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OT -- Small Cars Are Dangerous Cars - Fuel economy zealots can kill you
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:16:48 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message om... Buerste wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... snip I miss my '73 Chevy stepvan with a Union City body. It gve me 20 MPG, no matter how much I hauled in it. It had non commercial tags, and one trip had over 8,000 of cargo. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! I bet that was a white-knuckle trip! Only when the Georgia Highway Patrol chased me just south of Atlanta, long enough to see I had non commercial tags. Then he slammed on the brakes, slid into the median, and was pounding the dash with both fists. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! Sort of like my S10 4x4 Pickup. Got a load of pavers for the back yard. Said a pallet load was 1500#. Pick up the load one night from HD, drive home, luckily the wife is with me as the truck barely steers. Front wheels probably would not of touched if wife was not in cab. The pallet they referred to was much smaller. We figured there were 4500# of pavers in the truck, Setting on the axle stops. Kid worked for me in 1972 bet the quarry foreman a case of beer that his '52 Fargo 1/2 ton could get home with the box level full of crushed limestone. First attempt, he lost the load climbing out of the quarry, so after re-loading he backed it up the hill then drove home. His Dad was happy to get some gravel for the driveway. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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CalifBill wrote: Sort of like my S10 4x4 Pickup. Got a load of pavers for the back yard. Said a pallet load was 1500#. Pick up the load one night from HD, drive home, luckily the wife is with me as the truck barely steers. Front wheels probably would not of touched if wife was not in cab. The pallet they referred to was much smaller. We figured there were 4500# of pavers in the truck, Setting on the axle stops. These loads were sitting on the front & rear axels. I had replaced the original ass breaker seat with a bucket seat from a junked 66 GTO. The truck rode and drove like a new caddie. I drove straight from near Dayton, to just north of Orlando, only stopping for gas and food. I had to stop in Atlanta to chnage the oil filter. It was plugging up with carbon, so I had to wait an hour for it to cool, in a mall parking lot. I made it to my destination 15 minutes before the tags expired. A little over 17,000 pounds of cargo in two trips. Not bad for a truck that everyone told me would never run again. So what if it was hit by a drunk driver who ran out of the road, and totaled two cars into the right front corner, or that the engine was siezed? I spent $8 and had it running. I ended up having to put new bearings in the starter, and replaced the alternator. That was another $5. I made a new back bumper out of scrap steel for 97 cents, and an alumnum tube grill for $8 in pop rivets and one piece of new angle aluminum. Then I drove it 5,000 miles over the next six months with nothing more than one oil change, and gasoline. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! |
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Gerald Miller wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:16:48 -0700, "CalifBill" wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message om... Buerste wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... snip I miss my '73 Chevy stepvan with a Union City body. It gve me 20 MPG, no matter how much I hauled in it. It had non commercial tags, and one trip had over 8,000 of cargo. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! I bet that was a white-knuckle trip! Only when the Georgia Highway Patrol chased me just south of Atlanta, long enough to see I had non commercial tags. Then he slammed on the brakes, slid into the median, and was pounding the dash with both fists. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! Sort of like my S10 4x4 Pickup. Got a load of pavers for the back yard. Said a pallet load was 1500#. Pick up the load one night from HD, drive home, luckily the wife is with me as the truck barely steers. Front wheels probably would not of touched if wife was not in cab. The pallet they referred to was much smaller. We figured there were 4500# of pavers in the truck, Setting on the axle stops. Kid worked for me in 1972 bet the quarry foreman a case of beer that his '52 Fargo 1/2 ton could get home with the box level full of crushed limestone. First attempt, he lost the load climbing out of the quarry, so after re-loading he backed it up the hill then drove home. His Dad was happy to get some gravel for the driveway. Gee. The best I ever got was when the owner of a bunch of dump trucks who hauled for an asphalt plant was when he delivered two free truckloads of hot asphalt for our shop's parking lot. It had been paved with slag from the local steel mill and he was always complaining about the dust, so we told him, "If you don't like it, do something about it!" He did! -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! |
