ML I presume is premium gas only?
I was wondering about the offroad capabilities of the ML and found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsOpAAEfD5o
which looks entirely adequate for my needs. Full time 4wd bothers me. Our rule
has always been "if you drive in in 2wd you can probably back out in 4wd."
Whats the towing capacity of an ML?
It doesn't matter in the end, I'm sure I wouldn't want to pay what you'd need
for it and we're like 1500 miles out...
-Curt
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:13:12 -0600
From: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - pickem-up trucks
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The ML averages 21mpg. I got 25 once with a 40-50mph tailwind over 200+
miles, but that was only once. A pickup is going to get about the same. I
have a small trailer now (converted small boat trailer) that I built when
my only car was the MGA.
I'll probably install an external fuel tank in the truck to haul gas for
the airplanes (mogas STC). If I fly as much as I hope to, the savings in
fuel will pay for the truck in three years! (mogas @ $3/gal vs. AVgas @
$6/gal). Pumping fuel with an elecrtic pump and filter out of a tank is
much easier than lifting and pouring from 5 gal cans (what I do now). I'm
not impressed with the hand crank pumps and a 55gal barrel - fuel
contamination waiting to happen.
So, pickup truck it is. Which one is yet to be decided. We'll start test
driving them next week and see what we like, and shich dealers are most
willing to negotiate.
Perhaps Curt needs my ML ???
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd been pondering the same thing but my research into fuel economy
> doesn't bear it out. SUVs seem to get the same rotton fuel economy as
> pickups or just slightly better but not better enough to give up having the
> handiness of a pickup bed.
> In a year or two we'll need to replace the Ranger, its rusting to bits
> underneath although the body looks good. I'd been thinking about a Wrangler
> or Nissan Xterra, a real SUV with real offroad chops.
> Everything averages around 16-18mpg, which is the same as an F150 6cyl...
>
> -Curt
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