Out of the Powerstroke Business (a rant)

[bushpilot]

we love our skooby-roo legacy...freekin bullet proof car...EATS tires
(and brake pad) hummm it wasnt fun in the snow
though...damm awd traction was too good, could barely get the
tail to hang out.

i cant imagine even comparing a tdi to ANY subaru....ones awd the
other, well...isnt...

the new bluetec benz' have been catchin' my eye lately...

 

[jharvey]

Love my MazdaSpeed3...34mpg if I keep my foot out of the turbo (sounds familiar huh?) and filling up even with premium cost 1/3rd of the PSD.

Miss my truck when I feel the need to intimidate someone though

 

[CHPMustang]

Funny you mention Crown Vic,we get 25-29mpg with the car loaded doing 75-85 mph and thats with a V8 engine

Come round often JL,we'll be here for ya

 

[bushpilot]

Funny you mention Crown Vic,we get 25-29mpg with the car loaded doing 75-85 mph and thats with a V8 engine

Come round often JL,we'll be here for ya

best car goin' dollar per pound ! and ill take one w/OUT the chrome,
and tint my windows HEAVILY <wont get pulled over much then> !

town car is another one, but i recently found out that ford stopped
making it...briefly....and did you know theres an 'extended' length
version (not a limo) but a version w/ larger back door & longer over all,
i just found that out too

 

[JLDickmon]

and did you know theres an 'extended' length
version (not a limo) but a version w/ larger back door & longer over all,
i just found that out too

a-pimpin' we will go
a-pimpin' we will go...
hay hoe homey-o
a-pimpin we will go..

 

[dpantazis]

yeah, what i would give for a audi A4 tdi quattro wagon! or maybe an A6, but its only money...

don;t get me wrong, if ford got its act together and did a diesel focus, i would probably drive that too.

bluetec = PEE!

a pimpin' we will go, a pimpin' we will go ....

 

[Crumm]

not gonna sell it, just replace it as a regularly used vehicle..

I understand. I drive a 95' Explorer to work and can do it for about a 50% cost reduction of what the truck will do. When I need a truck I use the truck, when I need to get somewhere efficiently I take the Explorer, if it doesn't really matter if we get there then we take the 05' F-150

 

[95_stroker]

I understand. I drive a 95' Explorer to work

Ditto, I've been running a 97 intrepid back and forth to work for about 8 months now. The Trep gets 30 mpg, the truck gets 16, I drive 180 miles round trip....... Thats about 18 bucks a day for the Trep and 40 for the truck. The truck leaves the driveway for truck reasons. Ran the wheels off of it during hunting season and hauled a couple cords of wood down the mountain with it also but other than that it sits.

 

[02SilverStroke]

If I had the choice, my PSD would sit too. We only have two vehicles for two drivers (the 500 and the PSD). Wife drives 35 miles to work so she drives the 500 and has to fill up once a week. I drive 20 miles to work in the PSD, and have to fill up every 7-10 days. If I didn't have the 5th wheel, the truck would probably be gone in favor of a Taurus, F150, or Grand Marquis.

 

[hheynow]

JL - Had I not converted my '97, it would be too expensive to run these days. Fuel here is $3.799. There has to be a limit to what we are willing to pay to keep them as daily drivers. I fully understand your decision and am glad you're not selling it.