Time to sell bad mpg cars and trucks!

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Team Elkhorn

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polarisrider1 said:
no offense, but a Dakota may be a truck to some, but I am referring to full size "trucks" the 3/4 ton variety. A truck that can haul a serious load of firewood, pull a house size trailer down the street, 3000 pounds of dirt in the back, goes up a mountain pulling a 4 place steel enclosed trailer with 5 sleds and gear in it without slowing down, type of truck, guess I wasn't to clear on that. My 3/4 350 chev. gets. 12.5 at best. my 3/4 ton 454 suburban that I had with 4:10 gears got 9 at best and did more like 7.5 all around. My wimpy 1/2 ton Dodge Hemi gets between 12.8 (pulling 2 place aluminum trailer) and 15.2 (totally empty box and cab, but me) realistic MPG. it has a gauge on the ceiling that tells me this that I have checked to be pretty accurate. My wifes "Roller Skate" Buick Rendezvous with a 6 banger geared to barely pull itself out of the way gets 18 to 23 mpg at best.
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No offence taken. As a landscaper at work I drive full size trucks all day long. If I had to pay for gas on those things I'd be broke. But realistically all I need to tow is a 2 place enclosed trailer, move a yard or two of soil or mulch, or move around bicycles. If I need to move something larger I can borrow a F 550 or something even larger from work. The Dakota fits my personal needs and my garage lol. It averages 18 mpg and gets about 12- 14 mpg towing the trailer with cruse set on 70 mph, (with overdrive locked out). And while the 4.7 in the rams seems kinda wimpy, in the Dakota its really is overkill. Mess with one at a stop light and you might be surprised.;)
 
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polarisrider1

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mspease said:
Didn't we just go through this a few years ago? Large pickups were worth nothing for a while but have bounced back like nothing happened. Same thing will happen again here.
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well?????? that suburban I had with 7.5 to 9 mpg, never bounced back. When gas hit $5.50 a gallon a few years back in Chicago at the marina I did have the option to say, "lifes not fair" as they pumped in 200 gallons of mid grade. But that response would not get me home. I had to suck it up and thank God that I (and mastercard) had the ability to do this.
 
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polarisrider1

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cuzzinolaf said:
Come pick me up in Milwaukee, Wayne... I'll buy beer.
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looking to do the German festival down by the water this year. We stay at Mckinley harbor, and Zodiac to the kids museum to park. security there knows me. I will have to work in the Harley museum and the Miller brewery tours again. We can go to the Safe House and drink "Code Beer". out of a mason jar.
 
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jeff

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my wife drives a 1993 merc cougar with HO 5.0 202,000 miles and counting. purrs like a kitty. AND averages 27mpg!
 
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ezra

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lotoftoys said:
This whole gas thing gives me cramps! My 2004 Chevy 4x 4 truck with 59,000 miles,not a scratch, loaded with heated leather, on star, bose stereo ect. was only worth $12,000 on trade to dealers when gas was $2.60 per gallon. Can you amagine what they give me on trade now that gas is 3.50? Also the Chevy Volt does not come standard with a trailer hitch.
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wow I wish I would have goten 12 k for my pos o4 z71 I was happy to get 9
 
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frnash

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New engine design:

A new opposed-piston, opposed cylinder engine design combines the well known emissions benefit of 4-cycle engines and the simplicity benefits of 2-cycle engines, and more...

Check out the video: OPOC engine.
And the EcoMotors International (Allen Park, MI!) web site.
See also the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) web site (it's a bit slow to load).

Hmmm, is there a snowmobile application here as well?
 
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indy_500

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ezra said:
wow I wish I would have goten 12 k for my pos o4 z71 I was happy to get 9
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We got $4500 for a 95 silverado 1500 with 95k miles and running on 7 cylinders pouring out blue smoke burning a quart of oil every 100 miles on trade in. I like to call that the 2-stroke truck.
 
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rocketman356

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Gas will hit $ 4.00 a gallon by 7/4 and the Bozo in DC is shutting down oil production every where he can.
 
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ezra

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polarisrider1 said:
well?????? that suburban I had with 7.5 to 9 mpg, never bounced back. When gas hit $5.50 a gallon a few years back in Chicago at the marina I did have the option to say, "lifes not fair" as they pumped in 200 gallons of mid grade. But that response would not get me home. I had to suck it up and thank God that I (and mastercard) had the ability to do this.
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My bud bought a x army 500 gal gas tanker trailer on gsaauctions.gov at that time and every on I know has been puting it to good use last to use stores it
 
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polarisrider1

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steelhead said:
"What can you do for me and a boat that gets 1MPG? used to get .8 MPG until I got the props tuned. 20% increase."
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I'm not a math major but that would be a 25% increase.
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better yet. I forgot to mention 2 engines doing this at the same time. Burning 60 gals. per hr. on plane, crusing at 30 MPH. Takes me about 3 hrs. 15min. to get to Chicago on fumes. Gas dock to Gas dock.

works out to be $1 every 15 seconds at $4 a gal. No wonder why I order off the dollar menu at lunch time. Some of the boats in the marina with 4 barrel carbed 454's burn about $1 of gas every 7 seconds.
 
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frosty

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rocketman356 said:
Gas will hit $ 4.00 a gallon by 7/4 and the Bozo in DC is shutting down oil production every where he can.
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I'm ready now rocketman! I just bought a toyota prius, 50+ mpg. Its not a not econono box either. Heck, it as nice as my GMC 2500HD. When I hit 80 dollars at the pump last week for filling the big beeaattcch up, I told the wife thats it, were buying a car that gets at least 40 mpg.

Look at the Chevy Volt, 90 mpg, but comes with a 40 thousand price tag. Nissan Leaf, 100 percent electric, but only 100 miles per charge, and there going to put an extra tax on the leaf because it doesn't use gas!!!!!!! :mad: We ended up with a used Toyota Prius 5 for 25 grand.

As I was signing papers for this car, I was thinking, dam, this is two new sleds. :)
 
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landoman

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Back 2 years ago, I traded a 2000 Excursion with a v10 in for a 2008 Prius. The dealer looked at me a bit strange but I tell you that car pays for itself every month. At the pump, I put in 8 - 9 gallons at a time. In winter I get about 41 and in summer about 48 without paying attention to how i drive it. We take this north to Minocqua nearly every weekend which saves us anywhere from $60 - $80 a weekend just on gas over our truck. We bought a 1994 F150 to leave up north for $900 so we can still fish, hunt, trailer, and generally beat the heck out of it. I would buy another Prius.
 
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arcticgeorge

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If it hits $8.00 agallon we'll pay it, have to get around

One false move in the oil industry could cripple our economy or life as we know it.............Now on gas guzzling vehicles just use the larger engine vehicles less. I have an older 3/4 ton Dodge that i like for hauling brick,stone, concrete or toys, cant do that with a fuel efficient car... 4 wheeler great on gas when you can use it.
 
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