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Forum: General Chat 03-01-2012, 01:56 PM
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Posted By BCDave
Depends on what you are looking for. If the...

Depends on what you are looking for. If the destination is what's important - take the plane. If the trip itself is the experience you are after, then you drive or take a train.

I'm still trying...
Forum: General Chat 02-29-2012, 01:32 AM
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Posted By BCDave
That's about what I get with my 350 inch gas...

That's about what I get with my 350 inch gas engined '92 GMC (with just under 400,000 on it) one-ton, 2 wheel drive, towing my trailer. Worst I ever saw with it was coming back from Osoyoos last...
Forum: General Chat 02-29-2012, 01:09 AM
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Posted By BCDave
What year is your F350? What engine is in it? ...

What year is your F350? What engine is in it?

I just went to the same trailer as yours (a B/F 21 Rear bed) and have no complaints about how my my ancient GMC pulls it, nor the MPG it gets doing...
Forum: General Chat 02-29-2012, 12:49 AM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Well over $6.00 per US gallon for Chevron Hi-test...

Well over $6.00 per US gallon for Chevron Hi-test (94 Octane) where I had to go & get fuel for a few of my 2-stroke garden implements (Chainsaw, weed-wacker, leafblower etc)

Of course, I have a...
Forum: General Chat 02-25-2012, 09:52 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Whether he takes 5 weeks or 5 months to cover the...

Whether he takes 5 weeks or 5 months to cover the 5,000 miles, he will still cover 5,000 miles so, won't his total fuel consumption be the same?
Forum: General Chat 02-25-2012, 09:28 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Is Ducato the singular of Ducati? :D :hmm

Is Ducato the singular of Ducati? :D :hmm
Forum: General Chat 02-25-2012, 08:39 PM
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Posted By BCDave
I thot Fiats in the USA were called Dodges? :D

I thot Fiats in the USA were called Dodges? :D
Forum: General Chat 02-25-2012, 05:43 PM
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Posted By BCDave
Hopefully the prices will go down "firstest and...

Hopefully the prices will go down "firstest and fastest" on the full-size pickups, with the biggest engines - so I can afford to get one!

My '92 has depreciated to where it can't go any lower -...
Forum: General Chat 02-25-2012, 05:38 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
That's why I put the word "free" in quotes. Even...

That's why I put the word "free" in quotes. Even those of us with a well have to pay for the power to get it outta the well. Metropolitan Vancouver, BC is the "next best thing" to "free" as they do...
Forum: General Chat 02-25-2012, 03:12 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Around here, there was a fire last week at a...

Around here, there was a fire last week at a refinery just S of the border, in Wa State. Seems it was one of bigger refineries on the W coast
Seems that every oil co is going for "efficiency" and...
Forum: General Chat 02-24-2012, 06:50 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
In Europe folks tend to travel MUCH shorter...

In Europe folks tend to travel MUCH shorter distances.

Years ago, (when I lived in Winnipeg) I had some distant relatives arrive from England and they wanted to know if they could drive to...
Forum: General Chat 02-24-2012, 01:27 AM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Just pointing out the irony of people complaining...

Just pointing out the irony of people complaining about paying - for example - $3.50 for a gallon of gasoline, but don't complain about paying many times more per ounce for something they can get...
Forum: General Chat 02-24-2012, 12:13 AM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
And then folks go into the store and pay $5.00...

And then folks go into the store and pay $5.00 for 500 ml of designer WATER!
That's $10.00/liter or $37.80 per US Gallon!
Forum: General Chat 02-23-2012, 02:39 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Wish it would go DOWN TO $4.50 per US gallon...

Wish it would go DOWN TO $4.50 per US gallon around here!

And they have had to reformulate for summer EVERY YEAR - but it didn't impact prices in the past!
Forum: General Chat 02-21-2012, 03:20 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Taxes. Pure & simple. One of the two reasons...

