Any Smart Water Drinkers here on Green Hybrid?
March 17, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Smart Fill up’s 20oz pot weighs 48% more than Aquafina’s 20oz pot
Seems like a lot for a seemingly eco-concious strain like Smart Fill up. I mean half
again the amount of fake just seems a bit much to me. What do you guys
reflect?
What to do?
March 17, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Do you own a hybrid for convenience, or ethics?
March 17, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Do you have additional reasons?
Personally, I take pleasure in the mileage, but my reasoning is primarily background-related.
My Clicking and Knocking Dash Issue
March 17, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Of course the clicking signal finished up life the mix collectively door actuator and the knocking signal was said to be a serpentine belt tensioner. Not too sure about the latter but both are life flat. Any inputs on this? I see the belnd door is a celebrated come forth, but what about the tensioner at 18K miles?
Thankfulness and I hope this helps others in the possibility. FWIW, I have been just driving with the vent on about 67-72 degrees for the last 3 months (what can I say Vegas is too nice this time of year
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iPod Pause Button (Civic w/ NAV)
March 15, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
VOLT diesel??
March 15, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Bio-D would be cleaner and the torque that a diesel makes facility better than a gasser , also when doing a generator complex where the engine rpm is continuous with a continuous load a diesel is even more eff. then habitual.
1.4 liter (140hp) gasser and it only gets 300 miles on a 12gal tank thats only 25 mpg
Diesel 1.4 liter may maybe easly get 50+ mpg heck my Jetta (2.0L) pushing a 3500 lbs car at uncommon lots gets 42 mpg hwy and 37 city (veteran fillups)
40 mile = no tailpipe + 600 array B99 = near no tailpipe emissions with genteel NOX joystick which on a generator at a static load is basically achieved.
Flip Converter V3.8.90 The first Flip Converter in the world!
March 15, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Having tribulations with Flip record files not surveillance the planet over? With Flip Converter, you are now able to watch Flip record as ordinary record formats like AVI, MPG, MPEG, WMV, FLV, SWF, MKV, VOB, DV, 3GP, MOV, RM and RMVB, or take note to AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, FLAC, M4A, MKA, MP2, MP3, WAV, WMA and RA audio files.
Flip Converter lets you freely trim clips, crop record screen, and look adjustment. With these control tools, making fantastic movies is much simpler than you can guess. Go portable with your Flip camcorder, and take pleasure in your Flip videos as much as you like with this Flip Converter.
Flip Converter also makes Flip record possible to play the run of the mill record files on your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Microsoft Zune, Sony PSP, Google Phone, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, Mobile Phones, Cell phones, Additional MP4/MP3 Player, etc.
Support OS: PC(Windows 2000/2003/XP, Windows Outlook, Windows 7),Mac OS(Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Snow Leopard on iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, etc).
What’s Flip Record?
The Flip Record is a unadorned camcorder for digital record bent by Pure Digital Technologies, a company bought by Cisco Systems in Development of 2009. Variants contain the Flip Even more, the Flip UltraHD, the Flip Record Mino, and the Flip Record MinoHD.
More In rank: http://www.theflipconverter.com
Video to AMV Converter – How to convert all video files to AMV/MTV files?
March 15, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Record to AMV Converter can also convert record to audio for playback on your players. The powerful codec pack installed support nearly all ordinary record and audio files like WMV, 3GP, MOV, VOB, MPG, ASF, FLV, AVI, RM, RMVB, MP4, MKV, MKA, MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, FLAC, WMA, MP2, etc
What is AMV?
AMV is a proprietary record file plot, bent for MP4 players, as well as S1 MP3 players with record playback. Here are now two uncommon MTV formats: the older one for the Actions chip, and a newer one for ALi’s M5661 chip. This plot for ALi one was ALIAVI.
Stay on the step-by-step handbook to convert record files to AMV/MTV.
Step 1: Download Record to AMV Converter, dual click the .exe file to bed in it.
Step 2: Launch the Record to AMV Converter, click "Add" pin to load record clips.

Step 3: Brilliant "Run of the mill Record"->"AMV/MTV" from the productivity plot list.

