord and 38.5 mpg in the Ranger.

Here is the guy's outline of all the techniques he uses http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/artic...mile-1510.html

**MarkRyan** · 06 Jun 2008, 02:01 PM

If the Cayenne and four-door Panamera weren't enough already, I believe this is officially jumping the shark:

As weird as this may sound, it seems Porsche is working on a Porsche badged Volkswagen Golf for 2012. Now, we know that the Volkswagen Golf is a huge success, but a Porsche version of the car seems like a totally absurd idea; unless of course Porsche is postioning itself to become more mainstream and compete with BMW.

The picture below is on the cover of the new AutoBild magazine. The caption next to it read (in German) ”kompakte geheim-projekte bis 2012. der porsche-golf.” That translates to “compact secret projects until 2012. the Porsche-Golf.”

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**kingoffighters** · 06 Jun 2008, 02:05 PM

Looks kinda like that Mazda 3 hatchback.

**Tones** · 06 Jun 2008, 02:54 PM

If it's FWD, Porsche needs to kill themselves.

**Rumpy** · 06 Jun 2008, 02:57 PM

Fuck it, hatches rule. Bring it.

**stormy** · 06 Jun 2008, 03:08 PM

I'm waiting for Ferrari to enter the hot hatch market.

**Advocate** · 06 Jun 2008, 03:31 PM

They better make it quick. VW is not happy with Porsche right now. Reports are that Porsche was going to force Audi to stop production on certain vehicles. VW who has rights to both have said that they will break the relationship with Porsche if they continue to meddle with Audi.