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marc
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 06:18 pm |
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empty wrote: marc wrote: I just saw a news clip about the increase of people stranded on the highway's because they don't want to fill up and thought they could go farther...WTF...Now it will cost them even more... Not only that, most fuel pumps now are in the fuel tank and use the fuel as a coolant. If you run out of fuel, odds are you are gonna burn up a fuel pump. Ouch...A double whamy...
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empty
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| Joined: | Tue Jun 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
| Posts: | 1496 |
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 03:40 pm |
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marc wrote: I just saw a news clip about the increase of people stranded on the highway's because they don't want to fill up and thought they could go farther...WTF...Now it will cost them even more... Not only that, most fuel pumps now are in the fuel tank and use the fuel as a coolant. If you run out of fuel, odds are you are gonna burn up a fuel pump.
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marc
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 03:34 pm |
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| I just saw a news clip about the increase of people stranded on the highway's because they don't want to fill up and thought they could go farther...WTF...Now it will cost them even more...
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 03:26 pm |
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Fritz wrote:
Once the batteries in the Prius get below 60% charge they must be replaced! This could happen if the controller screws up or if the driver bypasses the limit.
The old Geo 3 cylinder cars get 45 MPG, they are still running too.
Saw a news article here awhile back about the Geo Metro. Some guy was sellin' 'em on eBay and getting between $4000 and $7000 for 'em...
Shitty little cracker-box. But, they were great on gas...
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Fritz
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 03:13 pm |
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Once the batteries in the Prius get below 60% charge they must be replaced! This could happen if the controller screws up or if the driver bypasses the limit.
The old Geo 3 cylinder cars get 45 MPG, they are still running too.
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empty
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| Joined: | Tue Jun 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 02:41 pm |
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Vero Steve wrote: Well I unloaded the OL's Chevy Tahoe last night, 12 miles to the gallon she was averaging around town. Sold it to a guy that needed a crew truck to haul his help from job to job. Got her a 2008 Chevy Equinox LTZ that somebody traded back to the dealer with 2500 miles on it. Getting around 19 MPG around town with it and the OL is happy with it. Gas hit $4.10 for 87 octane here this morning. Cost me $22.00 to fill up my Electra Glide on the way to work. $4.23 for 93 premium...........Bastards.... I thought about tradin' my pickup in, but I need the pickup every once in a while. I have been thinking about leasing a hybrid. I work with someone that bought a hybrid last year and when I asked him about how much it's gonna cost to replace all them batteries in about 5 years, his jaw just dropped.
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Fritz
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 02:28 pm |
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| Around here some of the older SUV's are being driven to the scrap iron buyer! They take the tires and wheels off and take whatever they get per ton.
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 02:03 pm |
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marc wrote: weasle wrote: hope ya didnt have to give it away steve, thats the norm for that type of vehicle around here. Yup...That was on the news yesterday...People wanting to trade in their SUV's and being offered less than what they owed on the vehicle so they end up keeping it...
Got $5500 out of the Tahoe weasle, its was a 2003 4X4 with 89K. Not to bad considering that big SUV prices are in the shitter around here. Plus I had to get the OL in to something smaller because she was taking the girls little cars to run around town with because of the gas prices and with summer vacation starting today I couldn't take the pissing , moaning and whining around the house about it..........Quiet is a wonderful thing.
Plus the OL is happy with her little SUV, it's got all the creature comforts the Tahoe had plus a sunroof...........
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 12:59 pm |
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Vero Steve wrote:
Well I unloaded the OL's Chevy Tahoe last night, 12 miles to the gallon she was averaging around town. Sold it to a guy that needed a crew truck to haul his help from job to job. Got her a 2008 Chevy Equinox LTZ that somebody traded back to the dealer with 2500 miles on it. Getting around 19 MPG around town with it and the OL is happy with it. Gas hit $4.10 for 87 octane here this morning. Cost me $22.00 to fill up my Electra Glide on the way to work. $4.23 for 93 premium...........Bastards.... $4.23? Is that all? LOL
I paid $4.45 for 91 octane this morning...
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marc
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 12:41 pm |
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weasle wrote: hope ya didnt have to give it away steve, thats the norm for that type of vehicle around here. Yup...That was on the news yesterday...People wanting to trade in their SUV's and being offered less than what they owed on the vehicle so they end up keeping it...
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 12:36 pm |
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| hope ya didnt have to give it away steve, thats the norm for that type of vehicle around here.
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 12:30 pm |
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| Well I unloaded the OL's Chevy Tahoe last night, 12 miles to the gallon she was averaging around town. Sold it to a guy that needed a crew truck to haul his help from job to job. Got her a 2008 Chevy Equinox LTZ that somebody traded back to the dealer with 2500 miles on it. Getting around 19 MPG around town with it and the OL is happy with it. Gas hit $4.10 for 87 octane here this morning. Cost me $22.00 to fill up my Electra Glide on the way to work. $4.23 for 93 premium...........Bastards....
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Wed Jun 4th, 2008 08:17 pm |
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Royal Dutch Shell made 31 billion dollars in 2007.... And GM lost 31 billion... Just don't seem right does it?
http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/largest-companies-worldwide?ncid=AOLCOMMjobsDYNLprim0001&icid=100214839x1203349032x1200142549
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Jun 3rd, 2008 11:13 am |
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marc wrote:
weasle wrote: just read in the papyer this morning , home heating oil may reach over 4 $ this winter , thats gonna hurt me more than gas . gonna start looking for wood NOW. Just a thought... A friend of mine has oil heat and he has some sort of plan where you can lock in your oil price per gallon several months in advance... My son and D-I-L are on something like that in KC. They pay a set price all year long for heat and air conditioning. But, the way I understand it, if they're late on paying the bill, they have pay regular price, (retroactively) for the year...
Paid $4.29 for 91 octane yesterday. Cost me damn near $14.00 to fill the tank on the bike...
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empty
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| Joined: | Tue Jun 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
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Posted: Tue Jun 3rd, 2008 11:06 am |
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| I went to a gas station yesterday and asked for $5 worth, the clerk farted then gave me a receipt.
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weasle
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Posted: Mon Jun 2nd, 2008 12:24 pm |
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| dont think our distributer has that , i know you can go on a budget plan with them though .may look into that . can heat the house with wood though , saw a add today for 35$ a pick up laod of wood if i haul it , can heat the house a lot cheaper thay way.
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marc
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Posted: Mon Jun 2nd, 2008 12:17 pm |
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weasle wrote: just read in the papyer this morning , home heating oil may reach over 4 $ this winter , thats gonna hurt me more than gas . gonna start looking for wood NOW. Just a thought... A friend of mine has oil heat and he has some sort of plan where you can lock in your oil price per gallon several months in advance...
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marc
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Posted: Mon Jun 2nd, 2008 12:03 pm |
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weasle wrote: gonna start looking for wood NOW. Funny you mention that...We took a ride into PA yesterday and saw a guy on the side of the road loading up his pickup with wood that either the utility guys or the DPW guys left behind...
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weasle
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Posted: Mon Jun 2nd, 2008 11:55 am |
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| just read in the papyer this morning , home heating oil may reach over 4 $ this winter , thats gonna hurt me more than gas . gonna start looking for wood NOW.
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Dave
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Posted: Mon Jun 2nd, 2008 10:56 am |
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| $4.29 for 91 octane Saturday...
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