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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on March 25, 2022, 10:55:21 PM
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Brought her into port for its monthly reprovisioning.
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This pump price does not reflect my actual price of $3.189 per gallon - with my grocery discount for last month.
My mileage improved to 16.1 MPG. Perhaps less idling the past 30 days - warmer temps?
Doing the math on the truck's life - I see that it is driven an average of @ 11 miles per day. Less than 350 miles per month over its 16 yrs. I forget what the "engine hours" is reading these days.
Itching to put some new spark plugs in it. Maybe find a trusted garage this spring?
Could use a coolant and trans change.
Stig
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Ouch
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Gasoline in Mt Pleasant Iowa is 3.49 right now. Go 30 miles in any direction it is 3.89. There is no excuse for that by any measure other than greed.
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Here in NW Ohio we are at 3.89 per gal at the cheaper places and a little over 4 bucks at the brand name stations. The further away from I-75 you get the lower the cost. The local grocery chain with their fuel perks is always 20 - 30 cents higher than anyone else to begin with, so you better buy lots of high priced groceries to get their fuel cost in line with the others !!!
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Here in NW Ohio we are at 3.89 per gal at the cheaper places and a little over 4 bucks at the brand name stations. The further away from I-75 you get the lower the cost. The local grocery chain with their fuel perks is always 20 - 30 cents higher than anyone else to begin with, so you better buy lots of high priced groceries to get their fuel cost in line with the others !!!
About 2 yrs ago, with my $1.00 off per gallon I paid about $8 to fill this truck with this much gas, at this pump!
Crazy...
Stig
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Pretty solidly above $4 per gallon in Pugetopolis still.
https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/washington/seattle. Worse in my area. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/washington/shoreline.
MPG should be improving though since winter blend is working it's way out of the system this time of year.
Was interesting on my jaunt yesterday noting more drivers accelerating slowly, not racing to lights. Even running slower on the freeway than has been the norm late.
Sadly, they're still surfing on their phones while driving, but ya can't have it all I guess.
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You are right about people driving slower on the expressway system, however they are doing it in the left hand lane!! We have a popular road that goes from 2 lane down to a single lane as you leave town. There is a drag race there to be first, but then they slow to a snail's pace once in front!!!
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You are right about people driving slower on the expressway system, however they are doing it in the left hand lane!! We have a popular road that goes from 2 lane down to a single lane as you leave town. There is a drag race there to be first, but then they slow to a snail's pace once in front!!!
every town has that same road
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After my previous $100 fill-up...I set the trip-odo to get an accurate look at this month's MPG's on the '06 Silverado 1500.
Yesterday I paid some $77 for a fill-up ....which worked out to 16 MPG.
I guess that's not too bad for a truck.
Stig
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I routinely get 20-21 with my '02 Silverado 5.3v8 4wd, I get 17-18 towing my UXV450i on a home made trailer
On the other hand, My Tacoma 4.0v6 4wd only gets 14-15 and I haven't even tried towing yet
right now, my Silverado is in shop getting new rocker panels, service & annual state inspection, which reminds me to put another bug in my mechanic's ear, I didn't learn till it was too late, the shop I use is a little bit slow when it comes to body work
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After my previous $100 fill-up...I set the trip-odo to get an accurate look at this month's MPG's on the '06 Silverado 1500.
Yesterday I paid some $77 for a fill-up ....which worked out to 16 MPG.
I guess that's not too bad for a truck.
Stig
Dunno Stig, we consistently get 32-35 mpg out of the wife’s Range Rover? Mind you we’re paying £1.89 per litre of diesel…
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How about 4.79/gal for Reg, 5.79/gal for diesel, here in Calif.
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Gasoline in Mt Pleasant Iowa is 3.49 right now. Go 30 miles in any direction it is 3.89. There is no excuse for that by any measure other than greed.
if it was gas stations further away from tank farms costing more, I'd get it
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It is today down to 3.21 at 3 stations in Mt Pleasant, Iowa. BP, Murphy's (Wal-Mart), and the Pilot truck stop.
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It is today down to 3.21 at 3 stations in Mt Pleasant, Iowa. BP, Murphy's (Wal-Mart), and the Pilot truck stop.
still over $4 here in NH, as of last Friday, I paid $4.699 for 93
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Dunno Stig, we consistently get 32-35 mpg out of the wife’s Range Rover? Mind you we’re paying £1.89 per litre of diesel…
I was never smart enough to convert litres to dollars with any accuracy.
