Whoops -- just realised I'd left a brainfart in the last post: strike 'Amazon' in the 4th paragraph; replace w/ 'Wally's'. The Amazon Furguard and Wally's Furguard are the same model; Target's is the downrated one. Guess my mind were stuck on Amazon for some reason (could it be the fact I can't buy this stick from them and expect to have it shipped to me maybe?). One of the weird s/es of the med (not to mention all the other liver-stressing cold meds I'm having to take) is flubs that used to stick out like a sore thumb like that, get by me -- not always, but much more often on this med. Apologies to anyone actually reading along
Building on the above post... memory lapses are getting a bit more common these days. Used to be, I'd get a feeling I were forgetting something. But since about the car incident, that's become 'oh s**t, I totally forgot', sailing way past PNR. Am thinking the liver and brain (as gut and brain) interdepend on each other, and the car thing and the med happened about the same time. Really weird -- something that stresses me out mentally, and something stressing my body physically, decide to happen within days of each other. Maybe I need to find another temple to frequent (and get omamori [Japanese Shinto & Buddhist warding talismans] from)
1.5 yrs into owning this 5G... and tbbh, no idea what it wants to return better fuel economy. Today since were in a rush near-dark AM... had to make hay a bit more than usual. So used more throttle obvi... but once to speed (a higher speed than usual by 3 - 4 mph)... held and stayed right. As routine, all the urchins wanting good parking spaces at the usual outdoor attractions here, sped by 20 - 30 mph over the limit. Just kept distances non-douchey and throttle chgs light as possible, esp at speed... The drive to the doc appt this AM, is pretty much all uphill. I can get 99.9+ mpg going the other way, and rob tenths this way. So tried to be smooth, as Atkinson-cycle engines really like steady throttle to get best fuel consumption. Found the drive to warble between tripping EV mode and ICE constantly (maybe 10 secs at a time). On the way back, tried not to hold any throttle position, getting all the way out of the throttle where possible. Thought, this trip is going to tank my mileage like it did yesterday, in sub-70F weather pretty much half the day -- kinda rare here. But today's a few degrees warmer -- and the car seemed less apt to rob tenths, if this were genuinely the reason. Found upon stopping by Target to refill my drink, that I'd gained a full 0.5 mpg -- five tenths -- when the previous week seemed to be nothing but robbing them for minor transgressions of throttle. Had never been that sensitive... so chalked it up to suspension alignment wonk... until this gift But did inform my driving style a bit. Was actually going a fair bit faster everywhere on average, esp off the line... but not fartcan-Honda, chirp-y hard. More care at speed, and choosing moments even more carefully for when to apply throttle. But granny tactics that'd immediately result in ICE-only gains, simply don't work in this 5G. Thought I'd found the sweet spot in driving style... but apparently significantly more ground to gain, with less penalty than expected
