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I live in Lenzie and work in Motherwell my old car was a ford escort, as i have quite a long round trip every day i desided to do my bit for the environment, so i bought a subaru had it fitted with high time valves also got it chipped with a couple of other green modes it now has a respectable 375hp cutting down my driving time by at least 33% I have mostly motorway miles m73 to m74 to commute and i save the environment an amazing 14mins in the morn and 8mins going home (traffic). this works out to over 80 hours driving time a year that i am saving for our planet on my trips to work alone, not only that but i now get a wonderful feelgood facture as I know that i am doing my part in preserving mother earth for our so deserving and charming youth.
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Does anyone have any gas saving tips?
i think the government should subsidise nicely tuned subarus for everybody.Have you ever had to get a new car key made that required a computer chip?
your from lenzie!/no way you could have thought of that your selfHow's the process of getting your license when you are 16?
make yourself a blue peter badge as a reward
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Highly commendable. I try to do my bit by recycling every scrap of paper. I even use the back of letters for making note-pads.But in the meantime, American youth is going to school in cars.
I wonder whether it is worth it while Bush takes this attitude and is not prepared to pull his weight.
But as you say, you have the feel-good factor, the Americans, Chinese and Indians get the guilt.
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If everyone was as thoughtful as you the world would be a much nicer placeGot my mock driving test today?
If you are saving driving time by driving faster then you are actually damaging the enviroment more than if you took longer and drove slower because you are burning more fuel to do the same distance. The faster you drive the more fuel it takes. I'ts good that you have tuned your new car to work at it's optimum level but you'd be doing even more for the enviroment if you drove the same speed you did before in your old car.What is the advantage of running your car lean?
Wow. Amazing.Is it legal to have a radar detector in Illinois?
So what do you do with the free time that you've gained? 80 hours is a lot of time. Maybe you could donate that extra time for some charitable work and double the amount of work you've been doing for the environment.
Are you being sarcastic? I thought that was mostly an American thing.
What are the chances of car sharing become dominant?
Driving to work every day alone in a car, at whatever speed can in no way be considered saving the environment.
What is the thing on top of cars called, the one where you can put extra stuff in?
Perhaps you should think about the following options:
Why do Chevy, Chrysler & Ford design cheesy looking cars?
- use mass transit
- carpool
- telecommute
- live closer to work
Any of these will do far more for the environment than tuning up your single-occupant vehicle.
(You're obviously a single occupant because you didn't multiply your "environmental time savings" by a number of passengers).
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Does any one know what to do if you have lost your learners permit ?
Very thoughtful, but there's probably a lot of truth in what you said!! Mathematically you probably are reducing emissions!! I'm sure you could push it harder and save the environment even more Co2 though, unlimited that should reach 175 without too much trouble, that will certainly reduce your trip even further!!!What country are Napa auto parts manufactured?
You can beat it by getting a motorcycle - you'll be faster and more fuel efficient:P
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That's an interesting slant on this. Keep going trying to increase your speed.When do you think we will see the first true 100 mile per gallon car on the world market?
Ultimately you will become very environmentaly friendly when you lose you licence and have to use public transport.
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