Journal Tau Zero's Journal: Leaving the ranks of the gasoline-burners 10
I'm happy to be replacing my old vehicles. My small car was lucky to get 38 MPG on a slow cruise, and typically got more like 34-36 on the highway. The big car burns even more fuel, achieving something like 26 MPG at 75 MPH and 30 MPG at a constant 60 MPH if I'm lucky. City mileage on the boat was as low as 16.
But I'm done with naptha for fuel; the new car is diesel. It looks to be delivering 40 MPG and it has plenty of room and tons of neat features. I filled it last weekend and have put 360 miles on it so far without the fuel gauge going below half! I need to improve the sound system and add a few other dress features, but other than that it looks to be exactly what I hoped for.
Next step: make my own fuel.
Update 6/14: According to the silly trip-computer thing I got over 45 MPG on the way home from work. We'll see how accurate it is Wednesday, when I fill it up again.
And just in the nick of time, too. (Score:2)
Can't wait to hear your thoughts,
Pixie
Yes, it was definitely time to move (Score:2)
With the world price of crude oil heading upwards from USD 40/bbl, it was more than prudent to move to the most fuel-efficient vehicle that would suit my needs. The field was narrow, restricted to hybrids and diesels - after finding that the wait for a Prius would be close to a year and the 4-sea
Not bad, but.. (Score:2)
But still 40 is not too bad.
Yeah, I know (Score:2)
Another way to power your car... (Score:2)
Re:Another way to power your car... (Score:2)
And do you think... (Score:2)
However, it will have to wait until the car is out of warranty. I am not going to give the company an excuse not to give me any repairs to which I'm entitled.
Still driving my Saturn (Score:2)
I have to agree with your lack of feeling sorry for those who choose to buy gas guzzlers. My first car -- bought in '89 with 120k miles on it (I know, the US really should have gone metric decades ago, sigh) got 20 miles/gallon on a good day, 15 on a bad day. I paid $700 for it. Drove it to 155k miles.
Then I bought a real car. I bought a '92 Saturn SL for many reasons, but gas milage was one of the key reasons. My milage fluctuates noticably during the year -- I live in the Chicago suburbs so the tem
Congrats on the Saturn (Score:2)
Re:Congrats on the Saturn (Score:2)
Huh, lots of filling stations around here carry diesel. I figured it must be like that everywhere. Of course, I live in Chicago-land, so there is a lot of trucking traffic. And when I drive to Memphis to see my parents, well, the interstates have lots of trucking traffic. Hmm. :) Good to know. I had just assumed that because over the years I'd seem more and more filling stations carrying diesel, that it was true everywhere.
Many of the stations here post diesel prices on their marquees. Even more co