Step 4: You can edit the clip before conversion.

Step 5: Click "Convert" to start converting record files to AMV/MTV.

Free Download:
http://www.record-to-amv-converter.x2…/download.html
How to edit and convert Flip Camcorder videos in Tanbee Flip Video Converter?
March 15, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Setp 1: Save your Flip camcorder videos to Pad
Join the Flip camcorder to your PC and launch the Flip Record for PC software, save your videos to your PC by clicking the Save Videos link in the Facial appearance section, choose the videos you want to save by selecting them, click the ‘Save’ pin in the ‘Save to Pad’ box.

Brilliant Start New Album and click Save, choose a name for your album. The defaulting reduction fold is ‘My ID > My Flip Record Store’.
Setp 2 : Get Flip camcorder videos in Tanbee Flip Record Converter
Open Tanbee Flip Record Converter and Click ‘Add’ pin, this will open a windows for you to steer to folder(liable in My ID > My Flip Record Store) or record files you wish to load and convert. Push ‘Open’ to authenticate the files you choose.

Setp 3: Productivity Settings
Brilliant the converting plot from the productivity plot list.

Setp 4: Record Eidt
This is a platform for you to express who you are and what you like it to be.

Setp 5: Start Convertsion
Click "Start" pin to start converting your flip videos.
The productivity record files can be playback on most ordinary players, such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, Zune, BlackBerry, Google Phone, Moilbe Phone and so on.
Download :
http://www.flipvideoconverter.net/fl…-converter.zip
Note: This translation is for Windows. If you are using Mac OS, delight click here.
How to remove DRM license Protection from WMV Video Movie
March 15, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Most of the protected record and music downloaded online like Windows Media Player iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Bearshare , Spiral Frog are all DRM files.
What is DRM? Why do we take out DRM from WMA, M4P, WMV, M4V, M4A, etc?
DRM (Digital Civil rights Management) – The anti consumer copy protection that prevents you from using music or movies in a way that suits you.
For model, if a DRM WMA or DRM WMV you downloaded from WMP(windows media player) that has windows DRM, you can only play it back on a well-matched contrivance, so if each cut of music had windows DRM on it you would need to buy the same footstep on CD to take note in your CD player or car, as an iTunes download to play on your iPod, as a ms store download to play on your Zune etc, but in view of the fact that you paid for it once you shouldn’t be forced to pay for it again and again and again, take out windows DRM and you can play it on your phone, iPod, Zune, PSP, CD player, pc, and anything else that you can take note to music on.
I got a few methods plotted below:
1. Burn and rip
Really, here is a run of the mill free mode to take out DRM WMA, M4P with 2 steps:
Step 1 Burn the DRM WMA, M4P to a CD.
Step 2 Rip the DRM WMA, M4P from CD to your pad as MP3 plot , then the DRM must be indifferent from the WMA files.
But it’s not very convenient that may wear out your CR-ROM, and It also wants a blank CD, a CD burner and a CD ripper to help you.
2. Re-confirmation
One of the most run of the mill and unadorned equipment is recording the DRM WMA and DRM WMV then use an run of the mill converter to convert the recorded and unprotected files. In view of the fact that this equipment is simple to realized and simple to support more DRM formats besides DRM WMA and DRM WMV it is welcomed by most of the DRM converters like the SoundTaxi,Tunebite, etc.
But here are some disadvantages for those programs.
1. The conversion speed won’t get much enhancement due to the long recording administer.
2. Much audio and record feature may maybe be lost all owing to the recording administer.
3. Hook
Hook is another new and more complicated equipment which can be used to take out Windows DRM. Comparing with Re-recording software, these sorts of programs have much privileged conversion speed, but it’s hard to make it support some DRM formats with new and lofty encryption techniques.
And as far as I know, Daniusoft was one of its supporters. With charitable a test for some free trials I found it’s very simple to take out DRM from WMV WMA and additional protected music record files with Daniusoft Media Converter Pro, it can take out DRM protection legally and convert additional record & music even HD record in high feature. and here are the key functions of Daniusoft Media Converter Pro
1.DRM remover
Legally take out DRM WMV/WMA/M4P/M4V/ASF… using confirmation technically administer which records play and saves the recordings in unprotected digital formats
2.Record Converter
Convert all ordinary record: MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, RM, RMVB, DAT, MOV, FLV, AVI, Xvid, VOB, MKV
3. HD record Converter
Support convert high-classification record: M2TS, TP, TRP, TS, AVI
4. Audio Converter
Convert any audio files between MP3, WAV, M4A, WMA, OGG, AAC, APE…
You can free download the DRM Remover to have a try:

