“Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act”
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Its just the next step twards us all going to diesels....much better imo than gas motors. Sidenote, cerial killer....Hurst not hearst
Its just the next step twards us all going to diesels....much better imo than gas motors. Sidenote, cerial killer....Hurst not hearst
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I hope my truck will last till 2020, I want my kids growing up in a hybrid society and asking me what is that big blackvehicle sitting in the garage. I will tell them thats a relic from the past and it gets 6 miles to a gallon, they will ask me why dont I drive it? My answer would be cause I cant afford to drive it on 40% ethanol gas at $6.53 per gallon! lol
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ORIGINAL: Bluebone
Are you sure they didn't make a Patty Hearst commemorative edition? [&:] The timing would've been about right.
ORIGINAL: IndyRamMan
Its just the next step twards us all going to diesels....much better imo than gas motors. Sidenote, cerial killer....Hurst not hearst
Its just the next step twards us all going to diesels....much better imo than gas motors. Sidenote, cerial killer....Hurst not hearst
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In ten years those people will be forgotten. It is good sounding words on the stump, but not practical. Not practical to the working man whom they espouse to help out. I wonder if they will try to make airliners get double the mileage and half the emissions too. One jet flying cost to cost probably has more polluntants in the air that your truck does in10 years. Where does it stop?
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ORIGINAL: 1BigRamaniac
In ten years those people will be forgotten. It is good sounding words on the stump, but not practical. Not practical to the working man whom they espouse to help out. I wonder if they will try to make airliners get double the mileage and half the emissions too. One jet flying cost to cost probably has more polluntants in the air that your truck does in10 years. Where does it stop?
In ten years those people will be forgotten. It is good sounding words on the stump, but not practical. Not practical to the working man whom they espouse to help out. I wonder if they will try to make airliners get double the mileage and half the emissions too. One jet flying cost to cost probably has more polluntants in the air that your truck does in10 years. Where does it stop?
You say that about ralph nader too? Lol...once someone says something about the environment it sticks. Why does everyone believe in the global warming fad?
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Yesterday by chance I had to go visit some coal mines in Eastern KY.
I went with two other engineers
one of whom owned a three year old Toyota Prius
and he suggested we take it and I drive it.
Driving from Lexington to Mousie KY following the flow of traffic
and through the Mountain Parkway including the particularly steep hill
at Slade where Red River drops out of the mountains
(6% grade with a short section of 7%)
the Prius did not have trouble keeping up.
At Prestonsburg after 369 miles of driving the Prius trip computer was saying
46 MPG average
and the hand calculated MPG was 43 MPG
At Winchester we stopped for a meal on the way back
and I re-filled the Prius gas tank (only 12 gallons)
and then did a 'test run' of about 20 miles
at a steady 60 mph
and the Prius trip computer said that MPG was 51
at this steady 60 mph over fairly level roads in 60 degree F temperatures
with a gusty cross wind.
I will admit that several times loaded coal trucks
were right on the Prius' back bumper
and I thought to myself:
"We would be pancaked if hit...but it would probably be a swift death"
There was also one time when a tree branch got stuck under the Prius
against its exhaust pipe and I had to get out of the car
and reach underneath to pull the branch loose.
Required Dodge content:
another PE took us up to a mine in a new 5.7 Durango 4x4
and we discussed whether the new 'light duty' Cummins diesels
would be a good addition to that Durango in 2009
because most of the time it got less than 9 MPG
running from job to job over all kinds of roads and conditions.
I went with two other engineers
one of whom owned a three year old Toyota Prius
and he suggested we take it and I drive it.
Driving from Lexington to Mousie KY following the flow of traffic
and through the Mountain Parkway including the particularly steep hill
at Slade where Red River drops out of the mountains
(6% grade with a short section of 7%)
the Prius did not have trouble keeping up.
At Prestonsburg after 369 miles of driving the Prius trip computer was saying
46 MPG average
and the hand calculated MPG was 43 MPG
At Winchester we stopped for a meal on the way back
and I re-filled the Prius gas tank (only 12 gallons)
and then did a 'test run' of about 20 miles
at a steady 60 mph
and the Prius trip computer said that MPG was 51
at this steady 60 mph over fairly level roads in 60 degree F temperatures
with a gusty cross wind.
I will admit that several times loaded coal trucks
were right on the Prius' back bumper
and I thought to myself:
"We would be pancaked if hit...but it would probably be a swift death"
There was also one time when a tree branch got stuck under the Prius
against its exhaust pipe and I had to get out of the car
and reach underneath to pull the branch loose.
Required Dodge content:
another PE took us up to a mine in a new 5.7 Durango 4x4
and we discussed whether the new 'light duty' Cummins diesels
would be a good addition to that Durango in 2009
because most of the time it got less than 9 MPG
running from job to job over all kinds of roads and conditions.