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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:48:21 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Gee. The best I ever got was when the owner of a bunch of dump trucks who hauled for an asphalt plant was when he delivered two free truckloads of hot asphalt for our shop's parking lot. It had been paved with slag from the local steel mill and he was always complaining about the dust, so we told him, "If you don't like it, do something about it!" He did! I hope it wasn't like the Church Men's Club that decided to pave the parking lot by hand and refused to listen to advise from the driver who delivered their load of paving mix and insisted that he dump the load in the middle of the area so they could spread it with shovels and rakes, and compact it with a water filled lawn roller Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Gerald Miller wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:48:21 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Gee. The best I ever got was when the owner of a bunch of dump trucks who hauled for an asphalt plant was when he delivered two free truckloads of hot asphalt for our shop's parking lot. It had been paved with slag from the local steel mill and he was always complaining about the dust, so we told him, "If you don't like it, do something about it!" He did! I hope it wasn't like the Church Men's Club that decided to pave the parking lot by hand and refused to listen to advise from the driver who delivered their load of paving mix and insisted that he dump the load in the middle of the area so they could spread it with shovels and rakes, and compact it with a water filled lawn roller. We spread it with shovels, and used a power roller we rented for $75 to compact it. It took about three hours and saved us over $1000. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! |
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On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:33:14 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote: I sure wouldn't buy a brand new anything nowadays. What I don't want in a vehicle; no airbags, anti-skid/traction crap, air conditioning, tire air pressure monitor/alarm, Onstar... I'm sure there must be a few more things I can't think of right now too. Most likely if I have to replace my old 1982 truck someday it will be with something else old. I certainly cannot afford a new vehicle but any replacement I buy must have airconditioning - there is nothing worse than a stinking hot car on a 40+C/103+F day. Currently a 93 Patrol. |
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:09:25 -0400, the infamous Leon Fisk
scrawled the following: On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:42:50 +0800, wrote: On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:33:14 -0400, Leon Fisk wrote: I sure wouldn't buy a brand new anything nowadays. What I don't want in a vehicle; no airbags, anti-skid/traction crap, air conditioning, tire air pressure monitor/alarm, Onstar... I'm sure there must be a few more things I can't think of right now too. Most likely if I have to replace my old 1982 truck someday it will be with something else old. I certainly cannot afford a new vehicle but any replacement I buy must have airconditioning - there is nothing worse than a stinking hot car on a 40+C/103+F day. Currently a 93 Patrol. May Dad tried to find a new car without air conditioning in the early 90's. No such animal... he ended up getting one with air, power steering and brakes which he didn't want either. Methinks he was foolish. YMMV My '91 F-150 came without air and it was/will be the last vehicle without air conditioning I ever purchase. Summer's hot enough _working_ for a living, but driving around in the heat sucks too, too much. I doubt if this has changed much, but I really have no use for air conditioning. It would only be nice for maybe 5 days a year (or less) that I would be driving it. Hard to justify the extra cost for so little benefit. You must live in a very northerly, mild climate. I'm at Longitude 43N and it still gets up to 41C/105F here a few days. Other weeks, it stays in the mid 90s. That's too hot for comfort. -- REMEMBER: First you pillage, then you burn. --- http://diversify.com NoteSHADES(tm) laptop privacy/glare guards |
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"Leon Fisk" wrote in message ... On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:42:50 +0800, wrote: May Dad tried to find a new car without air conditioning in the early 90's. No such animal... he ended up getting one with air, power steering and brakes which he didn't want either. I doubt if this has changed much, but I really have no use for air conditioning. It would only be nice for maybe 5 days a year (or less) that I would be driving it. Hard to justify the extra cost for so little benefit. -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email doesn't it rain in Grand Rapids? modern cars use the AC to dehumidify the air when you run the defroster - it really makes a huge difference. |
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:43:24 -0700, "Bill Noble"
wrote: snip doesn't it rain in Grand Rapids? modern cars use the AC to dehumidify the air when you run the defroster - it really makes a huge difference. I've been averaging around 2000 miles per year lately. My 1982 truck (that I bought new) only has ~132000 miles on it. Do you really think that air conditioning would be a worthwhile investment for me? ;-) I walk around ~5000 miles per year, It would make more sense to put my money into shoes. -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email |
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"Leon Fisk" wrote in message ... On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:43:24 -0700, "Bill Noble" wrote: snip doesn't it rain in Grand Rapids? modern cars use the AC to dehumidify the air when you run the defroster - it really makes a huge difference. I've been averaging around 2000 miles per year lately. My 1982 truck (that I bought new) only has ~132000 miles on it. Do you really think that air conditioning would be a worthwhile investment for me? ;-) I walk around ~5000 miles per year, It would make more sense to put my money into shoes. no need to fix that which isn't broke - my post was in response to your statement about not wanting AC because it was not useful - my point was that even if you didn't want it for cooling, it had another use on modern cars. |
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