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03-01-2012, 01:56 PM
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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...
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02-29-2012, 01:32 AM
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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...
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02-29-2012, 01:09 AM
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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...
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02-29-2012, 12:49 AM
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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...
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02-25-2012, 09:52 PM
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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?
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02-25-2012, 09:28 PM
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Is Ducato the singular of Ducati? :D :hmm
Is Ducato the singular of Ducati? :D :hmm
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02-25-2012, 08:39 PM
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I thot Fiats in the USA were called Dodges? :D
I thot Fiats in the USA were called Dodges? :D
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02-25-2012, 05:43 PM
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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 -...
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02-25-2012, 05:38 PM
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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...
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02-25-2012, 03:12 PM
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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...
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02-24-2012, 06:50 PM
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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...
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02-24-2012, 01:27 AM
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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...
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02-24-2012, 12:13 AM
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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!
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02-23-2012, 02:39 PM
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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!
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02-21-2012, 03:20 PM
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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...
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02-17-2012, 02:09 PM
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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!
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02-17-2012, 01:09 PM
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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
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02-17-2012, 01:01 PM
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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:
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02-17-2012, 12:01 PM
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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.
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02-17-2012, 11:55 AM
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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...
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02-17-2012, 01:40 AM
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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...
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02-16-2012, 12:23 PM
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$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...
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02-15-2012, 04:04 AM
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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,...
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02-14-2012, 04:53 PM
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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...
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02-14-2012, 02:56 PM
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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?
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02-14-2012, 12:33 AM
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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...
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02-10-2012, 09:11 PM
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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...
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02-10-2012, 06:56 PM
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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...
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02-10-2012, 03:54 PM
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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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