Unadorned steps for conversion:
1. Add DRM WMV , DRM WMA, iTunes M4P and additional protected files.
2. Choose the productivity plot you need
3. Pressthe "Start" pin.
How to take out DRM Ticket from protected WMV WMA files
2010 civic hybrid new
March 15, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
450 miles round trip in my 2010 Tahoe
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
I went down south to the Coast over the weekend for my first long trip with my new 2010 Tahoe.
Most of the trip is highway. I averaged 11.2l/100Km(21.3mpg) on the way down had cruise controle set at 70mpg most of the time
on my way back, didn’t use cruise much my average dropped down to 10.2l/100km(23MPG) speed different between (60-70 MPG)
we were 3 adults and 2 babies with their car seat, and stem completely loaded. rear seat folded up.(not indifferent)
oustside like 30-35C AC set to Auto 23.5C all the way.
I am very pleased with my tahoe and the highway fuel state. I hope I start being paid better fuel mileage in the city soon even if.
I noticed using cruise hegemony does use more fuel, in view of the fact that it tries to mentain the set speed and most of the time I was runing on V8. when using the pedal, one has more hegemony to have it run on V4 more often. of course it will be compenstated by the avg speed, but will get better mileage for sure.
looking forwards for your pointer on the privileged than.
rotor troubles
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
I’ve never had this take place with any additional car I’ve owned and I use the brakes way less on a hybrid than on a fixed vehicle. I’ve been researching this come forth and seen some posts adage Honda brake rotors are of poor feature. But I also came across one review of the ‘08 civic where the assessor prominent "The four alloy wheels are frequently charming-faced, polished metal (most likely for low-drag, high-mileage polished reasons) and, like past-age assemble Civic Hybrids, have only a few very small holes for air circulation and brake rotor cooling (I place of protection’t talked to any Honda technicians about it, but I wonder how many of these cars come in with rotor warping and glassy pads from heat buildup)."
I’d despise to invest in better rotors (any recommendations?) and have them warp or develop hot spots in view of the fact that the problem is the airflow from the veer top. Any partaking is valued.
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Toyota claims Microsoft wrote their software
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Rumor has it that Toyota is about to relief the "Prius 7" which will exchange the unfilled and now disliked "Prius Outlook". For the Camry model, unfilled owners can upgrade to the "Camry Essential". Additional in rank is probable to be released April 1.
Pulse & Glide
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Pulse is accelerating to a target speed commonly with the engine running but it can be in EV also at slower speeds. You can also pulse inane down any hill or join in EV or with the engine running. All your doing with pulsing is rising your speed the most efficient way possible. The hard part is using your discrimination in applying the pulse and glide in everyday conveying and speed Limits. Here is a wits why I and others do so excellent with P&G and it is experimenting till we find what facility and what does not work as well. Ride out such as like, wind and rain hurt both your pulse and glide so I slow down compared to my habitual speeds according to conditions.
A name in another forum confirmed P&G does not help MPG that much. That told me and others he did not be with you or know how to use P&G. Let me make this apparent, I just got three honest 57mpg tanks in my ‘09 FEH and the only wits I may maybe was P&G. So I’ve proved it facility so all you have to do is use your discrimination on how and when to use it. First, you need a SGII to watch Instant MPG, Current Trip MPG and Tank MPG. You’ve got to know what facility and what does not work from the start of your trip to the close. If your having tribulations as all of us have had, question questions here in view of the fact that we force have the key. Model, I was doing the same slow pulse I had used for being in my ‘05 FEH and I thought I was doing splendid in my ‘09. One day I was in a rush and ongoing a closer pulse (harder