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Hachiroku_ハチロク

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:39 am
Post subject: '88 Supra, doing better than I thought...
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I need to replace the speedometer cable, so I have no odometer, so I have
no way of telling what kind of economy I'm getting. I was figuring ~14 MPG
with the roof removed.

We played a gig Saturday, and I had just filled the tank, so I used
Mapquest to figure the mileage. Using the 'remove' feature for roads not
taken, it actually came up with the routes I took down and back, and comes
to 85+ miles. When I got home I filled it, and discovered with the roof
off I got 21.36 miles for the round trip. Much better than I had
anticipated, and right on the money for what owners of this model car have
been reporting.

I would guess with the roof on the mileage would be better, since you
don't have massive amounts of air trapping themselves in the hatch.

Hmmm...perhaps I'll keep it after all!

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:30 pm
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Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:

>Using the 'remove' feature for roads not
>taken,

What is that feature. I can't find it on the Mapquest site.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:30 pm
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:30:52 +0000, badgolferman wrote:

> Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
>
>>Using the 'remove' feature for roads not
>>taken,
>
> What is that feature. I can't find it on the Mapquest site.

Got to Mapquest, enter and address, and when the map comes up click
"Directions to" or "Directions from". You'll be presented with a set of
directions. In my case they did the obvious and put me on Route 91. To the
right there is an option marked "Avoid" (sorry, I thought it was "Remove"...)
Click Avoid and it will replot your directions using a different route.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:30 pm
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:30:52 +0000, badgolferman wrote:

> Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
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>>Using the 'remove' feature for roads not
>>taken,
>
> What is that feature. I can't find it on the Mapquest site.

I did it again just now. I had to click "avoid" about 7 times to get it to
the route I took, but it worked!

Two of the legs of today's 'journey' were exactly the way I had driven
them!
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