you save $5.19 at 3.75/gal plus the MSM is way more fun ! if you keep talking about spendiung more $ to drive a truck vs a turbo miata, you may well jeapardize your standing on the list ;)
_____ From: Robert McElwee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 5:07 PM To: Chris Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: NMC - OTM Subaru MPG question You have a boat and a plane and you are worried about the fuel economy of a beater truck? <BG> I understand where you are coming from. We are getting ready to leave the house in a few minutes and meeting my parents about 60 miles down the road for dinner (they are fleeing the hurricane). We are either taking the truck (20 MPG - regular gas) or the MSM (26 MPG - premium). I'm getting the calculator out to see if I can save a $1 by choosing the correct vehicle to take. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the ramp is unimproved and needs awd for traction in the sand. plus i do a little more towing than that occasionally. 4wd/awd required. renting a truck is no option, thjios ramp is right at the end of my street and its a convenience. throw the skiff in, enjoy the bay, yank it out and park it. i also use the same trailer (with box on it) for dump runs, motor moving, whatever, and towing a small homebuilt plane to the airfield). also the miata as much as I love it, is a automatic '92 which means that towing would almsot certainly break the diff, and maybe strain the transmission as well. IDEALLY with enough money, we could prob get away with 2 Miata's, one being a 94-97 Torsen with FM2 kit for fun, plus an old AWD for the occasional towing which would also make a good snowy day car or 3rd car when one of the Miata's is down. OR we could have a WRX plus one Miata, but then fuel costs become a factor again. one new development is the subaru I just bought may be coming up on a clutch replacement eventually. a stock clutch kit is only $165 but to go anything heavier duty goes right to $500 for an ACT or similar. arghhhh if I knew it would get 24mpg I woulda got an auto trans! maybe sell it and go that way? anyway thanks for all the subaru input from everybody -- Robert McElwee and Blue Flash "The 50 MPG Miata" www.lightweightmiata.com/mpg Lightweight Miata Forum: www.lightweightmiata.com/forum The Miata Trailer Project: www.lightweightmiata.com/trailer
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