acceleration) when the A/C compressor was running to cool the battery. The fact that the load of the compressor running all owing to a slow pulse was compelling more gas than if I cut-rate the time being paid up to my target speed with a modest harder acceleration. I seen the results as my tank MPG on both my Nav Sys and SGII were being paid better. Also, I may maybe rate just how much more acceleration was looked-for by the SGII Instant MPG. You must gather how to accelerate, for wits a 13mpg instant conception vs a 20mpg instant conception. Your accelerating closer of course with a 13mpg instant conception than a 20mpg conception. The additional gauge you must watch is your Payment/Help gauge from the factory to make sure all owing to your pulse your subdue charging your battery with MG1. The SGII has a Engine Load gauge (LOD) that can also help you see at what top the gripping motors start to use the Battery SoC (State of Payment) to Help torque from the engine. You are no longer charging the battery with MG1 with a 99% or privileged LOD conception and this is not excellent all owing to the pulse for splendid MPG.
How to pulse and glide depends on how you want to set-up your vehicle. I have two SGII’s in my ‘09 FEH (watch SoC, Instant MPG, Open/Clogged Loop, and Tank MPG all the time), run 50psi in my tires, use 5W/20 Mobil 1, and all have a give of Motorcraft filters. I use a warm-up P&G by exceeding the speed limit by 5mph and gliding in "D" down to 5mph below the speed limit if conveying permits. As soon as my FEH will go EV, I start a P&G to the speed limit to 5mph privileged than and a neutral glide in EV down 10mph below or 5mph below the speed limit. This is a general rule when I don’t look conveying and I chat my P&G so I don’t look conveying the rest of the time. I Get out of high speed P&G as much as possible but I chat my P&G according to conveying. The ‘05 FEH glides in neutral with the engine running reasonably well but the ‘09 FEH will go 100% fuel-cut at any speed privileged than EV speed in "D" or "L". For this wits I choose to glide in "D" with full fuel-cut privileged than 40mph. Rick and I exposed you can get fuel-cut with 3 seconds with you let Off the gas pedal privileged than 40mph and have a SoC of ~46% or more. We found a ploy to get full fuel-cut privileged than 40mph straight away with a set alight brake pedal tap and a SoC privileged than just 41%. This earnings the ‘09 and newer models can stop burning any fuel while decelerating any any speed privileged than 40 mph and go EV in neutral below 40mph for a splendid glide.
Question your questions or note here about P&G.
GaryG
MTS Converter for Mac
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
MTS Converter for Mac has powerful record control gathering, such as record adornment, cropping and look adjustment.
Import converted files to some ordinary applications like QuickTime, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, etc. on Mac OS X. MTS Converter for Mac Lets you upload converted record to YouTube, Google, Yahoo, MySpace, etc. for sharing with others.
The converted record or audio files are high well-matched with iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, Xbox, GPhone, personal stereo, Creative Zen, iRiver, BlackBerry, Palm, Nokia, Motorola, Mobile Phone, etc.
The MTS Converter for Mac can also extract and convert audio files, capture cinema from innumerable videos, make videos out of cinema with JPG, BMP or PNG.
http://www.mts.converter-for-mac.com
USB Drive Issue
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Well when I place the stick by in the car all the folders seem to be random or maybe sorted by Last Bespoke date (not 100% without writing down where each one is and putting it back on pad).
Question… How does the logic sort the folders (and songs for that matter even if they are showing ok right now)?
Question 2… Can I complex folders as the following? I don’t want to yield an come forth so thought I’d question first:
Aritst
Album 1
SongsAlbum 2
Songs
Thankfulness!
How to convert MOD, TOD files to AVI, MP4, MPEG, 3GP, FLV, MOV, MP3 on Mac OS X?
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Step1. Bed in and run Tanbee MOD Record Converter for Mac, click the "Add file" pin to import your videos. This MOD Record Converter for Mac support batch conversion, so you can import manifold files at a time.

