[quote]TKOWKD1 wrote:
Big Truck guys what are you trying to do, compensate?
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If it’s any consolation, I try and squeeze every mpg out of it:
after market air intake
slow acceleration
chipped, to provide optimum air/fuel mixture
I get about 23mpg. Oh yeah, it’s pretty much stock, except maybe the sirius radio. Nothing fancy.
Reasons why I bought it:
It will probably last me forever, around 600000km
It’s fast and the engine is an amazing piece of engineering
I pull a heavy trailer at least once a month, which would take it’s toll on a weak transmission.
In the winter I’d get stuck once a day with a civic.
You always see these jerks peeling off at every red light in their sport compacts, SUVs, crossovers, whatever. I’m sure it uses A LOT more fuel than me accelerating slowly, driving the speed limit, and barely ever going over 1500 RPM.
[quote]ab_power wrote:
TKOWKD1 wrote:
Big Truck guys what are you trying to do, compensate?
If it’s any consolation, I try and squeeze every mpg out of it:
after market air intake
slow acceleration
chipped, to provide optimum air/fuel mixture
I get about 23mpg. Oh yeah, it’s pretty much stock, except maybe the sirius radio. Nothing fancy.
Reasons why I bought it:
It will probably last me forever, around 600000km
It’s fast and the engine is an amazing piece of engineering
I pull a heavy trailer at least once a month, which would take it’s toll on a weak transmission.
In the winter I’d get stuck once a day with a civic.
You always see these jerks peeling off at every red light in their sport compacts, SUVs, crossovers, whatever. I’m sure it uses A LOT more fuel than me accelerating slowly, driving the speed limit, and barely ever going over 1500 RPM.
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I accelerate as fast as I can, pass everyone on the highway and get 38 mpg (34 with winter gas).
[quote]ab_power wrote:
TKOWKD1 wrote:
Big Truck guys what are you trying to do, compensate?
If it’s any consolation, I try and squeeze every mpg out of it:
after market air intake
slow acceleration
chipped, to provide optimum air/fuel mixture
I get about 23mpg. Oh yeah, it’s pretty much stock, except maybe the sirius radio. Nothing fancy.
Reasons why I bought it:
It will probably last me forever, around 600000km
It’s fast and the engine is an amazing piece of engineering
I pull a heavy trailer at least once a month, which would take it’s toll on a weak transmission.
In the winter I’d get stuck once a day with a civic.
You always see these jerks peeling off at every red light in their sport compacts, SUVs, crossovers, whatever. I’m sure it uses A LOT more fuel than me accelerating slowly, driving the speed limit, and barely ever going over 1500 RPM.
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From what I hear Albertans like their trucks. Buddy from Edmonton told me almost everyone drives a dual axel truck, it’s like a status symbol or something.
Diesel engines do last forever, I had a 1990 Mercedes 300TD with 450,000km on it and still going strong but slow to start. Highway milage was phenomenal almost 1000km (600 miles) to a tank. I owe my life to the its solid construction and German engineering.
Sadly Mercedes doesn’t build cars like that anymore, things went down hill since the change in naming convention.
Numbers first Letters last > Letters first Numbers last
Who are you to tell someone how to react to a joke? Some people – myself included – don’t think it’s funny to joke about things that people have needlessly died for.
The same way you joked about MSM’s kids dad losing his legs?[/quote]
[quote]TKOWKD1 wrote:
For those wondering what U.S. needs the 10 billion barrel reserves of petrol for. Pictured above is The Bone Yard near Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.
Scary thing is all those planes are functional and capable of service (Corrosion isn’t a factor in Arizona).
I pray Canada is never at war with the U.S.
Peace,
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Back to the original post.
Missed the point of why the U.S. needs all the oil. These aircraft aren’t functional. They date back to pre 1947 and many couldn’t even use todays (JP8) milspec aircraft fuel. The most recent mothballed aircraft have been and are still being cannibilzed for parts for still in use aircraft. Been to DM many times. Nice pictures. Bad info. No more scary thing.
