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Old 08-28-2010, 12:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
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You said you were a truck guy, into American-made cars with that muscle look?

VW had a factory in Vermont making Volkswagen Golf/rabbit pickup trucks. They're small, but the diesels in them had plenty of power to haul any 700 pound load. I suggest buying one, and then getting a Surly Big Dummy cargo bike to do any trips that wouldn't require a car (<300 pound loads)

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Old 08-28-2010, 01:25 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Either not buying it, or having it recycled would be a great improvement.


Thanks for saying it yourself so others don't need to say it ...

Also, thanks for polluting the planet on a grand scale and for doing your damnedest best to help drive up fuel prices by excessive consumption of the stuff.
Oh boy, I figured there would be a couple of people like this. I am not what you would call an environmentalist, I'm mainly using this for looking at options of what I can do to save me some money, and I will not waste my time arguing with you. So if you don't have anything reasonable to say please don't Comment on my post.Thank you
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Old 08-28-2010, 01:33 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Take a look at my truck...
1991 F-250 4.9 I6
25-30 mpg

I'd take the truck. It is probably much cheaper than a car anyway.

BTW: I haul firewood in my truck and still get good mileage. I get 20-22 pulling my tractor (John Deere M), plow, and disc on a flatbed.

I don't have any belly pan or bed cover either!
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You said you were a truck guy, into American-made cars with that muscle look?

VW had a factory in Vermont making Volkswagen Golf/rabbit pickup trucks. They're small, but the diesels in them had plenty of power to haul any 700 pound load. I suggest buying one, and then getting a Surly Big Dummy cargo bike to do any trips that wouldn't require a car (<300 pound loads)
I was actually looking at a 1980something VW rabbit pickup for sale. It had the the 1.5 diesel in it if i'm not mistaken. It had a few problems with it that i can't seem to remember. I wanted it but my parents shot it down. Needless to say it sold. I live in Nebraska and we don't get to many of them in here. If I were ever to find one again I would most definitely buy it.

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Take a look at my truck...
1991 F-250 4.9 I6
25-30 mpg

I'd take the truck. It is probably much cheaper than a car anyway.

BTW: I haul firewood in my truck and still get good mileage. I get 20-22 pulling my tractor (John Deere M), plow, and disc on a flatbed.

I don't have any belly pan or bed cover either!
Wow that's awesome. I really hope this guy answers his phone so i can come take a look at the truck.
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Well the F-150 guy is not answering his phone, leaving me time to surf the web at other cars and trucks. Anybody have some suggestions?
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Old 08-28-2010, 06:47 PM   #17 (permalink)
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hmmmmm, call him again? Do you know anything about the truck?
How many miles, oil changes, brakes, maintenance?

A lot of people call them gas hogs, but they get better mileage than most other engines if kept in good order. Use regular spark plugs and good wires.
I should do a warm air intake on mine and see if I gain anything.
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He could easily be getting twice that mileage in a VW TDI.
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He could easily be getting twice that mileage in a VW TDI.
Not if he can't find one...

You gotta do with what you can find.
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Oh boy, I figured there would be a couple of people like this. I am not what you would call an environmentalist, I'm mainly using this for looking at options of what I can do to save me some money, and I will not waste my time arguing with you. So if you don't have anything reasonable to say please don't Comment on my post.Thank you
That's the whole point: I AM saying something reasonable, but do you want to hear it ?

It doesn't make any sense at all to buy a gas guzzling monster truck for commuting to college, and then go and look for ways to hope to improve your gas mileage.
No matter how much you go over its EPA rating, you'll never get anywhere near a really decent fuel economy out of it.

You don't need to be an environmentalist to understand that.
All it takes is a bit of common sense.
That exceedingly rare commodity will also come in handy at college, BTW.


You don't need to waste your time arguing with me if you'd rather be wasting your money on gas, or wasting your time on the odd job to pay for it all.

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