Update

I know, I know. You all miss me so very much. Once again, my sad, default excuse is simply, I've been insanely busy, training has been quite a pain (but productive beyond belief!), and I've been traveling and flying all over the place.

I'll work backwards a bit, by starting with my weekend project, which is to make my recently-acquired second-hand Subaru Legacy GT (which is my 1998 BMW M3 sedan replacement, which was essentially my 1989 BMW 325i sedan replacement, which is essentially my 1996 Toyota Camry replacement) more fuel-efficient.

Doing so requires actions and equipment that looks like I'm taking a page out of the movie series that I always love mocking, "The Fast and the Furious". Yup-- notebook computer in the driver's seat with a cable hooked up to the car's OBD-II port, a spectrum of colored graphs and charts and what-nots flashing up and down on the screen as I engage and disengage logging.

After spending the latter half of yesterday and the first half of today performing regression-testing of data validity on my notebook computer, I'm now about to fill 'er up with a full bladder of juice, hit up Portola Parkway to find some nice stretches of open road to do 3rd-gear pulls, and record data.

In the middle of all of this, I'll do the most critical part of my efforts: modifying the engine control unit (ECU) to reflect a more civilized, gas-sipping behavior.

All this will be done in my quest to attempt to save anywhere from 20-30% in gas consumption.

Stay tuned!