Honda Car Forum

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <rEVii.28162$xk5.15548@edtnps82>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>
>>>>> In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road trip,
>>>>> AC on full blast, going through the mountains.
>>>>>
>>>> Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.
>>>>
>>>> You're 35mpg is horse shit, though.
>>>>
>>>> a
>>> I believe him. I routinely got 33mpg with a '93 Accord automatic.
>> Good for you - on road trips through the Swiss f-ing alps with the AC on?
>> No?
>
> It happened. Get over it.
>
> Why does it bother you that this happened?
>

Not bothered at all - I just think you're bending the truth.

a

a wrote:
> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>> In article <_FRii.14820$Io4.11389@edtnps89>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an '02 4cyl and, while a great trouble free car, it's a dog
>>> in terms of power...
>>
>> I had an 00 Accord 4 cylinder, and it was a fantastic car with
>> PLENTY of power.
>>
>> 'Course, I outfitted mine properly: with a manual transmission.
>>
>> In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road
>> trip, AC on full blast, going through the mountains.
>>
>
> Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.
>
> You're 35mpg is horse shit, though.
>
> a

Why is that? My '04 V6 gets a tad over 30MPG on the highway, and I'm
usually around 75MPH.......

In article <K2Xii.21782$tB5.20753@edtnps90>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:

> > It happened. Get over it.
> >
> > Why does it bother you that this happened?
> >
>
> Not bothered at all - I just think you're bending the truth.

I'm not.

Why would you think I'm bending the truth? Do you have different
experiences with a similar car?

In article <70Xii.21781$tB5.18283@edtnps90>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:

> > Sure it does. If an 01 V6 automatic trans car gets 30, it's well within
> > his realm of believability that a 4 cylinder manual trans car gets 35 in
> > the same circumstances.
> >
>
> "realm of believability" ?? You serious? Either it *does* or it *doesn't*.

He doesn't know, but he can surmise from his experience that I'm not
lying.

You, on the other hand, seem to insist that I'm lying. So either you
have your own experiences that so indicate, or else you're just an
asshole in general.

Which would it be?

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <70Xii.21781$tB5.18283@edtnps90>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>
>>> Sure it does. If an 01 V6 automatic trans car gets 30, it's well within
>>> his realm of believability that a 4 cylinder manual trans car gets 35 in
>>> the same circumstances.
>>>
>> "realm of believability" ?? You serious? Either it *does* or it *doesn't*.
>
> He doesn't know, but he can surmise from his experience that I'm not
> lying.
>
> You, on the other hand, seem to insist that I'm lying. So either you
> have your own experiences that so indicate, or else you're just an
> asshole in general.
>
> Which would it be?
>

Until you prove it - I don't believe you - and since you can't prove it here...

"I'm the King of Siam!" I can say anything I want in a newsgroup without
having to prove anything. Are you saying it just has to be in the "realm
of believability" for us to take it as fact? I don't buy it. Deal with it.
It's not in *my* realm of believability.

- Here's how it is - you state what you say is fact.

- I say you're full of shit.

End of story - You may, or may not, be full of shit, but what does that matter?

a

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <K2Xii.21782$tB5.20753@edtnps90>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>
>>> It happened. Get over it.
>>>
>>> Why does it bother you that this happened?
>>>
>> Not bothered at all - I just think you're bending the truth.
>
> I'm not.
>
> Why would you think I'm bending the truth? Do you have different
> experiences with a similar car?
>

Yes.

a

L Alpert wrote:
> a wrote:
>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>> In article <_FRii.14820$Io4.11389@edtnps89>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an '02 4cyl and, while a great trouble free car, it's a dog
>>>> in terms of power...
>>> I had an 00 Accord 4 cylinder, and it was a fantastic car with
>>> PLENTY of power.
>>>
>>> 'Course, I outfitted mine properly: with a manual transmission.
>>>
>>> In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road
>>> trip, AC on full blast, going through the mountains.
>>>
>> Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.
>>
>> You're 35mpg is horse shit, though.
>>
>> a
>
> Why is that? My '04 V6 gets a tad over 30MPG on the highway, and I'm
> usually around 75MPH.......
>
>

Again - "If my Auntie had bullocks, she'd be my Uncle!"

WTF does your experience in a different car, different engine, different
city different state, different country(?), different driving style,
different fuel... have to do with his mpg?

a

a wrote:
> L Alpert wrote:
>> a wrote:
>>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>>> In article <_FRii.14820$Io4.11389@edtnps89>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have an '02 4cyl and, while a great trouble free car, it's a dog
>>>>> in terms of power...
>>>> I had an 00 Accord 4 cylinder, and it was a fantastic car with
>>>> PLENTY of power.
>>>>
>>>> 'Course, I outfitted mine properly: with a manual transmission.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road
>>>> trip, AC on full blast, going through the mountains.
>>>>
>>> Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.
>>>
>>> You're 35mpg is horse shit, though.
>>>
>>> a
>>
>> Why is that? My '04 V6 gets a tad over 30MPG on the highway, and I'm
>> usually around 75MPH.......
>>
>
> Again - "If my Auntie had bullocks, she'd be my Uncle!"
>
> WTF does your experience in a different car, different engine, different
> city different state, different country(?), different driving style,
> different fuel... have to do with his mpg?
>
> a

stop being a prick. your "experience" is different because you're
either being a hotrod or there's something wrong with your car. don't
call people liars when they're not.

a wrote:
> Seth wrote:
>> "a" <a@a.ca> wrote in message news:iYUii.21769$tB5.3923@edtnps90...
>>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>>> In article <_FRii.14820$Io4.11389@edtnps89>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have an '02 4cyl and, while a great trouble free car, it's a dog
>>>>> in terms of power...
>>>>
>>>> I had an 00 Accord 4 cylinder, and it was a fantastic car with
>>>> PLENTY of power.
>>>>
>>>> 'Course, I outfitted mine properly: with a manual transmission.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road
>>>> trip, AC on full blast, going through the mountains.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.
>>>
>>> You're 35mpg is horse shit, though.
>>
>>
>> How so? I get almost 30mpg out of an '01 V6 with automatic.
>>
>
> How so? Because I don't believe his story, that's how so. Just because
> you *almost* get 30 mpg (what's *almost* 30mpg? 25? 29? 22? What?)
> doesn't mean jack in relation to someone else getting X+ mpg with their
> car.

Yet you expect everyone here to take your word as gospel that because
you claim to have a '02 4 cyl that's a dog, that no one else (and it
would definitely appear that you hold the minority view as to adequacy
of the 4cyl) can get good mileage? As you, I believe, said: "Get real!"

I can get 29.5 mpg out of my '06 6 cyl EX 4DR on trips where I'm
traversing hilly terrain at an average speed between 75-80 so I really
don't think it's a stretch that Elmo could get 35 mpg.

Hell, I got 31.5 with a 2001 Park Av with a passenger and luggage.

Somebody else mentioned it - you either have a problem with your car or
maybe a problem with the driver.

a wrote:

> Until you prove it - I don't believe you - and since you can't prove it here...
>
> "I'm the King of Siam!" I can say anything I want in a newsgroup without
> having to prove anything. Are you saying it just has to be in the "realm
> of believability" for us to take it as fact? I don't buy it. Deal with it.
> It's not in *my* realm of believability.
>
> - Here's how it is - you state what you say is fact.
>
> - I say you're full of shit.
>
> End of story - You may, or may not, be full of shit, but what does that matter?

Since you're the fool who is disputing our claims, the onus is on you to
prove us wrong.