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"Bill Sohl" wrote :
"KØHB" wrote in message hlink.net... "Bill Sohl" wrote My 2003 Chevy Silverado, 4x4, Extended cab with a 327 V8 gets about 16-17 on average. Your engine is too small. It has no problem towing a 5000 pound travel trailer around the northeast... including the appalachians of PA. Your trailer is too small too! My 2003 Silverado 2500HD turbo-charged 32-valve 6.6L V8 gets around 21-22 MPG on the highway, and 18MPG around town. Has no problem pulling my 9,500 pound 5th-wheel camper AND my 2,500 pound boat around all over, including the Rockies of CO, NM, AZ, etc. Your engine is too small. ;-) 73, de Hans, K0HB |
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"KØHB" wrote in message
hlink.net... "Bill Sohl" wrote My 2003 Chevy Silverado, 4x4, Extended cab with a 327 V8 gets about 16-17 on average. Your engine is too small. My 2003 Silverado 2500HD turbo-charged 32-valve 6.6L V8 gets around 21-22 MPG on the highway, and 18MPG around town. But my 1962 Corvair turbo-charged 12-valve H-6 got only around 13 MPG, but it was a LOT more fun to drive, and the chicks dug it! 73, de Hans, K0HB A Corvair?!!??!! And you say chicks dug it??!!?? Ewww, I have never liked those cars--they are my number one pick of yuckos, right behind Studebaker which is the number one uglymobile... Most of us "chicks" in my hometown felt the same way about those two makes of vehicles. Kim W5TIT |
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"Bill Sohl" wrote in message
hlink.net... Yes, I love the car club and occasional jaunt alone in my '61 Triumph TR-3, but it is the time warp element that makes it the fun event...plus the always positive comments from bystanders at stopping point...that driving the TR-3 is. For my day-to-day commute, however, I stick to my new truck. Agreed. I was lucky enough to be able to buy a 1:18 scale model of "my baby" and it is likely as close as I'll ever come to owning an older Capri. The link is shown below. For my day-to-day...the Mustang does quite nicely...but savin' up for a Saleen ;-) http://www.fordcapri.de/Modellautos/...age175461.html Happy Thanksgiving to all. If you like it, drive it. Same to you, Bill. Cheers, Bill K2UNK 73 de Bert WA2SI |
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In article , "Kim W5TIT"
writes: But my 1962 Corvair turbo-charged 12-valve H-6 got only around 13 MPG, but it was a LOT more fun to drive, and the chicks dug it! A Corvair?!!??!! And you say chicks dug it??!!?? If it happens, it must be possible. Ewww, I have never liked those cars--they are my number one pick of yuckos, right behind Studebaker which is the number one uglymobile... Most of us "chicks" in my hometown felt the same way about those two makes of vehicles. Perhaps Hans is mistaken. Perhaps it wasn't the *car* that the chicks dug at all..... 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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"Bill Sohl" wrote:
Like I originally said....for my daily commute, I'll take the truck. Give me a nice two lane country road meandering about the hillsides and I'll take the TR-3 (if it is a nice sunny and dry day). Rain and the TR (or almost any vintage British sports car) are natural opposites. :-) :-) The very best thing about European sports cars (including the British ones) is that they're just agile enough to get you out of trouble when you've done something stupid, like overestimated the car's, or your own, abilities. Many years ago, I went though an intersection at about 85 mph (the stupid part) in an MGB convertible. It was a narrow two lane road crossing a four lane highway, the road didn't go straight through the intersection (the road other side of the intersection was offset by about twenty feet), and, very much to my surprise, the middle of the intersection was considerably raised. If I went straight though the intersection, I'd end up in a farmer's field about twenty feet lower than the road's surface. If I overcompensated, I'd hit the cars waiting on the other side. I had no doubts I could make the slight twist in the road. What I didn't count on was the hump in the middle of the intersection - hardly noticeable at normal speeds, but, at 80 mph, enough to almost launch the car into the air. As I went through the intersection, I hit that hump and felt the car shoot into the air. I turned the steering wheel and the front tires simply squealed. The farmer's field got a lot closer than I wanted. The car dropped, the front wheels grabbed, and I was sliding sideways (straight towards the cars on the other side). The car bounced into the air again. I turned the steering wheel the opposite direction and the front tires squealed again. The car came back down, the wheels gripped, and I slid sideways into the lane I was supposed to be in. As the sliding stopped, I was able to straighten out and continue on down the road. During all that, as I shot past one of the cars waiting at the intersection in the other lane, I got a quick glace of a smiling driver clapping his hands. I, on the other hand, was not exactly a happy camper at that particular moment (terror springs to mind). I never tried another stunt like that. Any more playing around would be at a much safer location, under much more predictable conditions. But I never got over my amazement of that car's ability to handle the road. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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"KØHB" wrote:
