Tag: Personal
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Pic of the Week – Sunflower Bouquet 3
Sunflower Bouquet 3 Originally uploaded by idarknight. I was too busy yesterday to post anything and I haven’t been able to take anything new, so I dug this out of the “old skool” batch. I think it’s really important though to go back to old work and reflect – in that in of thinking, I’m…
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8.3!
Well it seems so far that I’m just short the estimated fuel economy of 7.9l/100km for the Highlander, not bad for the first tank hitting 687km before the light went on and filling 55L (I’m going on at least one tank of premium to see if that makes any difference).
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One week into the Hybrid World
Well, I’ve been driving Stitch around for just over a week now and I’m on track for about 750 to as much as 800km on a 65L tank and I’ve noticed a few things: you can’t be afraid of the gas engine… as cool as running on electrical only is, it’s not always possible –…
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Synergy only in advertising?
I’ve noticed something since last week – Toyota is the only company that is really pushing the branding of it’s hybrid drive technology (after selling 1M, why not?). Sure, Ford has a few ads out as well, but Ford uses… yup Synergy (well a good portion of it anyway) as well. GM has a few…
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Pic of the Week – Welcome Stitch (be the change you want to see)
This one is right off my wife’s cell phone, but after a year and a half of research, it’s finally a reality. This machine drives like a dream. Driving home last night, stopping at lights, I was getting as many looks for the shiny car as I was for not making any sound :). For…