Heck they've even started shrinking my ice cream tubs.
So, I just gave up.
Stig
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I was never smart enough to convert litres to dollars with any accuracy.
Heck they've even started shrinking my ice cream tubs.
So, I just gave up.
Stig
we got one local brand that still sells real half gallons
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we got one local brand that still sells real half gallons
Publix in Florida does too....but can't bring it back on the plane.
Stig
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I was never smart enough to convert litres to dollars with any accuracy.
Heck they've even started shrinking my ice cream tubs.
So, I just gave up.
Stig
About 26USmpg at it's worst.
About $2.20 per litre
So about $9.98 per US gallon here in the UK.
It blows my mind that you accept vehicles that get less than 25USmpg over there in the states. Over here anything that's not getting 30USmpg is considered pretty thirsty and are rare.
Most wagons here are capable of 40USmpg
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About 26USmpg at it's worst.
About $2.20 per litre
So about $9.98 per US gallon here in the UK.
It blows my mind that you accept vehicles that get less than 25USmpg over there in the states. Over here anything that's not getting 30USmpg is considered pretty thirsty and are rare.
Most wagons here are capable of 40USmpg
Thanks for doing all the maths there Viper! I had a case of the CBAs there 🤣
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A couple of months ago I put $100 of gas into my Avalanche. Prices have come down since then. I got gas a couple of days ago for $3.35/Gal. My Avalanche mostly sits in the driveway as my scooters are my main mode of transportation.
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It blows my mind that you accept vehicles that get less than 25USmpg over there in the states. Over here anything that's not getting 30USmpg is considered pretty thirsty and are rare.
It is simple = Americans buy vehicles like the Expedtion.....and the Avalanche....because we have to ford streams and climb logging trails to get to the Dollar Store. Only a small % of this country is settled.....or paved.
(in my defense....my Silverado was a gift from my wife's father when he heard I was selling my Jetta to work commute on my LIKE200i. First this kind fellow offered it for the very fair price of $10,000. I begged off. Then $7,000. Months later it was "$5,000". "No, but thank you!...I'm fine with my scooter." A few mos later I rode home and parked the scooter, came in - wife handed me the title for the truck. At that point - it would have been rude to refuse to take it...though I did put it in my wife's name. MIL does not drive - in his passing last summer - he willed their Equinox to my daughter. I just have to put a battery in it.)
Stig
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It is simple = Americans buy vehicles like the Expedtion.....and the Avalanche....because we have to ford streams and climb logging trails to get to the Dollar Store. Only a small % of this country is settled.....or paved.
(in my defense....my Silverado was a gift from my wife's father when he heard I was selling my Jetta to work commute on my LIKE200i. First this kind fellow offered it for the very fair price of $10,000. I begged off. Then $7,000. Months later it was "$5,000". "No, but thank you!...I'm fine with my scooter." A few mos later I rode home and parked the scooter, came in - wife handed me the title for the truck. At that point - it would have been rude to refuse to take it...though I did put it in my wife's name. MIL does not drive - in his passing last summer - he willed their Equinox to my daughter. I just have to put a battery in it.)
Stig
I bought my Avalanche over 20 years ago because I needed a truck. Occasionally I still need a truck. I'll probably keep it another 10 years or so. I don't drive it enough to justify buying a smaller, more fuel efficient truck. I average around 17MPG but as much as 20 on highway trips.
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I only own a Silverado cause I burn firewood, and need something to haul it. I have a Tacoma, cause my Silverado is old, and needed bodywork, so it would be in the shop more than a day, The Tacoma, is simply backup for the Silverado.
If I didn't need hauling capability, I'd probably have a car, most likely a 3 series Bimmer, they are fun to drive.
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So in US money I get 70 mpg out of my X-Town and 26 round town in the wife’s Range Rover. Which is OK because we rarely us the RR round town, it’s mainly for our longer trips to Yorkshire these days.
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It is simple = Americans buy vehicles like the Expedtion.....and the Avalanche....because we have to ford streams and climb logging trails to get to the Dollar Store. Only a small % of this country is settled.....or paved.
