How Fuel efficient is your car?

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:06 pm

Here's one in your area, if this is the same body style?

http://reno.craigslist.org/pts/737466082.html

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:11 pm

Definitely go for a used part.
Some of those rear windows are more expensive than a windshield.
i had morons break out an unlocked window some time back.

You may be able to do a temporary fix with rigid plastic sheet and tape or even cardboard.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:31 pm

Captain Goddammit wrote:
JezebelinHell wrote: I got a $300 problem that I can't afford to fix pre-burn.
If that's you in your avatar it's hard to believe there aren't a few guys with tools that would help if you needed.

JezebelinHell wrote: but all the boys I know are pretty well aware of my lesbian leanings, so looks aren't gonna get me anywhere with them. Maybe I can find some big scary lesbians to do it for me...

One thing I learned from BM, is that you never presume anything, but I just get a kick out of it when others do.

WE all have tools we want to play with but it so sad that we don't come complete with a full set!

Jezebelin, I would just call or just the internet instead of wasting your time driving. If you do find one, maybe Cap can install it for you during the day at BM and have a good laugh and a beer together!

A used/parts Z

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:16 pm

Well, here's hopin' I can fix it before the burn. If I can I'm going to have space for one more person with lots of gear or two more people with minimal gear, if that makes anyone want to help me fix it. I'm leaving Sunday night or Monday morning, planning on staying till Tuesday so I can help out with Exodus. Oh, and I am kind of a gearhead, but I know nothing about installing glass. I looked it up online for my model of Saturn (1991 SL-1 sedan) and those instructions said I needed to take the panel completely off the door. It looked like something you needed two or three people to do properly.

P.S. I hate driving to BRC. My night vision is terrible, even with my glasses, and the suicidal bunnies freak me the fuck out. If I wind up ridesharing and you're willing to drive the whole way I may be willing to pay for all the gas.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:32 pm

The Saturn is unusual.
I'm told it can be dismantled with fairly simple tools compared to other cars.
I hope that's true for your window.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:01 pm

Jez, if you go to your local pick-your-parts, there's usually someone hanging around who will change glass for cheap. Flash your baby blues and a little green and the problem will go away. http://www.dddismantlers.com/

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:34 am

Toyota announced that next year's Prius will have air-conditioning that runs on solar cells. Me wants.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:04 pm

V-dub http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/laugh-at-high-g.html

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:29 pm

have they developed a nuclear hybrid?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:00 am

Here you go.
Nuclear and solar, our future.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_programme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_1
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacecraft/lunakhod.html

Under our current rules, this would not qualify as a mutant vehicle.
Too original.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:34 am

Slap some LED and christmas lights on it, and I bet it could get a night permit.

janicels · Post by **janicels** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:51 am

i had a nice fuel efficient car and i was slowing down to turn in to a drive way and this huge raised 4x4 he was so high up he could not see the little car in front of him and he was going fast. then passed me on my left and there was this other car coming in the other lane and cut back over right on the top of my car total it the ass wipe so that is why i have a big truck right now dodge hemi 1500 4x4 no one can run me over...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:26 pm

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:02 am

janicels wrote:i had a nice fuel efficient car and i was slowing down to turn in to a drive way and this huge raised 4x4 he was so high up he could not see the little car in front of him and he was going fast. then passed me on my left and there was this other car coming in the other lane and cut back over right on the top of my car total it the ass wipe so that is why i have a big truck right now dodge hemi 1500 4x4 no one can run me over...

except an 18 wheeler, what will you buy after one of those runs your ass over?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:22 pm

Most newer trucks are soft in the middle.
I hit an F150 and left a big hole in it the shape of my car. (T bone)
And speed = inertia, meaning the faster car often comes out better.
Lighter cars have a big advantage in having less mass to dissipate energy from in certain crashes.
It all depends.

I think on average suvs are thirty times more likely to be in an accident too.
Part of that is your driving, but active safety is incredibly poor, stopping, avoidance, stability.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:22 am

SUV's have a much higher roll over rate then cars.

I would drive a Sherman tank if I was concerned about getting in an accident with my Saturn SW-2.

Saturn doesn't even make a vehicle that gets the gas mileage the SW2 gets today. Even their so called hybred!!

42mpg highway and once almost 47mpg returning with a good westerly from BM!

