Gasoline price issue
Mar 8, 2022 08:27:37 #
First , the gas price is nothing compared to what the people from UKRAINE are going thru .But in the 70 s ? during the Carter administration , the speed limit got put to 55 mph , that save about 20 % of volume of gasoline used .In TX with 85 mph at some highway , and the proud boys driving oversize tanks , that would help .So slow down .
Mar 8, 2022 08:39:47 #
Yes, not many but some of these quad cab dualie testosterone fueled land yachts will be slowing down - or - better yet trading in ......
Mar 8, 2022 08:46:09 #
Both of our Subaru's have displays for MPG as we drive, best seems to be from 55 to 67 MPH, level roads of course.
Mar 8, 2022 08:47:34 #
Gets me how these monster trucks 4x4's drive so aggressively, always have just one person in them, no scratches, never a load in the box, driver acts stressed out, (probably from the high payments, low-paying jobs, cost of fuel and 8 mpg the way they drive!), but hey!, they've got a big, impressive TRUCK!
Mar 8, 2022 08:48:57 #
imagemeister wrote:
Yes, not many but some of these quad cab dualie testosterone fueled land yachts will be slowing down - or - better yet trading in ......
Maybe? But, I doubt that it will happen very quickly.
Yesterday we had a trump truck replete with flags speeding back and forth on our parkway. Most locals (die hard red staters) just shook their heads and mumbled “idiots”. So yes, maybe!
Mar 8, 2022 08:51:05 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
1. Well, Carter was a disaster as a president in many ways. I am not interested in further discussion on this matter.
2. Cars are thankfully much different and much better than they were in the 1970s.
3. I monitor my gas mileage on my cars display. Stop and go traffic reduces gas mileage much more than highway speed. Going uphill also reduces it. I also have cars that shutoff the engine at traffic lights -this improves mileage a little bit. My monitoring also says summer gas gives better mileage than winter gas under similar conditions.
4. Try driving across Texas or Montana at 55 mph. Afterwards, you will want to drive faster. Remember time is money too.
2. Cars are thankfully much different and much better than they were in the 1970s.
3. I monitor my gas mileage on my cars display. Stop and go traffic reduces gas mileage much more than highway speed. Going uphill also reduces it. I also have cars that shutoff the engine at traffic lights -this improves mileage a little bit. My monitoring also says summer gas gives better mileage than winter gas under similar conditions.
4. Try driving across Texas or Montana at 55 mph. Afterwards, you will want to drive faster. Remember time is money too.
Mar 8, 2022 09:04:17 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
Both of our Subaru's have displays for MPG as we drive, best seems to be from 55 to 67 MPH, level roads of course.
I, too, have 2 Subies. The newer one, 2018 Legacy, gets about 32 mpg highway driving when I travel to and from Florida, and I usually drive about 9 miles over the limit, or more, whenever I can.
Mar 8, 2022 09:24:57 #
May the fact that we are paying over $100 a barrel of crude when purchased from other nations when we can produce it here in the US for ~$24/bbl?
Mar 8, 2022 09:35:37 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
You really can’t get a good idea of your actual mpg from those instantaneous mileage readouts - they vary so much as you go up and down hills and as speed changes due to traffic conditions. The new-to-me car I bought 3 years ago has two trip meters that show miles traveled and the mpg for that trip. I set one to 0 soon after I drove off the lot and haven’t reset it since. It now shows my mpg over the total miles I’ve driven. 31.3 mpg after 3 years of mostly road miles (cars is used almost exclusively for road trips) provided by a turbo-charged 2 liter 4-cylinder engine. Not bad, if you can believe all that electronic monitoring is as accurate as it purports to be.
Stan
Stan
Mar 8, 2022 09:52:45 #
Wow, owning a truck escalated into:
Testosterone filled, aggressive, clean with no scratches (didn't know that was a bad thing), stressed out driver that has a low paying job with the following other attributes: Uses some weird slogan, likes NASCAR, listens to Ted Nugent, owns a boat.
If you ever wonder what is wrong with this forum, it is people that are quick to judge others simply for owning or using things that others don't approve of. I have slowed down my activity here over the past several months because of this toxicity throughout the entire forum. There is a small group of individuals who I truly enjoy conversing with, but for the most part, this forum will die off with it's aging members because people are just bitter and nasty with each other here.
Testosterone filled, aggressive, clean with no scratches (didn't know that was a bad thing), stressed out driver that has a low paying job with the following other attributes: Uses some weird slogan, likes NASCAR, listens to Ted Nugent, owns a boat.
If you ever wonder what is wrong with this forum, it is people that are quick to judge others simply for owning or using things that others don't approve of. I have slowed down my activity here over the past several months because of this toxicity throughout the entire forum. There is a small group of individuals who I truly enjoy conversing with, but for the most part, this forum will die off with it's aging members because people are just bitter and nasty with each other here.
Mar 8, 2022 10:52:32 #
StanMac wrote:
You really can’t get a good idea of your actual mp... (show quote)
easy to check with a notebook and a pen, I keep a spreadsheet.
Mar 8, 2022 10:55:11 #
johngault007 wrote:
Wow, owning a truck escalated into: br Testosteron... (show quote)
We all get to buy and use what we are comfortable with, cars, boats or CAMERAS, I see no advantage in moving to mirrorless so I ignore those threads, the D key is very useful in reducing stress!
Mar 8, 2022 15:19:31 #
johngault007 wrote:
Wow, owning a truck escalated into: br Testosteron... (show quote)
I consider it good clean entertainment - THICK SKIN !
Mar 8, 2022 16:08:58 #
I owned a truck. It got about 18mpg*, but was essential to the farm. It was not fancied up with special effects, lights, big tires, etc. It was driven sanely (by me, anyway) and was not without scratches on the finish or dents in the sheet metal. Scratches covered all the sides of the truck, including the top. It earned its dents and scratches. And the fuel cost was deductible as a business expense (which meant that increases in fuel cost came out of the pockets of my customers, and, since I wanted to keep my customers, I tried to keep that cost down).
I did not find that the dents and scratches detracted from the utility of the truck.
*when the snow plow was on it, probably 10-12mpg, depending on the depth of the snow.
I did not find that the dents and scratches detracted from the utility of the truck.
*when the snow plow was on it, probably 10-12mpg, depending on the depth of the snow.
Mar 9, 2022 08:59:18 #
sodapop wrote:
May the fact that we are paying over $100 a barrel of crude when purchased from other nations when we can produce it here in the US for ~$24/bbl?
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