# It Gets 92 MPG and Looks Like a Penis **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821 "2007-07-07T06:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/1 "2007-07-07T06:38:45Z")
[No shit.](http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/07/06/fuelvapor-technologies-shows-off-x-prize-competitor/) > [@](#): > > The X-Prize is looking for cars that exceed 100mpg and the Alé currently only gets a claimed 92mpg from its modified Honda four-cylinder engine. The team has developed a fuel system they claim vaporizes the gasoline and runs at extremely lean air-fuel ratios. You can see the company’s website [here.](http://www.fuelvaporcar.com/html/the_car.html) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/2 "2007-07-07T08:09:58Z")
I dunno about you bro, but I ain’t seen too many penisis which look like that. Thank Og. :shudder: Looks like some kinda mutant squid to me. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/3 "2007-07-07T12:47:53Z")
Mutant squid. Definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/4 "2007-07-07T12:52:52Z")
[Cuttlefish](http://www.ski.org/Vision/Eyepage/Images/cuttlefishB.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/5 "2007-07-07T12:55:46Z")
Squid. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/6 "2007-07-07T12:56:06Z")
I think it looks like a cuttlefish too. Interestingly, it resembles a design I’ve had in my head for several years. Only I was thinking of basically taking the forks off of a motorcycle and bolting the rest of it to a frame. (Which I know has already been done, but it’s something I’d been thinking of anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/7 "2007-07-07T13:26:57Z")
Whatever cephalapod it resembles, it’s damn cool. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Betty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Guy\_Betty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Betty)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/8 "2007-07-07T13:45:44Z")
Seconding damn cool. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/9 "2007-07-07T15:18:43Z")
Yikes! I’ve never beheld a penis with turn signals, although headlights would have been helpful, on occasion. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/10 "2007-07-07T15:45:41Z")
Definitely a tricycle squid. Hey, I can think of at least _one_ prominent, newbie-loving figure around here who would love one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/11 "2007-07-07T15:55:43Z")
It looks like a squid’s penis. Don’t ask…let’s say that the initiation lasted 5 rounds…_shudders and whimpers_ ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/12 "2007-07-07T15:59:55Z")
" [Darling, now that we’re finally married, there’s something you should know about me…](http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/fuelvapor-technologies-al/301175/)" I am so sorry to learn of your circumcision woes, **Tuckerfan**. My condolences. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/13 "2007-07-07T16:06:16Z")
Yeah, I’ll fourth or fifth on the squid. Definitely not like any penis I’ve ever seen. I’ve been idly drawing concepts for three-wheelers over the past few years, and it’s not entirely different from the ones I’ve come up with, except that mine have had side-by-side rather than tandem seating. I really think this configuration, if maybe not this particular vehicle, would be a good one for an urban commuter or light sports car, and I wish one of the more innovative big-time manufacturers would offer one. As far as the performance claims go, I would like to see some independent data. Site sez it’s got a 1500 CC turbocharged engine rated at 180 HP, pushing 1400 pounds dry (probably more like 1800 pounds all-up). It may get 90 MPG at a steady 55 or so, but I’ve gotta doubt it gets anywhere near that under hard acceleration, ultra-lean burning or no. Maybe an engineer can lean in and say whether this is feasible. I’ve also gotta question how it can pull 1.7g cornering with what amounts to the running gear of a Honda CRX with one less wheel’s worth of contact area, not to mention the tires in the header image look awfully skinny. I mean, nice little car, but there’s a slight whiff of snake oil coming off it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/14 "2007-07-07T16:10:53Z")
I use my penis as a sort of car substitute. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/15 "2007-07-07T16:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I use my penis as a sort of car substitute. [/QUOTE] That’s funny, I use my car as a penis substitute! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/16 "2007-07-07T16:20:42Z")
in a word, [Loremo](http://www.loremo.com/index_en.php) I think that 1.5 liters/100 KM qualifies fuelwise. Less than a 2 litre bottle of fuel [2.112 quarts] per [roughly] 62 miles. And it neither looks like a squid or a penis. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/17 "2007-07-07T16:38:02Z")
Looks vaguely like an ergonomic cordless mouse design. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/18 "2007-07-07T16:58:37Z")
Oh, picky! I’d drive that, if it has somewhere to put a couple bags of groceries. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/19 "2007-07-07T17:13:53Z")
A penis that gets 92 miles per gallon? And Ron Jeremy isn’t behind the wheel? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/20 "2007-07-07T17:49:58Z")
I am glad other people responded because I was looking down my pants trying to figure out what went wrong. That thing isn’t any peace, love, and stick mobile either. It has incredible performance with 0 - 60 time at 5 seconds being just one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821.md?page=2)