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Posted by Bob & Holly Wilson on November 2, 2007, 10:38 pm
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> bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:
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> > > Rt. 68 in WV?
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> > > You'll go up that mountain at 12-15 mph?
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> > Rt. 68 in WV, that doesn't sound like an interstate.
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> Yup, it is. Interstate 68.
Nope, you're just trying to cover your the obvious mistake. Google map
or mapquest shows route 68 connecting:
Parkersburg, WV
Belleville, WV
Morgan, WV
There is a section of I-68 in WV between:
Hazelton, WV
Brookhaven WV
Google map has excellent satellite images showing on some sections,
three lanes climbing a hill while on the other side, just two lanes
descend. Trucks are clearly in the outside, climb lane and these are my
pace vehicles. As posted earlier, they tend to climb at about 55 mph and
one of the best ways for a Prius to climb these hills is behind one of
the trucks.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=
Hazelton,+Uninc+Preston+County,+Preston,+West+Virginia,+United+States&da
ddr=Brookhaven+WV&sll=39.620499,-79.835587&sspn=0.249117,0.384521&ie=UTF
8&ll=39.660483,-79.804232&spn=0.001945,0.004764&t=k&z=18&om=0
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> And there's one helluva mountain right there.
Not so big considering the highest point per Google Earth in WV is at:
39 39' 19.41" N
79 46' 19.47" W
683 M.
But if you head on I-68 to Maryland, you can find one point at 853 m.,
considerably higher. But that doesn't matter.
As Google shows, there are three lane sections headed up the hills with
semitrailer trucks in the outside, climb lane. Had I been under the
camera when they took the picture, you'd have seen my Prius following
the trucks at a safe distance matching the speed. Climbing hills at 55
mph, as I'd posted, works quite nicely.
Bob Wilson
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Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on November 2, 2007, 10:44 pm
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bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:
> There is a section of I-68 in WV between:
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> Hazelton, WV
> Brookhaven WV
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> Google map has excellent satellite images showing on some sections,
> three lanes climbing a hill while on the other side, just two lanes
> descend. Trucks are clearly in the outside, climb lane and these are my
> pace vehicles. As posted earlier, they tend to climb at about 55 mph and
> one of the best ways for a Prius to climb these hills is behind one of
> the trucks.
You've never been on that piece of road, have you.
I can answer that for you: no, you have not.
Your statement that trucks "tend to climb at about 55mph" while talking
about this specific piece of road shows that you don't have a clue how
the world works.
Frankly, my guess is you're housebound but want people to think
otherwise.
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Posted by Bob & Holly Wilson on November 2, 2007, 10:56 pm
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> bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:
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> > There is a section of I-68 in WV between:
> >
> > Hazelton, WV
> > Brookhaven WV
> >
> > Google map has excellent satellite images showing on some sections,
> > three lanes climbing a hill while on the other side, just two lanes
> > descend. Trucks are clearly in the outside, climb lane and these are my
> > pace vehicles. As posted earlier, they tend to climb at about 55 mph and
> > one of the best ways for a Prius to climb these hills is behind one of
> > the trucks.
>
> You've . . .
As originally posted, I follow trucks up climb lanes, usually around 55
mph although I've seen them as low as 45 on I-75 between Knoxville TN
and Lexington KY.
Regardless, Google Earth clearly shows you have confused I-68 in WV with
the significantly higher sections in Maryland. You've been caught again.
Bob Wilson
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Posted by Bob & Holly Wilson on November 2, 2007, 11:38 pm
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> bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:
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> > There is a section of I-68 in WV between:
> >
> > Hazelton, WV
> > Brookhaven WV
> >
> > Google map has excellent satellite images showing on some sections,
> > three lanes climbing a hill while on the other side, just two lanes
> > descend. Trucks are clearly in the outside, climb lane and these are my
> > pace vehicles. As posted earlier, they tend to climb at about 55 mph and
> > one of the best ways for a Prius to climb these hills is behind one of
> > the trucks.
>
> You've . . .
I've been wondering about your fixation on I-68 versus Rt. 68, what
you'd originally posted. After a little Google clicking, I discovered
that your fixation is probably on "Sideling Hill Cut," a Maryland, not
West Virgina feature and marvel of engineering. It is the man-made
equivalent of the Grand Canyon in the Appalacians:
http://www.roadstothefuture.com/I68_MD.html
One of the earliest photos from this web site shows the three lanes
climbing the grade to "Sideling Hill Cut." The best Prius was to
approach Sideling Hill would be in the right most lane at 55 mph or
behind the slowest truck ascend in the climb lane.
What this does is put the ICE in as efficient of a high power mode as
possible so you are getting excellent conversion of gasoline into
potential energy, altitude. Literally, just keep on truckin' up the
hill.
In 1974 after returning from Okinawa, I drove a 66 VW MicroBus from
Coffeyville KS to Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington DC. It is very
likely that I would have taken parts of I-68 and the "National Freeway"
to avoid having to drive the Pennsylvania Turnpike. I vagley remember a
lot of construction but that was a long, long time ago and another
vehicle. I came into the DC area from I-70 and had to figure out the
Pentagon maze.
Fortunately, the same practices that worked with the VW MicroBus work
even better with the Prius. Curiously, the VW also had a 1500 cc engine
and had about as much power as my Prius ICE.
Bob Wilson
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Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on November 3, 2007, 7:20 am
Please log in for more thread options bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:
> > > Google map has excellent satellite images showing on some sections,
> > > three lanes climbing a hill while on the other side, just two lanes
> > > descend. Trucks are clearly in the outside, climb lane and these are my
> > > pace vehicles. As posted earlier, they tend to climb at about 55 mph and
> > > one of the best ways for a Prius to climb these hills is behind one of
> > > the trucks.
> >
> > You've . . .
>
> I've . . .
been a dipwad all your life.
We know, Bob/Holly. We know.
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