is it necessary to carry a spare tire in your G35?!

[ArizonaG35]

with that being said, maybe i should care less after realizing that "Cali 2 Balti G" is jsut another teenager afterall.

Robin

Uhhhh.... Robin Cali 2 Balti G's profile say's he's 37.... ????? Where did you get that he was a teenager?

[telcoman]

thanks numskul!

I figured since one cannot be "smart" in all aspects of his/her life, there must be something, some areas that one felt short or "idiotic". So the name Smartidiot creates an interesting contradiction that can be applied to everyone..

I am glad to see people here actually get some useful weight reduction tips to save their gas bills from this thread rather than turing this into another meaningless bashing between two individuals

So what is the weight of the wife threshold before not shlepping them around in your G in order to improve MPG? Would there be a different standard for girlfriends?

And the fuel saving calculation for regular and dino oil + no mods is?

Telcoman

[Sentientbydesign]

We can't all drive 50 MPH everywhere Telco

I drove 220 miles round trip last night to pick up a bumper. If I went 50 instead of 80-90 (70 MPH speed limit on a 8-10 lane highway), it would have added another hour to my drive.

[Sentientbydesign]

Can we go back to the OT. All this banter makes

[Jacko3]

Smartidiot:

You asked a very good question. In fact, there are tons of discussions on the weight of the G-35. As always, there will be others who will unnecessarily take aim at your questions or concerns for no apparent reason besides an innate pessimism they hold within themselves. When you get such comments, ignore them and move on, or if you have the logic and literary fortitude, take them on like you would take on an eastern call girl after a glass of Bloody Mary . Never fail to post your opinions, as we could all learn from it, good or bad. Our Gs behave differently, and someone whoe G is behaving like yours, could learn from it.

Nonetheless, seriously consider leaving the spare tire in the car, and look for other weight saving areas of the car. I recently lost a front drivers tire on an interstate hwy, and all I had was my spare to take me back home.

[leeG35]

I'd keep the spare. Driving out of Norfolk the other day I saw two cars get flats after hitting a chunk of concrete that came loose from the roadway near the entrance to the tunnel. They were both engaged in rapid self rescue (changing the tires).

High-gas-mileage and G35 seem like an oxymoron, but there are things you can do to help ease the pain at the pump.

Use lowest octane the owners manual specifies. Use cruise control. Drive the legal limit. Minimize use of the AC. Make sure the tires are inflated to 35 psi. Easy acceleration. Anticipate stops and coast off speed.

All of which will help. Of course, it does defeat the whole purpose of having a G.
Modified by leeG35 at 11:16 AM 5/2/2008

[Sentientbydesign]

Better than using cruise control is actually maintaining your acceleration. In other words, if you're going 70 and approach an incline, don't try to maintain 70, allow yourself to slow down while going up the hill and gradually return to 70 when the road flattens.

A/C usage is different for all vehicles. Sometimes it's better to use the A/C than to have your windows down (drag), other times the A/C compressor uses more energy than the drag creates.

My write-up covers most of that.

[leeG35]

Better than using cruise control is actually maintaining your acceleration. In other words, if you're going 70 and approach an incline, don't try to maintain 70, allow yourself to slow down while going up the hill and gradually return to 70 when the road flattens.

Yes, of course. But rather than acceleration, I believe you mean maintaining "energy." The concept of "total energy management" is fundamental but in a practical sense applied to aircraft more than cars (unless it's a hybrid). You are converting your kinetic energy (speed) into potential energy (height) by coasting up the hill. Your are gaining back that kinetic energy (speed) coasting down the other side of the hill. Energy is conserved (constant) except for losses due to friction and drag. Step on the gas and you put more energy into the system, which you must do to speed up or climb long hills. Steady cruising requires enough energy to balance out the friction and drag losses to maintain a constant speed.

mgh = 1/2 m( v )^2 (I really am sorry to include an equation!)

This works in cars but you are limited because you can't let your speed drop off too much or you become an obstacle to other traffic. If you fly you can really see the conservation of energy in action as the correlation in speed drop with altitude gain can be dramatic when you really yank back on the stick. Conversely the speed increase with altitude loss if you dive. I used a total energy compensated variometer in my sailplane. Life get more complicated when the air your are flying through may also be going up or down and you don't have an engine.
Modified by leeG35 at 7:27 PM 5/2/2008

[G_whizz]

I thought it was a legitimate question as well!

You yanks go easy on him eh... naturally..I have his back!

Let's cut it with the bashing though from here on in

[Sentientbydesign]

You are correct. Energy would be more accurate. I was thinking, maintain the force exerted, which can also be expressed as energy in this case.

I'm a math major, those evil engineering people made me take physics too!