"Bill Sohl" wrote : It has no problem towing a 5000 pound travel trailer around the northeast... including the appalachians of PA. Your trailer is too small too! I'm not that impressed either. My V-6 Ford Explorer Sport will tow a 5000 pound travel trailer. I tow a 4000-4500 pound boat several times a week. The main problem is the short wheelbase, not engine power. But, while the short wheelbase isn't so hot on the open road, it's perfect for getting around town at slower speeds in traffic (and getting the boat into the water fast at smaller, out of the way, boat ramps). But, to be fair to Bill, he did say including mountains. My V-6 clearly isn't going to handle mountains very well with that type of load and the gas milege will certainly reflect that. Has no problem pulling my 9,500 pound 5th- wheel camper AND my 2,500 pound boat around all over, including the Rockies of CO, NM, AZ, etc. Now a 9500 pound 5th-wheel is impressive. The only vehicle I've owned that could handle that type of load was the Ford F-250 extended cab diesel pickup I had before this vehicle. It supposedly could tow 11000 pounds, though I never pulled anything close to that weight. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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In article , "Ryan, KC8PMX"
writes: I just feel that the credit cards "trap" a person..... not only with dealing with paying the damned things off but as a way of thinking when purchasing. A problem with any new technology (credit cards are simply a financial technology) is that new forms of thinking and acting have to be developed by those who use the technology. In a cash-only environment, I cannot spend money I don't have yet. With checks, I can sometimes play games with 'getting to the bank before they do', but that's pretty limited. With true credit cards, a new level of thinking and discipline are needed to avoid digging oneself into a hole. I think of credit cards as "instant debt" cards, which helps me avoid using them! Instead, I use debit cards. The "human nature/psychology" factor is a real thing, though. It's a different thing to count out several hundred dollars in cash and hand it over, compared to simply flashing the plastic. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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Ryan, KC8PMX wrote:
.. I just feel that the credit cards "trap" a person..... not only with dealing with paying the damned things off but as a way of thinking when purchasing. "Gee, I don't have enough money in my wallet, but wait! I have my credit cards!!" Thats why I have the one card... with a lower limit. Only if you allow it to "trap" you. Charge only what you can pay off at the end of the billing cycle. It is really stupid to pay the interst on a credit card. I see my credit card as a handy way not to have to pay cash or write checks and have a good record of my purchases, but *never* go into debt with it, always pay the full balance. If you can't pay the full balance you are buying more than you need. |
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"Kim W5TIT" wrote A Corvair?!!??!! And you say chicks dug it??!!?? Ewww, I have never liked those cars--they are my number one pick of yuckos, right behind Studebaker which is the number one uglymobile... Most of us "chicks" in my hometown felt the same way about those two makes of vehicles. Red 1962 Corvair Spyder convertible, white top, white interior! It was a chick magnet, but paled alongside my cousins Studebaker Avanti! Discerning chicks flocked all over that beauty! Chicks in your hometown musta been kinda automotively backwards..... maybe they liked Nash tanks in which the seats relined all the way to horizontal? 73, de Hans, K0HB |
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KØHB wrote:
"Kim W5TIT" wrote A Corvair?!!??!! And you say chicks dug it??!!?? Ewww, I have never liked those cars--they are my number one pick of yuckos, right behind Studebaker which is the number one uglymobile... Most of us "chicks" in my hometown felt the same way about those two makes of vehicles. Red 1962 Corvair Spyder convertible, white top, white interior! It was a chick magnet, but paled alongside my cousins Studebaker Avanti! Discerning chicks flocked all over that beauty! Chicks in your hometown musta been kinda automotively backwards..... maybe they liked Nash tanks in which the seats relined all the way to horizontal? 73, de Hans, K0HB In Kim's local, if it isn't/wasn't a pickup with some vulgar kicker sticker on the back window, they weren't interested. |
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