Home Forums Articles How To's FAQ Register
Go Back   Xoutpost.com > Off-topic > The Lounge
Arnott
User Name
Password
Member List Premier Membership Today's Posts New Posts

Xoutpost server transfer and maintenance is occurring....
Xoutpost is currently undergoing a planned server migration.... stay tuned for new developments.... sincerely, the management


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 07-31-2008, 02:54 PM
motordavid's Avatar
RetiredBum & Semi-RenaissanceMan
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mtns of Western NC, & SW FLA
Posts: 16,830
motordavid will become famous soon enoughmotordavid will become famous soon enough
Gas Saving Gizmos & Delusions

Maybe we need a new Forum:
"WildAzz & Wishful Thinking Mileage Improver Gizmos"...

Maybe shorten the Forum Heading to
W2TMIG or, Dream On MPG Stuff.

... Ya'll gotta be kidding.
__________________
Ol'UncleMotor
From the Home Base of Pro Bono Punditry
and 50 Cent Opins...

Our Mtn Scenes, Car Pics, and Road Trip Pics on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627297418250/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627332480833/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45275375@N00/

My X Page




Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 07-31-2008, 03:05 PM
E61Silver's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: X5world
Posts: 6,176
E61Silver is an unknown quantity at this point
Here is a true gas petrol saver

http://www.xoutpost.com/lounge/50178-...ax-credit.html
__________________
Loving my BMW
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 07-31-2008, 03:30 PM
Quicksilver's Avatar
Premier Member and retired relic
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: NORCAL
Posts: 17,206
Quicksilver will become famous soon enoughQuicksilver will become famous soon enough
Or at least a new thread!
Post you're Wild & Wishful Thinking Mileage Improving Gizmos here.....


Quote:
Originally Posted by motordavid
Maybe we need a new Forum:
"WildAzz & Wishful Thinking Mileage Improver Gizmos"...

Maybe shorten the Forum Heading to
W2TMIG or, Dream On MPG Stuff.

... Ya'll gotta be kidding.
__________________
"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 07-31-2008, 07:12 PM
AzNMpower32's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: WNC
Posts: 6,010
AzNMpower32 is on a distinguished road
On the topic of fuel consumption, I was disappointed in the new Toyota Corolla I had as a rental for a day. It had all the on-board computer functions of a BMW (!) including instant fuel consumption. It's surprisingly thirsty even with my delicate throttle inputs. I only averaged 31,4mpg (7,5l /100km) on mostly highway drives and no excessive speeds. I think the over-sensitive throttle calibration has something to do with this.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 07-31-2008, 07:12 PM
amacman's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: glasgow,scotland
Posts: 1,462
amacman is on a distinguished road
Hi, mr pedantic fea embra,send me your e-mail address and i wll send you blueprint to run car on water only. i spent one hour typing details earlier but computer crashed so i lost file. so, who can spell whisky or anything at 02.30am whilst exhausted.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 08-01-2008, 02:36 PM
motordavid's Avatar
RetiredBum & Semi-RenaissanceMan
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mtns of Western NC, & SW FLA
Posts: 16,830
motordavid will become famous soon enoughmotordavid will become famous soon enough
Quote:
Originally Posted by amacman
Hi, mr pedantic fea embra,send me your e-mail address and i wll send you blueprint to run car on water only. i spent one hour typing details earlier but computer crashed so i lost file. so, who can spell whisky or anything at 02.30am whilst exhausted.
Hey amacman, I've been called a lot of things but a pedant is a new
addition to my personal collection of nick names...you could email me via
my profile. I did get your PM but the pdf links were broken...cut&paste
would have saved you some trouble, but I did do some noodling on the
web about the "run your car on water" delusion... ...

Nice pipe dream and pages of sites that exhort the same crap; here's
a link of just one page worth of sites that poke holes in the idea, however:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...&start=10&sa=N

No arm wrestle, but it's beyond physics to make it work.

Have fun, though.

And, another link to cheer up my fellow Scots:
http://www.firstfoot.com/
GL,mD
__________________
Ol'UncleMotor
From the Home Base of Pro Bono Punditry
and 50 Cent Opins...

Our Mtn Scenes, Car Pics, and Road Trip Pics on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627297418250/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627332480833/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45275375@N00/

My X Page




Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 08-01-2008, 04:06 PM
rayxi's Avatar
Custom User Title
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Calgary, Canada
Posts: 4,173
rayxi is on a distinguished road
Yes, you can run a car on water. You need electricity to produce hydrogen from water and then run a combustion engine on the hydrogen or a combination of hydrogen and gasoline.

Yes, it will save on gasoline. No, it will not cost less to run.

The energy gained by burning the hydrogen can never be more than the energy input to break up water molecules in the first place. Any MPG improvements is just short term as the energy from the battery is drained to produce the hydrogen. Eventually the battery will need to be recharged and all the savings go out the window. If you account for the efficiency losses of the additional conversions in the system you end up paying more.

No free lunch.
__________________
Wake up every day that would be a start.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 07-31-2008, 07:15 PM
amacman's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: glasgow,scotland
Posts: 1,462
amacman is on a distinguished road
Have you tried it yet or are you doubting thomas?
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 07-31-2008, 09:15 PM
Quicksilver's Avatar
Premier Member and retired relic
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: NORCAL
Posts: 17,206
Quicksilver will become famous soon enoughQuicksilver will become famous soon enough
Let us know when a line forms outside your house with people ready to buy.

Quote:
Originally Posted by amacman
Have you tried it yet or are you doubting thomas?
__________________
"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On





All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:23 AM.
vBulletin, Copyright 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. SEO by vBSEO 3.6.0
© 2017 Xoutpost.com. All rights reserved. Xoutpost.com is a private enthusiast site not associated with BMW AG.
The BMW name, marks, M stripe logo, and Roundel logo as well as X3, X5 and X6 designations used in the pages of this Web Site are the property of BMW AG.
This web site is not sponsored or affiliated in any way with BMW AG or any of its subsidiaries.