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I used to drive a 02 Golf 2.0L. I got 30MPG +, so it was a huge hit to go down from that to 11mpg.
I knew what I was getting in to as far as MPG, just not as far as maint up keep on 2nd gens.
I still have my VW and I debate going back to it and selling the truck. Mainly because I got a 3rd child on the way and own a large house in CT. My mortgage is huge!
So, that extra $50+ a week in gas adds up...
I knew what I was getting in to as far as MPG, just not as far as maint up keep on 2nd gens.
I still have my VW and I debate going back to it and selling the truck. Mainly because I got a 3rd child on the way and own a large house in CT. My mortgage is huge!
So, that extra $50+ a week in gas adds up...
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The Tundras knocked Toyota out of first place in fewest customer complaints. It also gets less than 20 mpg so the fleet mileage went down too.
They cried all the way to the bank.
In the 1970's truck rails were much narrower. You could look at a truck and tell the if it was a 1/2 3/4 etc just by the rails. Then the 2nd gen dodges put 3/4 ton truck rails on the 1500's. Weight went up but the truck sold what, like 700k copies and got truck of the year in 1994 and again in 1995 when the extended cab came out. I paid 22,500 for mine in 1995 and they just would not
budge. Didn't have too.
Dodge was the first with the nice armrest door panel. Chevy and Ford were flat. Then they changed to look like Dodges. Trucks were getting better, I hope they don't reverse the process.
They cried all the way to the bank.
In the 1970's truck rails were much narrower. You could look at a truck and tell the if it was a 1/2 3/4 etc just by the rails. Then the 2nd gen dodges put 3/4 ton truck rails on the 1500's. Weight went up but the truck sold what, like 700k copies and got truck of the year in 1994 and again in 1995 when the extended cab came out. I paid 22,500 for mine in 1995 and they just would not
budge. Didn't have too.
Dodge was the first with the nice armrest door panel. Chevy and Ford were flat. Then they changed to look like Dodges. Trucks were getting better, I hope they don't reverse the process.
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ORIGINAL: HankL
Yesterday by chance I had to go visit some coal mines in Eastern KY.
I went with two other engineers
one of whom owned a three year old Toyota Prius
and he suggested we take it and I drive it.
Driving from Lexington to Mousie KY following the flow of traffic
and through the Mountain Parkway including the particularly steep hill
at Slade where Red River drops out of the mountains
(6% grade with a short section of 7%)
the Prius did not have trouble keeping up.
At Prestonsburg after 369 miles of driving the Prius trip computer was saying
46 MPG average
and the hand calculated MPG was 43 MPG
At Winchester we stopped for a meal on the way back
and I re-filled the Prius gas tank (only 12 gallons)
and then did a 'test run' of about 20 miles
at a steady 60 mph
and the Prius trip computer said that MPG was 51
at this steady 60 mph over fairly level roads in 60 degree F temperatures
with a gusty cross wind.
I will admit that several times loaded coal trucks
were right on the Prius' back bumper
and I thought to myself:
"We would be pancaked if hit...but it would probably be a swift death"
There was also one time when a tree branch got stuck under the Prius
against its exhaust pipe and I had to get out of the car
and reach underneath to pull the branch loose.
Required Dodge content:
another PE took us up to a mine in a new 5.7 Durango 4x4
and we discussed whether the new 'light duty' Cummins diesels
would be a good addition to that Durango in 2009
because most of the time it got less than 9 MPG
running from job to job over all kinds of roads and conditions.
Yesterday by chance I had to go visit some coal mines in Eastern KY.
I went with two other engineers
one of whom owned a three year old Toyota Prius
and he suggested we take it and I drive it.
Driving from Lexington to Mousie KY following the flow of traffic
and through the Mountain Parkway including the particularly steep hill
at Slade where Red River drops out of the mountains
(6% grade with a short section of 7%)
the Prius did not have trouble keeping up.
At Prestonsburg after 369 miles of driving the Prius trip computer was saying
46 MPG average
and the hand calculated MPG was 43 MPG
At Winchester we stopped for a meal on the way back
and I re-filled the Prius gas tank (only 12 gallons)
and then did a 'test run' of about 20 miles
at a steady 60 mph
and the Prius trip computer said that MPG was 51
at this steady 60 mph over fairly level roads in 60 degree F temperatures
with a gusty cross wind.
I will admit that several times loaded coal trucks
were right on the Prius' back bumper
and I thought to myself:
"We would be pancaked if hit...but it would probably be a swift death"
There was also one time when a tree branch got stuck under the Prius
against its exhaust pipe and I had to get out of the car
and reach underneath to pull the branch loose.
Required Dodge content:
another PE took us up to a mine in a new 5.7 Durango 4x4
and we discussed whether the new 'light duty' Cummins diesels
would be a good addition to that Durango in 2009
because most of the time it got less than 9 MPG
running from job to job over all kinds of roads and conditions.