03-30-2016, 08:10 PM
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It's all about Diesel
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I saw a handful of compact cars with trailers today, such as a Renault Clio Symbol (rebadged as Nissan Platina in Mexico).
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04-04-2016, 01:09 PM
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04-04-2016, 01:20 PM
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These are hitched backwards. Same problem all of the roof rack carriers suffer.
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04-04-2016, 11:12 PM
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It's all about Diesel
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It's far from being reasonable, but actually looks somewhat cool.
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04-04-2016, 11:21 PM
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the second axle is not needed on the tractor, but I do have a friend with a single axle truck with sleeper pulling a 5th wheel toyhauler. I did some work on the sleeper for him. It sure beats the typical overloaded SRW truck.
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04-07-2016, 10:02 PM
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If you're in Nebraska and the wind stops or you see a tree, pull over immediately and take a nap. You're having road hallucinations.
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04-07-2016, 10:40 PM
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If you take all the emissions crap off that diesel and run a performance/economy tune you can just about double your fuel mileage.
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1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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04-07-2016, 10:43 PM
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Check out posts by member "Big Dave", if I can still trust my rapidly failing memory.
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mech
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04-07-2016, 11:08 PM
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I remember his posts. I believe there's another guy on here as well who get astounding mileage.
From driving around and watching the instant mpg readings, 25mpg would seem reasonable and easily doable if you stayed off the freeway. But so far in the 10 days and 2 tanks I've put through it have been 90% 70-80mph, 30mi one way commutes. First tank was 15.3mpg, 2nd was 16mpg. At absolute worst, my mileage is going to be equal to the Silverado 4.8L it replaced. We'll see what happens once the engines broken in and I re-learn my shifting...
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If you're in Nebraska and the wind stops or you see a tree, pull over immediately and take a nap. You're having road hallucinations.
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04-08-2016, 01:18 AM
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It's all about Diesel
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Is there a 5th-wheel in its future? 
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