12-14-2007, 01:45 PM
ScottyB Wrote:Mike Wrote:what's the point of this thread?
(A)ScottyB Wrote:does anyone else try to consciously make their everyday drives pretty efficient? any cool tips? maybe we can learn something.
i knew that, he didn't. he was arguing dollars in my pocket, not efficiency.
some links on the subject:
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fwiw, the labor for replacing my starter will be done by me. even using this tactic, i suspect i'll replace one starter on every car i own before moving to something newer. interestingly, i've driven for 10 years now and have never replaced a starter
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I Am Mike
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2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.