Taxes. Pure & simple. One of the two reasons why I always try to get my gas in Bellingham is that its cheaper. The other is that I consider it to be my patriotic duty to deprive the gov't of as...
Forum: General Chat 02-17-2012, 02:09 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
For our U.S. Friends, $1.32 per liter is approx...

For our U.S. Friends, $1.32 per liter is approx $5.00 per US Gal (just a reference point!)

So when our southern friends moan about paying $3.75 per gallon - cry me a river, folks!
Forum: General Chat 02-17-2012, 01:09 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Yes - but since Lambos & Ferraris &Maseratis etc,...

Yes - but since Lambos & Ferraris &Maseratis etc, etc are European, they will likely only have the European tow ratings! :D
Forum: General Chat 02-17-2012, 01:01 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
There are a LOT of places with entrance ramps...

There are a LOT of places with entrance ramps like that - and I seem to find them all! :rolleyes:
Forum: General Chat 02-17-2012, 12:01 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
For my 9 second Camaro - yes. (but the changes I...

For my 9 second Camaro - yes. (but the changes I have made to it sorta hinder its utility as a tug! ):D

BTW - That one is for sale now.
Forum: General Chat 02-17-2012, 11:55 AM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Don't need to have anyone come with me and bring...

Don't need to have anyone come with me and bring a stop watch - I just look at my timeslips from the strip. Zero to 135 MPH in 9.75 sec, in 1/4 mile.

For my "normal" driver - a Toy 4Runner - no...
Forum: General Chat 02-17-2012, 01:40 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
I'm more interested in safety. If I can reduce...

I'm more interested in safety. If I can reduce my acceleration to 60 TIME by yet another second or 2, then I can merge into traffic much safer.

My personal view - obviously NOT shard by a lotta...
Forum: General Chat 02-16-2012, 12:23 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
$1.18 per liter sounds a whole helluvalot better...

$1.18 per liter sounds a whole helluvalot better than the 1.29/liter around here. (For our US friends, that works out to about $4.84 per US gallon)

(And I have seen $1.34/liter somewhere around...
Forum: General Chat 02-15-2012, 04:04 AM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
Somehow it just never seems to occur to me that...

Somehow it just never seems to occur to me that some people buy new cars. My "newest" is a 15 year old (1997) bought a few months ago in October, with 252,000 on it- which makes it the newest,...
Forum: General Chat 02-14-2012, 04:53 PM
Replies: 276
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Posted By BCDave
There are 4 of them for sale locally on C/L ...

There are 4 of them for sale locally on C/L

Cheapest is $300.00 says it "needs work"....

Around here they were sold as Geo Metro, Pontiac Firefly, Suzuki Sprint, Chev Sprint, and other names as...
Forum: General Chat 02-14-2012, 02:56 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
No problem purchasing one today. (just not a NEW...

No problem purchasing one today. (just not a NEW one!)

Just out of curiousity, what size RV are you planning to tow with it?
Forum: General Chat 02-14-2012, 12:33 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
Actually - if gas went to $10.00 per gallon -...

Actually - if gas went to $10.00 per gallon - fewer folks COULD afford to drive at all - but I very strongly suspect that those who could still afford to drive would not change their habits one...
Forum: General Chat 02-10-2012, 09:11 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
The "ounce" was the same in US measure or...

The "ounce" was the same in US measure or Imperial. However - 160 oz to an Imperial Gallon, 128 oz to a US gallon.

so - a quart is 1/4 of a gallon, so: a quart is 40 oz imperial, or 32 oz US
so...
Forum: General Chat 02-10-2012, 06:56 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
However, since the Canadian Gallon has not been...

However, since the Canadian Gallon has not been used as unit of measure since (I can't remember when) - that is not really relevant. Americans want to know how many liters to the (teeny-tiny) US...
Forum: General Chat 02-10-2012, 03:54 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 24,287
Posted By BCDave
I consider this to be (in the long run) good...

I consider this to be (in the long run) good news.
(Yeah, I know, I'm weird!) Here's my thinking...

If more & more folks start to "downsize" their tow tugs, the prices on the big ones (that I...
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