Originally posted by PRP:"When approaching red light,lift your foot off ....."
Is it OK to free the gear when approaching a red light?However, I often do that.
if you are using manual gear, you wear out your brakes faster this way as compared to making full use of engine brake (if braking)
I guess the article just means don't input extra energy into the system when you are going to bring it to a stop anyway... So in theory, free-ing the gear does have the same effect as just lifting your foot off the accelerator on oil consumption
Why the heavy emphasis on cars? Why are motorcycles not promoted, it is not even mention in passing, as a possible alternative.
Look into cars that passes by, how many people are in each of them.
Those who always drive solo, could easily turn to motorcycles for commuting.
There is no prestige in motorcycles or no $$$?
Originally posted by mancha:Why the heavy emphasis on cars? Why are motorcycles not promoted, it is not even mention in passing, as a possible alternative.
Look into cars that passes by, how many people are in each of them.
Those who always drive solo, could easily turn to motorcycles for commuting.
There is no prestige in motorcycles or no $$$?
no matter how safely you drive a motorcycle, it only takes an errant driver to send you to heaven.
Originally posted by eagle:no matter how safely you drive a motorcycle, it only takes an errant driver to send you to heaven.
A pool of water on the road will also send a biker bed ridden for a long while. car drivers are protected by thin can, motorcycle riders are protected by their jacket and helmet. Problem is that most riders think they are armor plated and fly their bike like a plane.
Originally posted by sgdiehard:
A pool of water on the road will also send a biker bed ridden for a long while. car drivers are protected by thin can, motorcycle riders are protected by their jacket and helmet. Problem is that most riders think they are armor plated and fly their bike like a plane.
happened to my fren.... He was making a right turn, then went into a puddle of petrol on the road... Dunno why got petrol there also... then like that lose traction and fell
Originally posted by FirePig:
The fuel consumption rate for both 95 and 98 should be about the same. The chemical formula i think is similar but the structure is different and hence they are isomers of one another. The only difference it make is that more branched hydrocarbon can burn faster and hence faster acceleration. However, the performance of a 95 is already very good so a 98 dont make much of a difference even at acceleration. Only sports cars like evo, wrx need to use 98 and also only when you are those who like to do fast acceleration alot.
If you are running a turbo or supercharged car, you will need 98
Originally posted by sgdiehard:
A pool of water on the road will also send a biker bed ridden for a long while. car drivers are protected by thin can, motorcycle riders are protected by their jacket and helmet. Problem is that most riders think they are armor plated and fly their bike like a plane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p2sQAH2DTQ
from our mat bros in the north.
Some m/cyles are very noisy and the exhausting gas is very smelly.Don't know how they make it?
The focus should be on reduction of fossil fuel consumption and its emmisions, easing of traffic congestion..
But transport policies are drafted by people who do not take buses, drive goods vehicles, ride motocycles, take taxis, drive buses, drive lorries, why they do not even ride bicycles. Their focus is on the motorcar. The Electronic Parking System is introduced for the convenience of the car drivers. To be fairer to car owners by charging parking by smaller blocks of time. For motorcycles it is 65 cents per entry vs one 65 cents coupon valid parking the whole day at any URA/HDB parking lot. Road infrastructure are made for motorist in mind, all others, riders and workers, benefit incidentally.
Transport policy makers are all car drivers.
Will they encourage motorcycles? To save the earth.
Nah! Their mothers forbid them to ride motocycles, bicycles even.
Eagle,
The quote mechanism can't work, so no auto quote.
I think what the article mean is: When u see the red traffic light,u lift your right foot and transfer to the brake pedal.For mannual car,u will step on the clutch and then change the gear to free.
Continuing from my last msg:
For auto gear cars,u can also switch to free gear too.
Originally posted by PRP:For the good of the environment,try to fill less pertrol to your car.Perhaps u can pump pertrol 3 days a week.The benefits are reduction of pertrol consumption,reduction of wear & tear to the tyres and other parts of the car and most importantly good for the protection of the enviroment.
Erm... i dun think pumping oil got anything to do with fuel consumption, rather... stepping on the accerlator... You sound like you never drove before...
Originally posted by PRP:Eagle,
The quote mechanism can't work, so no auto quote.
I think what the article mean is: When u see the red traffic light,u lift your right foot and transfer to the brake pedal.For mannual car,u will step on the clutch and then change the gear to free.
yup I knew what you were saying... I'm saying that your method would spoil your brakes and wear out your tyres faster because no engine brake was used...