(in my defense....my Silverado was a gift from my wife's father when he heard I was selling my Jetta to work commute on my LIKE200i. First this kind fellow offered it for the very fair price of $10,000. I begged off. Then $7,000. Months later it was "$5,000". "No, but thank you!...I'm fine with my scooter." A few mos later I rode home and parked the scooter, came in - wife handed me the title for the truck. At that point - it would have been rude to refuse to take it...though I did put it in my wife's name. MIL does not drive - in his passing last summer - he willed their Equinox to my daughter. I just have to put a battery in it.)
Stig
Yup, we have those parts of the country too, and those types of vehicles, just kitted out with very different motors.
Cultural, I guess!
I have had a look at Silverados on t'internet - handsome looking thing - I strongly suspect they're banned from import here on the grounds of pedestrian safety with that big flat nose.
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I have had a look at Silverados on t'internet - handsome looking thing - I strongly suspect they're banned from import here on the grounds of pedestrian safety with that big flat nose.
Just done the same Viper and must say I like the look of the Silverado. Then I’ve been a sucker for a pickup ever since I drove one from NJ to Atlantic City (to see Fleetwood Mac) and back!
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SILVERADO 1500 report:
First of all - I'm kinda the Old Gun Slinger on the road with this baby. Everybody else is driving those silly yuppie pick ups made for 4, 5, or 6' sheets of plywood and 2X4's! I'm embarrassed for them.....
I've had this 16 yr old truck since my FIL gave it to me about 8 yrs ago.
It has @60,000 miles on it. He bought it new, with color matched SWISS bed cap over the 8' bed.
The bed is fully covered by a heavy black nylon-like liner. The cap has tinted windows, and a lockable rear window.
I'm presently getting @16mpg. The interior is as I would have ordered it ! - with manual roll-up windows, black rubber floor covering, fabric covered bench seat nicely formed for two - 3 in a pinch. (with seat belts) Front airbags only. Still very cold A/C!, and a very good heater.
Powerful 4-speaker AM/FM radio. Cig lighter and tray. DRL's. Noisy Truck tires - not 'highway' treads - all around.
Replaced heater blower relay once.
It gets regular oil changes at National Pit Stop q/2 or 3000 miles.
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One dash accessory light has burned out - but I'm not pulling the dash!
I get a yellow engine emblem lit from time to time. FIL said to ignore it - he paid to have it fixed - it came back on . Dealer said ignore it. I ignore it.
My late brother (car dealer business for decades) said trucks in Ohio are like Range Rovers in L.A. - top dollar paid for them!
No plans to ever sell it.
I do use it's full 8' bed to haul tree and shrub trimmings to the free recycle site. Send my daughter crawling in there to blow it out with the leaf blower. (yeah I put ear plugs on her)
It seems to be a sloid truck. I drove a fire engine red Silverado 1500 crew-cab with an 8' bed for the county for nearly 30 yrs. That baby had the turning radius of the Queen Marry. It never broke either.
Stig
As for hitting pedestrians - in 38 yrs of driving Silverados - I haven't scored a one, yet.
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Like it Stig! I’d hang onto it too.
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the nice thing about a Silverado, you can get parts, any part. My mechanic told be to keep mine roadworthy as long as I can, newer generations are not as reliable
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the nice thing about a Silverado, you can get parts, any part. My mechanic told be to keep mine roadworthy as long as I can, newer generations are not as reliable
Same situation with the wife’s 2007 Range Rover. Price of them has increased to eye-watering levels, but reliability has gone the other way! It’s now got 165K miles up which is now about average for its age; it was way above average when we bought it!
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Same situation with the wife’s 2007 Range Rover. Price of them has increased to eye-watering levels, but reliability has gone the other way! It’s now got 165K miles up which is now about average for its age; it was way above average when we bought it!
my son has a Rover, he's had bad luck with em, first one out 4 wheelin, he hydrolocked the engine, second one got sideswiped, He sporting an X5 Bimmer now
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my son has a Rover, he's had bad luck with em, first one out 4 wheelin, he hydrolocked the engine, second one got sideswiped, He sporting an X5 Bimmer now
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That IS bad luck Randy.
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That IS bad luck Randy.
he drove in no problem, the intake was on the high side, this was at end of day of wheelin, going thru water he went thru on the way in. intake was on low side :'( Rover parts are not as cheap and plentiful as chevy parts