If my maths is right ... and Google's conversion figures ... £1.22 per litre is (UK price now) .. $1.76 per litre ... is $1.76 per 0.264 US gallons ... is $6.66 per US gallon Sounds to me like there's not much incentive over there to engineer engines very well yet! I get about 18mpg on inefficient local driving ... 30mpg on the open roads (and about 7/8mpg on track!). That's considered a disgrace over here, but it is a 3l V6. At 18mpg, my tank takes me 200 miles and costs about £60 to fill. 20 years ago, it was less than half that cost, but that's still "expensive" by your measure ..! a
________________________________ From: Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 May 2010 00:37 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT, vintage memories 2008 GMC Sierra 3500 HD Quad Cab Dually - 6.6l Duramax. I've been told to chalk it up to the new DPF and other emissions equipment. I've also been told it should increase by 5-6 mpg once I hit between 20-30k miles. I just rolled over 20k so we'll see.... - Sean On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: What diesel are you driving that gets 11? My near 8000lbs Ford F-350 QuadCab Longbed diesel got ~18/22. -sc From: Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT, vintage memories Ugh...I'm paying $3.57/gal for diesel. Hurray for 11mpg! </sarcasm> - Sean On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Yeah... I remember about 2/3 of those... including Drive-In movie theaters, Brownie Hawkeye cameras, flashbulbs, flash cubes, Wolfman Jack, Jiffy Pop (still around, but darned hard to find!) and a few other things. I remember as a kid gas going up to a whopping 50¢ a gallon or something and thinking that was high, then watching as I was about to start driving, gas got up to, gasp, almost a whole dollar a gallon. Never figured it would reach almost $3/gallon (or more in some areas!) From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories I had a 1976 TransAm that I pulled out the unleaded plug in the fill neck and removed the catalytic converter so I could use leaded because it was cheaper for a poor High School student. From: Greg Olson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories Even better was when they we're phasing out Regular gas. I had a 1970 Firebird and remember paying $.40-45 per gallon for my Junior year in High School. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories Yep.. Remember all of it. Except gas was about $0.75 when I started driving. ************************************************************************************ WARNING: The information in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the named addressee, you must not use, copy or disclose this email (including any attachments) or the information in it save to the named addressee nor take any action in reliance on it. If you receive this email or any attachments in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the same and any copies. "CLS Services Ltd × Registered in England No 4132704 × Registered Office: Exchange Tower × One Harbour Exchange Square × London E14 9GE" ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
