On May 29, 2015 1:56 PM, "Randy Bennell via Mercedes"
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> I would say it is.
> The southern part of the trip might be similar but once you get close to
Nestor Falls, it will be much better.
> You should have about 90 miles of nice scenary before Kenora and another
30 miles or so west of Ken
Theres a whole new crop of vans out in the last couple years...
Nissan got in the game too. They're ugly as sin but I bet they go good.
-Curt
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it.
-Curt
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On Sat, 30 May 2015 15:04:46 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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> Last September we bought a 2010 Dodge Ram. Got a pretty go
Craig,
Yesterday I saw a fairly new full size van, Ford I think, with a diesel engine.
That would be a nice rig.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
On May 30, 2015 11:18:03 AM EDT, Craig via Mercedes
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>I presume it is a pickup -- do they still make full-size vans?
>
>
>C
On Sat, 30 May 2015 15:04:46 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> Last September we bought a 2010 Dodge Ram. Got a pretty good deal as we
> bought it from the same place we bought our last 2 trucks.Its fun,
> roomy, loads of power with the hemi 5.7l v8. Towed the 240D up to
> Dimitri's
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So what pickup do you have now? I think i missed the last episode of new pickup
search.On May 29, 2015 3:34 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes"
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ip to Maine we'd have been
> down because the bed was full of kayaks.
> -Curt
>
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y, May 29, 2015 2:53 PM
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How well does your new truck do?
RB
On 29/05/2015 11:24 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> I suspect my $1500 Jetta at 50mpg beats 'em both. :)
> -Curt
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I think I pay $300 each for the Jetta and 190D annually and close to $1000 for
the pickup...
-Curt
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Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote
On 29/05/2015 11:47 AM, Tom Savage via Mercedes wrote:
On May 27, 2015 11:45 AM, "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Last weekend, my son and I went to the lake.
We are in Winnipeg and we go to Sioux Narrows on Lake of the Woods about
45 minutes south of Kenora.
Complet
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Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
That works out to almost 25 miles per imperial gallon or almost 21 miles
per US gallon.
It is a 2013 F150 Supercrew with the 5.0 coyote engine.
Based upon the above, I would say it is doing quite a bit better than my
previous truck
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I suspect my $1500 Jetta at 50mpg beats 'em both. :)
Especially since, for the first time in recent memory, diesel mbz fuel is
cheaper than petrol mbz fuel. (diesel is still more than regular, about the same
as midgrade).
My insurance is about $600 per annum,
On May 27, 2015 11:45 AM, "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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> Last weekend, my son and I went to the lake.
> We are in Winnipeg and we go to Sioux Narrows on Lake of the Woods about
45 minutes south of Kenora.
>
Completely off-topic, but speaking of Lake of the Woods..
I suspect my $1500 Jetta at 50mpg beats 'em both. :)
-Curt
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Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
> That works out to almost 25 m
On 29/05/2015 10:11 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
How much did it cost to trade the 2002 Frod for the 2013?
Mitch.
___
An arm and a leg!
I gave the 2002 to my younger son.
It has over 300K Kilometers on it and is becoming less reliable. He has
put
Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
That works out to almost 25 miles per imperial gallon or almost 21 miles
per US gallon.
It is a 2013 F150 Supercrew with the 5.0 coyote engine.
Based upon the above, I would say it is doing quite a bit better than my
previous truck which was the 2002 F150 Super
Last weekend, my son and I went to the lake.
We are in Winnipeg and we go to Sioux Narrows on Lake of the Woods about
45 minutes south of Kenora.
It is roughly 175 miles each way and the first 80 miles is fairly flat 4
lane highway.
After that we get more into Canadian Shield territory and the r
My vehicles usually beat EPA estimates too. I think in my case its because I'm
largely a highway driver...
-Curt
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:33:09 -0500
From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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andrew strasfogel wrote:
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> But the 1992 vs. today comparisons on fuel economy may not be comparable
> since EPA changed their formula for calculating the mileage.
Not sure how the forumla changed over the years, but certain little
changed cars lost about 10-15% during the mid 1980's. My 1989
Don't have to go that far back -- my brother's 04 Jetta TDI gets 52-55
mpg on the highway.
Peter
More importantly, the auto makers have taken the pulse of the buying
market, and are giving us exactly what we ask for. Most people would
rather buy a 300+ HP rocket than a car that got 50MPG but only got
from 0 to 60 in 15 seconds. :^(
What the article doesn't say is the reason mileage has remai
But the 1992 vs. today comparisons on fuel economy may not be comparable
since EPA changed their formula for calculating the mileage.
On 4/6/07, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Too bad they didn't go back further and include Diesels. The rabbits and
201 did pretty good. With the new bl
Too bad they didn't go back further and include Diesels. The rabbits and
201 did pretty good. With the new bluetec engines, the same cars would
wipe out the "hybrid" and gassers today.
At 08:31 AM 4/6/2007, you wrote:
Speaking of the economy of older cars - I just saw this, which only
goes
Speaking of the economy of older cars - I just saw this, which only
goes back to '92 --
http://autos.msn.com/advice/article.aspx?contentid=4024682
I love the OM 60x engines! thousands and millions of miles and you never
have to adjust the valves. The Wabbits are nice because of the 50-60
mp
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