F150 Ecomods(?)

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Steven Wrigley

Its more of convincing my mom to let me get a car.She doesnt want to sell the truck and for some reason she thinks it would be cheaper to keep the truck. Its no use convincing her either. She says if Im ever in a accident Ill be wishing I was in a 11 mpg truck. Which is probably right.

The perception of improved safety in a truck is just that : perception.

The only thing your truck's got going for it is weight.
That's only going to help if you bump into something smaller than your truck.

If you really want to be safe, you shouldn't drive an early 90s truck for starters, but something freshly designed in this century - and post 2005 preferably.
When it comes down to passive and active safety, a new design (no mid-cycle remodeled versions) of whatever kind of vehicle is better than the previous one.

Fifth Gear (UK telly program) crashed a Volvo 940 - considered a tank in its days - against a more modern but smaller subcompact Renault Modus.
See for yourself what the results were

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86M_fV-1yKY

That's the generation gap.


The crash test for a 1997-2003 F150

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i5EmJBaGeQ

And that's a generation after yours.

[Steven Wrigley]

My dream is to find a diesel Rabbit and run filtered vegetable oil through it. The Mythbusters did that and got 3mpg less than regular diesel. And its for free! Rudolph Diesels first engine ran on peanut oil (which is a big no for me cause Im very allergic) Some one said I should get a mpguino. 55 bucks for an assembled one isnt bad at all but Im cheap If I can get a pre programmed chip or I can program it with my pc and assemble it that would be great. Should be cheaper than $55 too.

[Steven Wrigley]

Wow I would have thought the Renault would have just been destroyed! Guess old Volvos aren't as safe as we thought!

[cleanspeed1]

No, it's like EM said, the generation gap. We have been fed a bunch of crap when it comes to what is safe, and what isn't. One of the reasons we don't have more efficient cars and trucks comes down to the marketing campaign.

[Steven Wrigley]

I may or may not have a problem here. Since we cant afford to fill any of our autos tanks we just put 5 10 or 20 dollars in at a time. Now my truck has 2 tanks and the last time I got gas I put exactly one gallon in the rear tank which is bone dry. ( I switched tanks once sitting in traffic and the engine just stopped) Depends on what happens tomorrow Ill be going on a small trip. Around 24 miles. Ill see how far I can get on a gallon. I cant take the slightly more efficient van because dad has top take it to work because Im fixing more rust on the truck. He usually takes the truck.

[Frank Lee]

If money is that tight I don't know why we are even having this discussion. The bus is right at your doorstep.

[Steven Wrigley]

I know. But Im just not up for 3 hours on a over loaded mini bus everyday with a bunch of screaming kindergartners. The one day I couldnt get a seat! 4 kids had to sit in one seat so I could get a seat.

[slowmover]

Men aren't thanked for being men.

Young men get drafted . . young women get pregnant. Both get haircuts. But only young women receive thousands of dollars of material goods -- plus a house -- in fulfilling biological destiny.

Thusly, men are better at black humor.

See if you can't become the bus driver.


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[Steven Wrigley]

Hahahahaha!!!!!!

[user removed]

That Ford is basically the same chassis as this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghXatUGIi9g

Classic film clip from the movie Mr. Majestyk.
Lets see your post 2k any vehicle do this.
regards
Mech