Improving Fuel Efficency

[RubyRed300ZX]

Have always wondered how to save some money on gas with my 300ZX. You might think professional athletes aren't the brightest. Few years back, I had a next door neighbor here who played professional baseball. Three-time Golden Gloves Player (now retired and living in Arizona) who I was convinced whenever talking to him that he couldn't add and subtract in double-digits. This however takes it to a whole new level.

News article from MSN "... Inside the NBA got in an argument about the gas efficiency of large cars that is best watched through your fingers.

Kenny Smith kicks it off by mentioning that there was a car he didn’t want to buy because it costs so much money—specifically, $80—to fill it up with gas.

Shaq then says that from his experience on the road (“Nobody travels more than me”), he’s developed a workaround to this problem: don’t wait for the gas tank to get empty, because it costs more to fill it up then. Instead, save money by filling up the tank when it’s half-empty, and spend $20 to get it from half-empty to three-quarters full. That way, you’re spending $20 and not $80. As Shaq actually says, “You’re complaining about when it gets to zero, you spend $80. But when it gets to half, you put $20, then when it gets back to half, you put $20.”

It’s almost impossible to feel vicarious embarrassment for Shaquille O’Neal, but watching this argument go on for two full minutes tests those limits.

[macgiver]

mac ,for what it's worth , you've just shot down the little boy mentality to "be a professional athlete when I grow up",some will get offended , some will be enlightened.

[DCaff300ZX]

Have always wondered how to save some money on gas with my 300ZX. You might think professional athletes aren't the brightest. Few years back, I had a next door neighbor here who played professional baseball. Three-time Golden Gloves Player (now retired and living in Arizona) who I was convinced whenever talking to him that he couldn't add and subtract in double-digits. This however takes it to a whole new level.

News article from MSN "... Inside the NBA got in an argument about the gas efficiency of large cars that is best watched through your fingers.

Kenny Smith kicks it off by mentioning that there was a car he didn’t want to buy because it costs so much money—specifically, $80—to fill it up with gas.

Shaq then says that from his experience on the road (“Nobody travels more than me”), he’s developed a workaround to this problem: don’t wait for the gas tank to get empty, because it costs more to fill it up then. Instead, save money by filling up the tank when it’s half-empty, and spend $20 to get it from half-empty to three-quarters full. That way, you’re spending $20 and not $80. As Shaq actually says, “You’re complaining about when it gets to zero, you spend $80. But when it gets to half, you put $20, then when it gets back to half, you put $20.”

It’s almost impossible to feel vicarious embarrassment for Shaquille O’Neal, but watching this argument go on for two full minutes tests those limits.

Awesome reasoning skills on parade there for sure...sounds a lot like the stuff coming out all over the place these days.
Reasoning and value determination skills are at an all-time low these days as "out with Old School" and "think outside the box" have taken over for common sense and actual value and sports and other leisure skills are valued over life skills among many other things, so how can we be surprised when our "heroes" can't think, talk, or reason rationally?

[echonightsi]

"When you're that big you don't have to know anything" Modified saying from Phillip J Fry (God).