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  • D Dalek Dave

    leppie wrote:

    Unless the gas price has become some religious agenda!

    You fill up. You look at the Price. You Say "OH GOD!" :)

    ------------------------------------ Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. Mark Twain

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    leppie
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    Dalek Dave wrote:

    You fill up. You look at the Price. You Say "OH GOD!" Smile

    Ahh, I get it, when my tank cost about a 1/3 less than normal, I said, "HOLY JEEBAS!" :)

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    • D Dalek Dave

      Easy. A Gallon is eight Pints A Pint is 20 Fluid Ounces.

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      Shog9 0
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      Dalek Dave wrote:

      A Pint is 20 Fluid Ounces.

      You daft? It's 16oz. Sez so right on the side of my Coke bottle. :rolleyes:

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      You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.

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      • K KaRl

        How many gas liters litres does your car need to drive 100km? Or for the US crowd, what mpg do you get from your car?


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        Ray Cassick
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        My Saturn Sky gets 21 MPG.


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        • J jhwurmbach

          Dalek Dave wrote:

          A Gallon is eight Pints A Pint is 20 Fluid Ounces.

          Is that somehow related to the volume of a stone of water at an arbitrary temperature? :rolleyes:

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          Dan Neely
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          It's 5/7ths of a stone at 62 F. :rolleyes: It's a slightly redefined old ale gallon, while the US fluid gallon is the old wine gallon.

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          • D Dalek Dave

            I can eke out near enough 550 miles from a 45 litre tank.(assuming I put 50 litres in)(which can be done if you 'spout' it.) And I didn't have to ruin the environment by buying a prius.

            ------------------------------------ Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. Mark Twain

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            MidwestLimey
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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            And I didn't have to ruin the environment by buying a prius.

            5'd for that alone, all those Pious batteries will be choking the environment all too soon.

            Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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            • S Sahir Shah

              Very few bother to find the actual mileage of their cars in this country. A full tank of 80 litres keeps me going for at least a week, sometimes more. How much does petrol cost in your respective countries? Where I live currently (UAE) it's around US $ 2.79 a gallon. I am sure is at least 80 cents more than the average price in the US. Gasoline costs more in most oil producing countries than in the US. The only difference is the propensity to grumble ;)

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              MidwestLimey
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              $1.67 per imperial gallon in Missouri (or 25p/L fukc)

              Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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              • K KaRl

                How many gas liters litres does your car need to drive 100km? Or for the US crowd, what mpg do you get from your car?


                Last modified: 15mins after originally posted -- typo correction

                When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?

                Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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                MidwestLimey
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                I don't do much highway (Motorway fukc) driving as I only live 6 miles from work. Presently I only get 24.3 mpg (29.1 mpg fukc). So I'd need 9.7L. But I only need to fill up every fortnight (two weeks fnukc). When I used to commute mostly on the highway, I'd get about 30mpg (36mpg fukc).

                Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  What's that in old money?

                  ------------------------------------ Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. Mark Twain

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                  Stuart Dootson
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                  About 50-ish MPG? It's about that, 'cause I just worked out my average (around town and stuff) to about 10.5l/100km (27mpg), which is about as good as a 2.0l turbo petrol engine is going to get! Especially with the weight of my right foot...

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                  • K KaRl

                    How many gas liters litres does your car need to drive 100km? Or for the US crowd, what mpg do you get from your car?


                    Last modified: 15mins after originally posted -- typo correction

                    When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?

                    Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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                    MrPlankton
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                    As I have said in the past, my pick-em up truck has a huge mpg, since it burns emulsified clubbed baby seals. It also has a low CO2 foot print.

                    MrPlankton

                    (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."

                    (good guy)"Which is where?"

                    (bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
                    Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

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                    • M MrPlankton

                      As I have said in the past, my pick-em up truck has a huge mpg, since it burns emulsified clubbed baby seals. It also has a low CO2 foot print.

                      MrPlankton

                      (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."

                      (good guy)"Which is where?"

                      (bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
                      Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

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                      MidwestLimey
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                      MrPlankton wrote:

                      emulsified clubbed baby seals

                      Good god man, do you have any idea how many trees it takes to make enough clubs!

                      Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        I can eke out near enough 550 miles from a 45 litre tank.(assuming I put 50 litres in)(which can be done if you 'spout' it.) And I didn't have to ruin the environment by buying a prius.

                        ------------------------------------ Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. Mark Twain

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                        Christian Graus
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                        Yeah, the issue of batteries does worry me. Most solutions to the oil problem work fine for hippies but do not scale ( for example, where do we grow all the sugar and corn to turn into fuel ? ). I bought the Prius because I really like the car.

                        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          Hmmm difficult Question. I don't know what a liter is. My MPG I do know, but I am not one of the US Crowd. Here in UK I can get about 50 to the gallon if it is all motorway at reasonable speed. Around town I drop to about 25-30. This is in a 2.0 Litre Injection Peugeot 206CC [Mod] My Old Jag XJS V12 6.0 Litre managed about 4 to the gallon in town, which is why I got rid of it. A car with two engines is expensive when petrol hit £1.20 a litre!

                          ------------------------------------ Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. Mark Twain

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                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                          I get 60 WMV to your 50 MPG.

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                          • D Dalek Dave

                            not quite 8 years A cricket pitch is a chain in length!, over 1.5 Billion people know what a cricket pitch looks like!

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                            Roger Wright
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                            Dalek Dave wrote:

                            over 1.5 Billion people know what a cricket pitch looks like!

                            And only 6 of them claim to understand the rules. Two of them are lying.

                            "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                            • S Sahir Shah

                              Very few bother to find the actual mileage of their cars in this country. A full tank of 80 litres keeps me going for at least a week, sometimes more. How much does petrol cost in your respective countries? Where I live currently (UAE) it's around US $ 2.79 a gallon. I am sure is at least 80 cents more than the average price in the US. Gasoline costs more in most oil producing countries than in the US. The only difference is the propensity to grumble ;)

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                              Roger Wright
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                              Sahir Shah wrote:

                              How much does petrol cost in your respective countries?

                              In Bullhead City, AZ and surrounding areas it's currently $1.79/ US Gal, down considerably from the $4/gal it's been most of the year. Everywhere else in AZ it's $.25 to $.30 cheaper, and people hereabouts are getting pissed about it.:mad:

                              "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                              • K KaRl

                                How many gas liters litres does your car need to drive 100km? Or for the US crowd, what mpg do you get from your car?


                                Last modified: 15mins after originally posted -- typo correction

                                When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?

                                Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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                                Roger Wright
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                                My small Nissan pickup truck manages to get about 904 barleycorns/cc, but that's with a tailwind, downhill, skidding on sand. Any large, US-made SUV does better. X| On the plus side, it sure looks nice! :-D

                                "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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