Step2. This software can convert record to innumerable record formats for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, cell phone, etc. Click the "profile" drop-down list to brilliant the plot you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your contrivance supports, you can just brilliant the plot according to the contrivance name.

Step3. If you want to make to order the productivity feature, click the "Settings" pin to open the Settings panel, where you can set pledge, form rate, record bit rate, audio bit rate, try out, etc. In view of the fact that Tanbee MOD Record Converter for Mac supports batch conversion, you can use uncommon profiles for the added record files to save your time. If you don’t want to do these settings, the defaulting settings will just work perfectly.
Step 4: Record Control
You can use Trim, Crop, and Rotate to do record control. If you need to merge all the edited files into a total one, then you just austerely try out "Merge into one file" on the bottom will be ok.
If you need to convert all uncommon record into one same plot, delight try out "Apply to All"
Using these control tools allows you to cut out uninvited form, crop out black sides or subtitles, trim lengthy record files into fleeting one you wish to have, then you can merge uncommon record pieces into one file.
Step5. With all you close the privileged than steps, click "Start" to start the conversion.

How to convert MOD, TOD files to AVI, MP4, MPEG, 3GP, FLV, MOV, MP3 on Windows?
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
Step1. Bed in and run Tanbee MOD Record Converter, click the "Add file" pin to import your videos. This MOD Record Converter support batch conversion, so you can import manifold files at a time.

Step2. This software can convert record to innumerable record formats for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, cell phone, etc. Click the "profile" drop-down list to brilliant the plot you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your contrivance supports, you can just brilliant the plot according to the contrivance name.

Step3. If you want to make to order the productivity feature, click the "Settings" pin to open the Settings panel, where you can set pledge, form rate, record bit rate, audio bit rate, try out, etc. In view of the fact that Tanbee MOD Record Converter supports batch conversion, you can use uncommon profiles for the added record files to save your time. If you don’t want to do these settings, the defaulting settings will just work perfectly.
Step 4: Record Control
You can use Trim, Crop, and Rotate to do record control. If you need to merge all the edited files into a total one, then you just austerely try out "Merge into one file" on the bottom will be ok.
If you need to convert all uncommon record into one same plot, delight try out "Apply to All"
Using these control tools allows you to cut out uninvited form, crop out black sides or subtitles, trim lengthy record files into fleeting one you wish to have, then you can merge uncommon record pieces into one file.
Step5. With all you close the privileged than steps, click "Start" to start the conversion.
AVI to DVD Converter – How to fast convert AVI files to DVD for storage?
March 14, 2010 by MyHybrid
Filed under Green Hybrid Car
First, you need to know about more info about DVD disc at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd
AVI to DVD converter supports burning AVI, MPEG, DivX, DAT, VOB plot files to DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-5 and DVD-9. Apart from for DVD disc, you can also convert MPEG, DivX, DAT, VOB, AVI files to DVD folder and ISO image files as you wish.
So unadorned steps make you basically master how to convert AVI to DVD with the powerful AVI to DVD converter software.
The following steps to lecture you how to quick convert AVI to DVD with Xilisoft AVI to DVD Converter.
1. Free download the powerful and simple-to-use Xilisoft AVI to DVD Converter, bed in and launch.
2. Add your beloved AVI files from the "File" menu in batches.

3. Choose the genteel productivity folder and the profile "DVD" plot.
4. Click the pin "Start Burn" to convert AVI to DVD.

Tips 1: You can convert AVI videos to innumerable DVD such as DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-5, DVD-9 discs.
Tips 2: If you need, append many responsibilities at one time and the AVI to DVD converter will convert them one by one for reduction your time.
Tips 3: The expert AVI to DVD converter software lets you brilliant a menu from stylishness-diverse templates and edit the menu to start your own DVD with expressive menu.
Tips 4: As powerful DVD converter software, it also can convert AVI files to DVD folder, ISO image files to fit uncommon users’ demand.
Concise boundary and quick conversion speed make the total AVI to DVD conversion much simpler and closer.
Why not have a try, you will find download in rank at: Convert AVI to DVD.

