I note you have a Honda auto. You don't say which size engine this has. Most American cars have much larger capacity engines than those used in Europe which tend to be more economical. Whatever the capacity you can improve the fuel consumption considerably by anticipation (slowing down gradually when approaching traffic lights etc.) & driving less aggressively. If you have a heavy right foot you can watch that fuel indicator needle go down very quickly & this doesn't really get you anywhere. How often have you seen someone zoom past you only to draw up alongside him at the next set of traffic lights?
2.4 litre inline-4 or a 3 litre v6
Interesting subject, lights on during the day. Germany is thinking of making it a requirement to make drivers put lights on during the day. I have heard that your fuel consumption is increased by 3% when you have your lights on. Now 3% is not much in the small picture, but in the bigger one, 30+ million vehicles on the road, that is quite a lot of extra CO2 when all are telling us how much we should cut down. A bit ironic me thinks.
Latest Audis have LED rings in the headlights, BMW is going that way too
Interesting. Some manufacturers like Volvo have incorporated permanent daytime lights into their cars for years. These are linked to the ignition so you can't drive without the headlights on. If you see a car with its headlights on in broad daylight you can bet your boots it's a Volvo. I've read that it's possible to disable this but I wonder how many Volvo owners are aware of it. http://www.dadrl.org.uk/volvodrldisable.html
Huo much easier is mine (saab 9-3)... magic fuse #15. Doesnt even matter anymore on the latest models as these have LED running lights.
And AFAIK on the 850 (or was that before that...) they had those divided blinkers with a white and an orange section. the white section was the running lights on these
Computer box regulates it, button only tells the computer to start doing its job. theres a valve in the circuit that opens and closes depending on temperature, only when the thing needs to be pumped the pump on the engine starts working.My new (to me) Jazz is the first car I've had with A/C & it appears to be either ON or OFF
And that whole story has more use in the USA where for some reason a sporty car needs a V6 that produces half the power of the 4-cylinder unit they put in the euro version
I have an old S-10 pickup that needs some work and I think that I would like to first get it running and then try this hydrogen boost thing on it. If it works, then maybe I'll make it work with my Honda that I drive every day. The Honda already gets pretty good gas milage, to improve on that would be very much worth it.
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."
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