The Prius gets 49 mpg reportedly.

AIIZ

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:12 pm

try one of these, it works good for me........

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:15 pm

ok, so, I don't seem to know how to post a pic.......

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:21 am

hit an Elk with my freightliner century...she got spooked by my jake brakes and charged. Totally destroyed the front drivers side. Her head was even with my window...scared the living shit out of me...was in Nevada too..so watch out for cows in your 4wheeler.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:02 pm

I hope that that elk is in your freezer.
Another cool car; http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/24/tra ... ts-150mpg/

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:34 am

can't sit still wrote:I hope that that elk is in your freezer.
Another cool car; http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/24/tra ... ts-150mpg/

My dad said something similar..I didn't stop though..to meet her elk friends

Marscrumbs · Post by **Marscrumbs** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:26 pm

[quote="gyre"]Most newer trucks are soft in the middle.
I hit an F150 and left a big hole in it the shape of my car. (T bone)
And speed = inertia, meaning the faster car often comes out better.
Lighter cars have a big advantage in having less mass to dissipate energy from in certain crashes.
It all depends.

I think on average suvs are thirty times more likely to be in an accident too.
Part of that is your driving, but active safety is incredibly poor, stopping, avoidance, stability.[/quote]

And to think Once again I'm giving up the Inyo Country Fair Demo-derby Sunday to attend Burningman.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:00 pm

Marscrumbs wrote:
gyre wrote:Most newer trucks are soft in the middle.
I hit an F150 and left a big hole in it the shape of my car. (T bone)
And speed = inertia, meaning the faster car often comes out better.
Lighter cars have a big advantage in having less mass to dissipate energy from in certain crashes.
It all depends.

I think on average suvs are thirty times more likely to be in an accident too.
Part of that is your driving, but active safety is incredibly poor, stopping, avoidance, stability.
And to think Once again I'm giving up the Inyo Country Fair Demo-derby Sunday to attend Burningman.

There's always exodus.

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gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:09 pm

Anyone notice the republicans are now stopping passage of a bill attempting to stop speculation driving up gas prices?

I am now having trouble buying uncontaminated gas without ethanol.
Sure sign of a recession and a huge price hike hidden too.

Gas station operator told me how many problems it's causing.
Destroying fuel equipment, etc.
Any water and he says it congeals and you won't leave the parking lot.

I guess it means we have a depression coming, like it or not.

And my car won't run right on it.
If I had storage space, I'd start buying race gas, a real bargain now.

Complain to your representatives about the Great Ethanol Fraud.
Don't wait until you have to rebuild your whole engine.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:35 pm

This might help;

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:14 am

Fuck those Republican! That move is going to bite them in the ass like that Alaskan Republican Stevens- he's going to jail. Fuck HIm up the ass!!!

Fuck all those Republicans for fucking up America's transportation

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:45 pm

It might interest you to know that we've been exporting gas and diesel at record quantities while our refineries were operating at 75% capacity. Too much oil,,, we had to get rid of it.
" U.S exports of diesel fuel in April averaged 387,000 barrels per day, up almost seven-fold from 59,000 barrels a day in the same month a year earlier"
"However, both the EIA and API admitted they did not know why daily U.S. gasoline exports to Canada skyrocketed to 41,000 barrels in January-April this year from 9,000 barrels in 2007."
http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reu ... LYSIS.html
The fuel goes to whoever pays the most. Just wait til they do this with food.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:31 pm

The EEstor seems to be moving ahead;

"EEStor claims that, using an automated production line and existing
power electronics, it will initially build a 15-kilowatt- hour energy-
storage system for a small electric car weighing less than 100
pounds, and with a 200-mile driving range. The vehicle, the company
says, will be able to recharge in less than 10 minutes."

surfidaho · Post by **surfidaho** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:42 am

Drove the new VW diesel Jetta sedan for 85 miles, and got 58 mpg. Very impressed. It's going to come in a wagon version too, so I'm stoked! I'll probably be looking to get one in a few months when they're available for sale. Currently getting 35 on the highway (not bad), but 58, wow!

willyloafofphora · Post by **willyloafofphora** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:34 am

VW Golf diesel 44 mpg around town. I,m running B20 right now but am planning on going grease.

How Fuel efficient is your car?

What is your gas mileage"

my car

Re: my car

58 mpg