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LANDYOT
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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 Posted:8/24/2005 20:31 |
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$103.50 for today's fill-up to buy 40.765 gallons. Calculated 11.53 MPG for this tank ... all local driving. My previous high-dollar amount was $85.00. I guess what bothers me most is I don't recall the low-fuel light coming on. |
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Mike Margolis
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• Hartford, CT, USA |
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• Registered on 3/4/2004 |
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Posted:8/24/2005 21:12 |
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I have a policy, never let it get below half a tank.
Sure it's psychological, but two fifty's a week apart doesn't hurt nearly as much as one one hundred.
A friend with two Expeditions taught me that, and he's right.
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Scott Stover
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• Fayetteville, NC, USA |
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• Registered on 4/16/2004 |
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Posted:8/24/2005 21:13 |
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I hear ya there Landyot, we dropped about the same coming down from PA last weekend!
Scott
2000 X 4x4 V-10 4.3 LS
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Casey Law
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• Manhattan Beach, CA, USA |
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• Registered on 2/11/2005 |
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Posted:8/24/2005 23:09 |
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I've got you beat.....What do I win? $123.10 for 38.969 gal. w/ an 11.0 mpg. The station owner where I tank this barge absolutely loves me! Casey
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E. Long
 
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• Subscriber since 1/1/2001 |
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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• Registered on 1/23/2001 |
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Posted:8/25/2005 07:57 |
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| Quote: | | $103.50 for today's fill-up to buy 40.765 gallons. Calculated 11.53 MPG for this tank ... all local driving. My previous high-dollar amount was $85.00. I guess what bothers me most is I don't recall the low-fuel light coming on. |
They just lifted the $75.00 "pay at the pump" limit at the gas station here. My record thus far is $98 but that's been for about 38 gallons. I can't wait to break the $100 mark. I'm going to have to take a picture of that with my cell phone. At 16+ MPG, I know I'm doing better than most gas-powered fullsize trucks, especially since diesel is $0.10 cheaper than 87 octane these days.
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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RayRay1
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• Piscataway, NJ, USA |
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• Registered on 4/24/2005 |
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• 54 posts |
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Posted:8/26/2005 10:33 |
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Record me is $93 for 41 gallons.... I only drive it past half if I am on a long distance road trip.... Any and all local driving and I top off when I get between 1/3 and 3/4, works better paying $30-40 instead of almost $100 (but I know that is coming the way gas prices keep climbing)
2003 Xcursion EB 6.0 diesel, AFE Stage 1 instake, AutoMeter Phantom Boost, EGT & Trans guages, Leveling Kit, BFGoodrich 315x75x16 on Weld Sidewinders, Eclipse radio & CD changer, Rockford amp & 12' subs, XM radio, 10.5 Mobile DVD video system |
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LANDYOT
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• Subscriber since 11/23/2003 |
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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• Registered on 7/15/2003 |
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Posted:8/26/2005 11:02 |
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I can appreciate the thinking that paying in smaller chunks "hurts" a little less, but in the long run, you'll buy the same amount overall. I dislike having to stop and refuel because it takes time. It costs me much less time to fill up from near-empty than to make several fuel stops.
Time is too expensive to waste, and while you can earn more and more money, you will never ever get any time back. |
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E. Long
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• Subscriber since 1/1/2001 |
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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• Registered on 1/23/2001 |
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Posted:8/26/2005 12:46 |
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| Quote: | I can appreciate the thinking that paying in smaller chunks "hurts" a little less, but in the long run, you'll buy the same amount overall. I dislike having to stop and refuel because it takes time. It costs me much less time to fill up from near-empty than to make several fuel stops.
Time is too expensive to waste, and while you can earn more and more money, you will never ever get any time back. |
I agree. I take full advantage of a 44 gallon tank. The time it takes to fill it I spend checking oil and emptying out garbage from the X. I usually go 1.5 - 2 weeks on a tank.
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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actiondcpd
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• San Diego, CA, USA |
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• Registered on 3/15/2005 |
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• 23 posts |
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Posted:8/26/2005 13:05 |
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I just got stuck with a $130 fill up. I love that the credit card cuts off at $50 too. So after two swips at the pump I actually had to go in and give them my card since the pump wouldn't let me slide it again. I love the $3.11/gal diesel! |
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Andy Anderson
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• Jacksonville, FL, USA |
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• Registered on 1/17/2005 |
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Posted:8/27/2005 12:44 |
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put me down for a $91.83 fill up this morning for 35 gal |
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