"Jack." wrote in message
...

On Jun 20, 12:46 am, "Califbill" wrote:
"John H" wrote in message

...

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:26:15 -0500, Richard Casady





wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:40:48 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:25:10 -0400, John H
wrote:

How has the demand changed in 10 years? I would guess there is more
gasoline sold. The taxes are another matter. I'll look into that.

Here is some good info on diesel prices.

http://www.dieselserviceandsupply.co...el_prices.aspx

Worldwide demand for diesel has gone way up.

===

Good information, thanks.

It is obviously biased away from popular folk wisdom however since
there was no category in the pie chart breakdown called "Greedy
Corporate Speculative Excess Profits". I don't see how they could
have missed an obvious item like that in an otherwise well researched
article. :-)

Agent just ate my reply with a typo, and in 13 yeaars, I have never
figured out how. Our Lincoln Navigator has four cams and 32 valves and
only manages to get 14 at 70. The thing some real walnut trim,
steering wheel, little plates containing the window and door lock
switches. Nice looking. So, I sometimes call it:' The Sliverado.'

Casady

My Silverado gets 14 mpg - when I'm pulling the travel trailer. But,
that's
40% better than my
4Runner got, so I'm not complaining.

My 1999 Expedition sucked fuel. 14,5 mpg was about normal. In 100,000
miles the best I ever got on a long trip was 16.5 mpg, and that was from
Los
Angeles to Pleasanton and I do not think I ever got over 65 mph. My 300
HP
327 SS 1964 Impala got better than that, and would do 142 mph.- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

My 'vette has 436 HP, does 0-60 in 4.3 seconds, and has a top speed
of 190 mph. I'm getting 22 mpg around town and nearly 27 on the
highway. Of course, it only weighs 3200 lbs and it's easy to push
through the air. You just can't compare these big, heavy, blunt SUVs
to cars. Apples and oranges.


Reply:
Not really. My 1964 SS Impala was no where as streamlined as a Vette. My
1964 Vette Coupe got about 18 on the highway. was a 375 hp fuelie. Got
about 8 when racing it in SCCA as a B-Prod car. Was very competitive. My
7700# crewcab Duramax gets about 19 on the freeway and about 16 around town.
Not anymore aerodynamic than my 1999 Expedition. My 1968 POS 383 Charger
got about 16.5 on the freeway as well as about 20,000 miles per brake drum.
I just say there should be a hell of a lot better mileage than they are
getting at Ford. my truck has averaged 14.5 mpg for the 116k miles I have
put on it. That includes towing a boat with and without camper installed.
A drive to Alaska with camper, and going over 8-9000' mountains while towing
and not towing. Pretty dang good.