after having an suv-pickup could you go back 2 a car

yeah i ran the numbers too and it costs me 652.00 more a year to drive an f250 than to drive a car that gets 23 mpg. In the big picture whats 652 bucks over a year. also its safer than a little car thats great on gas, and i can put gear in the back.
 
I have been driving a truck for so long, that there is NO WAY I would consider driving a car!!
 
this summer i averaged 180 miles a day-18-20mpg with my truck or 40-41mpg with my car-

not a hard decision
 
My motorcycle insurance is about $50/year, and wife's is $35. Don't have to ride the bike much before it pays for itself.

-Bob
 
ttmaniac said:
Nevermind that a 350 chevy v8 has been developed to get 150mpg with a carburetor...or the 8 horse briggs and stratton that develops 120 brake horsepower via planetary gears in the transmission...
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:D Do you mean the one GM that bought the patent for to get a kick back from the oil companies? Haven't heard that one in a while!

My daily driver is an F150 getting about 17mpg, but want a bigger truck, I can't lay down across the seat and I'm only 5'7"! Trucks have gotten smaller in the past 10 years.

And no. I won't be driving a car no matter the gas prices. Next stop electric motorcycle, and they'll be out soon enough.
 
On dollar beer night that would be 85 beers though! I sure am enjoying republican Florida. No insurance required on MC's. I figure if I hit somebody then I owe a couple hundred bucks for a tire mark. Otherwise I will be dead. They could try and collect but that would be tough.
 
I've been driving an SUV for 8 years now. Last year I sold my 96 Blazer and looked at cars to try and save on gas. Couldn't fit in any that I wanted to buy. I'm 6-4 and broad at the shoulders (wear a 56 suit coat). Head hit the roof, legs got in the way of the steering wheel, had a hard time getting in and out of them. I ended up buying an 02 Pathfinder. I guess I'll never go back to a car, and if the gas prices get that bad I'll ride my bicycle in the warmer weather.
 
It's all about lifestyle for me and my family. Just couldn't put all our outdoor gear in a car this side of a big ol' Buick station wagon.
 
ttmaniac said:
Nevermind that a 350 chevy v8 has been developed to get 150mpg with a carburetor...or the 8 horse briggs and stratton that develops 120 brake horsepower via planetary gears in the transmission...
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Prove it.

I want to see hard data backing this up.

Put up or shut up.
 
Don't hold your breath. It's an urban legend related to the Pogue carborator. Pogue was a "inventor" that allegedly built such a carborator, but he did not work for GM or the oil companies. He never showed his miracle carborator to anyone, and the technology was de-bunked in 1936 by Automotive Industries magazine.

Check it out at Snopes.

-Bob
 
I'm sure you could find the one I speak of...don't know the title of it though...heard about it plenty. I know it was not a carb though.
 
Now that the idiot has walked the plank, back to the topic at hand.

I drive an SUV every day. I've owned a few cars over the years as well as pick ups, and for my daily driver, I don't think I'll ever go back to a car.

My wife on the other hand, wants to say good bye to her mini van, and buy an Accord or Camry.

I don't like this idea at all.

When we travel as a family, the van holds all 4 of us, and our crap, and if we go for any length of time, we can pull my utility trailer as well. With a car, we can't get all of us and our crap in it, nor can we pull the trailer. My SUV is 12 years old, and while it has low miles, and is in great shape, I'm not to keen on taking long trips in it loaded to the gills. We used to do that in my '79 F-350 extended cab Pick up, but its age, along with the uncomfortable jump seat for teen age kids, has relegated it to dump and hauling duty. Plus, I think it gets gallons to the mile, and not miles to the gallon! :eek:

Ultimately, I'd like to get a new double cab pick up, let my wife get whatever car she wanted, sell my Exploder and her van, and be happy for many years to come.

Since I didn't hit the Lotto, nor am I willing (or able )to make two car payments at once, that won't happen anytime soon.
 
Recently my wife had a Toyota truck (2WD 2 door) for about 15 years (bought it brand new). Before that, she had another Toyota truck (same config even same color as the second truck -red) for 5 years before someone smashed into that one. Less than a year ago, she bought another Toyota truck but this time it is a 4 door Tacoma Prerunner (white in color - no red one available when she went shopping for it). She miss the gas mileage she had on the other two trucks (4 cylinders) but she is stoked by how much power the V6 has. As you can tell, she is and always will be a truck owner. BTW, I own a Honda sedan and always owned a sedan over the years.
 
I sold my Chevy Silverado 2500 five years ago and bought a VW Jetta GL.

A basic VW, no turbo, no 6 cylinders, about the only upgrade I bought was a roof rack and a Thule box to carry our skis and snowboards and camping gear.

It works well, we save over $1800.00 a year in gas,(gas costs $3.50 a gallon up here in Canada) and it's easier to park in the city. It IS more of a pain to pack this car for a long road trip or camping trip, but that's a small price to pay for keeping my emissions down.

YMMV.
 
The only truck I ever owned was a 1971 Datsun. Absolutely horrible. (tough, but horrible)
I have never owned anything even remotely like an SUV. I have driven a number of them; our department has an Explorer an whatever that smaller SUV that Ford makes. I've driven a couple of other Explorers, and the Hyundai dealer gave me a Santa Fe as a loaner.
I was not impressed. All the Explorers felt to me like they were going to fall over. The smaller Ford drives pleasantly but has less room than my Elantra.
Ditto for the Santa Fe; big on the outside, not so much inside.

I'll keep my sedan. If I need a truck for hauling materials, Home Depot rents 'em for 20.00.
 
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