How many hours a day do you spend reading?

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by MrDoug

Yes. I could not sleep without some sort of reading material in my hands. Most recently ipad or Kindle PW.

Me neither. It's been a habit of mine to read before falling asleep since very early childhood, now I've got my husband hooked on bedtime reading as well. I cannot fall asleep without doing at least a bit of reading, no matter how late it is.

[sparklemotion]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

Me neither. It's been a habit of mine to read before falling asleep since very early childhood, now I've got my husband hooked on bedtime reading as well. I cannot fall asleep without doing at least a bit of reading, no matter how late it is.

I'm the same as well.

[Quexos]

You will like it, the light is really useful. Makes you wonder why they did not do it a couple years earlier or so.

Originally Posted by danskmacabre

I'm looking to get a kobo glo soon, so the bedside lamp doesn't irritate my wife at night.

[MrDoug]

Originally Posted by afv011

Don't you think that's quite a waste, to have your car idling for 1 hour? Not to mention the unnecessary pollution. Cities like Vancouver have a no-idle policy, which I think should be more widely spread and enforced.

You know what? not really.. I just start it up to keep the chill off.. (I should have stated that) Plus my car has almost Zero released emissions.. my car is a 2010 Porsche Carrera 4... so I really don't see a problem.. I would not even think about adding to pollution..who do you think I am? a Dummy?

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by MrDoug

You know what? not really.. I just start it up to keep the chill off.. (I should have stated that) Plus my car has almost Zero released emissions.. my car is a 2010 Porsche Carrera 4... so I really don't see a problem.. I would not even think about adding to pollution..who do you think I am? a Dummy?

Aren't they designed to run E10? Part of your emissions reduction is calculated by the offset of growing crops to make E10. The other part is in the filtration and advanced converter system which puts it in the "better than standard high performance vehicles" category, but you're still releasing emissions.

If you are using E10, you get a "credit" but it doesn't happen at the tail pipe.

Nice car, by the way.

Back on topic - I've picked my Sony back up after a break to do other things. I expect while I'm in Florida for Christmas my daily totals will be more like 10 hours / day.

[MrDoug]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Aren't they designed to run E10? Part of your emissions reduction is calculated by the offset of growing crops to make E10. The other part is in the filtration and advanced converter system which puts it in the "better than standard high performance vehicles" category, but you're still releasing emissions.

If you are using E10, you get a "credit" but it doesn't happen at the tail pipe.

Nice car, by the way.

Back on topic - I've picked my Sony back up after a break to do other things. I expect while I'm in Florida for Christmas my daily totals will be more like 10 hours / day.

No, not using E10.. using common sense.. boy it looks as though there are some ultra conservative folks here.. LOL.. the no idle law.. wow.. give me a break..
Sorry.. I don't waste GAS.. too expensive.. but I do like to keep warm when reading.. LOL..
Doug

[xendula]

MrDoug, just FYI, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Germany who thinks it's okay to sit in a car with the motor on, reading. Not saying that you do, because you aready mentioned you don't. It's what we perceive to be "normal" or acceptable, I guess, and it definitely has nothing to do with being conservative.
This may or may not be acceptable in other parts of the world; it defintely is more socially acceptable here in the US, where I even see people leaving the motor on while they are inside a store.

Just making sure you don't misunderstand where this is coming from.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by MrDoug

No, not using E10.. using common sense.. boy it looks as though there are some ultra conservative folks here.. LOL.. the no idle law.. wow.. give me a break..
Sorry.. I don't waste GAS.. too expensive.. but I do like to keep warm when reading.. LOL..
Doug

Not conservative, just people with common sense. You might find it acceptable to idle your car for extended periods of time; others think otherwise.

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by MrDoug

No, not using E10.. using common sense.. boy it looks as though there are some ultra conservative folks here.. LOL.. the no idle law.. wow.. give me a break..
Sorry.. I don't waste GAS.. too expensive.. but I do like to keep warm when reading.. LOL..
Doug

Not ultra-conservative, I'm just a bit of a car nerd. I was responding to "Plus my car has almost Zero released emissions" because these days car manufacturers use "eco-marketing" that tends to be misleading. The cars get the claimed emissions results only in specific conditions, and when those conditions aren't met, the emissions reduction is lost.

You'll note that my post made no mention or judgement about your actions either way, only comments on whether or not your perceived emissions output was accurate.

[MrDoug]

From this day forward I will start turning my motor off at stop signs and stop lights as well! LOL

[afv011]

Originally Posted by MrDoug

From this day forward I will start turning my motor off at stop signs and stop lights as well! LOL

idling a vehicle for more than 10 seconds wastes more fuel than shutting down and restarting the vehicle

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[Quexos]

Lately ? Not enough. Been busy with miscellaneous stuff and haven't read as much as I would love to. This coming week I'll have to catch up