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I said week not hour.
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I said week not hour.
Well thats 3 times during 24 when Ex Agent Walker is on the screen.
I get gas like every day, all day long.
I think I need to stop eating Mexican food.
If we're not doing a weekend trip to SA (from Austin) to see the family or go to games, I can/usually go 3-4 weeks between fill ups, but I also cheat by having a hybrid...
Yeah you guys DEF don't count! lol
1x week
I think flo's 24 inch rims take away from his gas efficiency.
It's the combination of the rims and the multiple large subwoofers.
So, what are you all going to do as the price of oil skyrockets over the next decade? I'd recommend starting to reduce your dependence on petrol now so that the shock doesn't hit you so hard. How do you do that? A combination of:
*planning trips better so you take fewer or shorter trips,
*car pooling to work, and outside of work whenever possible,
*using public transport for some of your trips where possible,
*getting a bike or walking for short trips (cars are least efficient when cold and used for short trips),
*driving 'smoothly' (that is, using the accelerator and brakes less by anticipating what is happening 500m+ in front of you - good for your vehicle, and a funner and more comfortable way to drive than stomping on the peddles like so many people do),
*making sure your car is properly tuned and the tires are properly inflated (to 32-35psi),
*if possible, live closer to where you work and play,
*replace your commuting vehicle with a more efficient model...
Any more ideas?
I fill my LPG tank (~75L) once a month, if that. In 2003 I used a tank (~60L) of petrol a week (or about 240L/month). I point this out just to prove that it can be done. I've effectively reduced my dependence on oil for transport by nearly 70%, and my greenhouse footprint for transport by nearly 80% (my LPG car produces about 25% lower emissions per km than my old car). If the whole world did this we could lengthen the time oil reserves will last by about 60 years (we are currently set to use it all in 35-40 years), and probably prevent the collapse of the global economy by providing time for the switchover to new transport models.
Good luck.
Learn to read, dip :
I'm not being smug at all. I have no interest in being smug, I'm trying to help people and to get others to contribute ideas.
Why do you have to be such a tool about every ing thing I post?
I get 14 city 18 highway and fill up once a week. I'm driving ~80%highway/20%city. I usually put in 18 gallons into a supposedly 26 gallon tank.
Truck is paid off 100% so it's all gravy baby.
Once a week, Chrysler 300. 15 miles to work each way. I fill up whenever I hit 1/4 tank left, so I could go longer, I suppose.
SFIE and I commute together and only have the one vehicle. Living closer to work isn't possible short of changing careers and getting new jobs. A more fuel-friendly car isn't a bad idea (though I love our car) but we still hold out hope that we might produce a living child (I know. Hold the laughter.) which was the biggest factor in our decision to buy a full-size sedan - we believed back then we were going to have kids soon.
You will be on here in no time talking about having to buy a van because of all the kids. I actually test drove one of them. Was pretty impressed. But I had my mind made up on a Fusion. lol
I had a car paid off once.
Not what I thought this thread was going to be about.
Heh, I doubt that a lot. Though I've always wanted a van - The 300 can fit 3 carseats.
How many people here don't fill up their tank when they stop for gas?
When I was younger, I used to fiddle with that 10 dollar, 20 dollar nonsense. Then I got tired of having to stop for gas every two days.
I think about gas very much the same way I think about beer when I'm at the store...if it's gonna get used eventually, might as well buy it now.
Same here! I used to do that dumb crap all the time when I was younger. Now I just wait until I am on E and fill up from there. Newer cars are cool because they tell you how many miles you can go before you run out completely. The only time I will put maybe 5 or 10 bucks in the tank will be if I am almost out, and the gas station I am near is a no name gas station.
Once every two weeks maybe 1.5 weeks. Haven't really calculated how much by Honda Civic gets. Maybe 33-34 MPG.
seems like i used to fill up every 2 weeks or so..now here lately it's been more like every week, sometimes not even lasting a week. i consciously try to push it to a week and a half but can't usually make it that far anymore.
i think a lot of it is because i'm so damn active and busy now every day of the week, and each one of those activities involves me coming back home before driving back out to the next place.
commute 25 min to school, come home for lunch and change into work clothes
drive to work, then come home for dinner
head back out to the gym, then drive back home
other than that it's just driving to go hoop, parties, bank, or whatever random place i need to go.
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