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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 02:00 AM
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Naaa screw gasoline engines, im gonna pop a 5.9 CTD in mine, likes the "Banks Sidewinder" fastest truck in the world.. and call it a day...
screw that man, im gonna burn gas until the day i die. Nothing gets me going in the morning like knowing the fact that when i start my truck im burning modified crude oil that came from the middle east where some towel head slaved away on an oil rig for 12 hours and made 2$ that day.
and mostly because i hate the sound of diesels and have no idea how to work on them.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by wink2873
screw that man, im gonna burn gas until the day i die. Nothing gets me going in the morning like knowing the fact that when i start my truck im burning modified crude oil that came from the middle east where some towel head slaved away on an oil rig for 12 hours and made 2$ that day.
and mostly because i hate the sound of diesels and have no idea how to work on them.
lol.. when you die oil will be only in museums, and everything will be ran off hydrogen and electric, WOOT going to be A LOT of explosions.. cant wait!

naa, im sure oil/gas will be around when our gen dies, but as for our kid's kids they are screwed... they probably wont see anything over 100hp or 90lbs torque...

as for the new "TAX" they want to put on the new cars since they get "to good of gas mileage" they are wanting to put GPS that tracks your mileage and when you fill up with gas that mileage you drove is TAXED so you will pay a fee at the pump. Basically a double tax, thats illegal, but our socialist government that we have now seems to be wanting to burn our bill of rights and make us slaves.. but thats OK.. ive only got like a good 28 more years left that i can actually live, after i hit 50... someone else is whipping my *** for me, i wont give a **** about driving a 700hp car, ill only be worried about not eating to much peanut butter cuz i don't want other people pulling my poop out of my butt.

not sure what this has to do with anything but its 4am.. and im tired.

5.9CTD FTMFW!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by wink2873
screw that man, im gonna burn gas until the day i die. Nothing gets me going in the morning like knowing the fact that when i start my truck im burning modified crude oil that came from the middle east where some towel head slaved away on an oil rig for 12 hours and made 2$ that day.
and mostly because i hate the sound of diesels and have no idea how to work on them.
diesels are the future, mock my words but i have no doubt in my mind thats where we are headed. as for working on them wink. theres no electrical ignition system. so anytime theres a no start condition. first thing checked is the fuel filter. then you go from there. the sound of a diesel is music to my ears. then again, im an oil burner mechanic.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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but as for our kid's kids they are screwed... they probably wont see anything over 100hp or 90lbs torque...
let's face it, if i'm having kids, we have bigger problems than running out of gas.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by rtdakota2001
let's face it, if i'm having kids, we have bigger problems than running out of gas.
...agreed... then again, if i reproduce... hell on earth
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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There's nothing wrong with a twin-turbo 5.9 on propane injection in a dakota. Just needa box the frame maybe and make sure it dont rip the motor mounts apart :P

But would probably help to be 4WD for drag racing so you don't kill the tree operator with a driveshaft, wheel, or pinion gear...
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by User2006
as for the new "TAX" they want to put on the new cars since they get "to good of gas mileage" they are wanting to put GPS that tracks your mileage and when you fill up with gas that mileage you drove is TAXED so you will pay a fee at the pump.
LOL, I read about that... if they put one in my truck I'm gonna hook it to a 12 volt power source in my gargage and say the truck sat there all year
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 11:12 PM
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Wow because that tax doesn't sound like a controlling government. What a joke, all the cars now in days get 20+ even full size trucks, and almost all cars get about 30 or more. So taxing the people that still have a gas guzzaler is stupid. We are you using so much less gas per vehicle then we were 10-15 years ago.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 11:30 PM
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Wow because that tax doesn't sound like a controlling government.
.... that's why i vote republican.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by rtdakota2001
.... that's why i vote republican.
amen to that
 
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