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Interesting Uber ride
On 12/5/2015 12:16 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 11:49:50 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/5/2015 10:36 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 12/5/2015 10:31 AM, John H. wrote: On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 09:46:51 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/5/2015 9:24 AM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 16:22:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/4/2015 2:36 PM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 17:10:20 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/3/2015 1:12 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 12/3/15 1:04 PM, wrote: On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 12:38:51 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 12/2/2015 4:58 PM, wrote: On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:09:12 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: Did you drive the Honda 90 MPH down US 75? === On occasion, more often 80 to 85. The car was always very solid at that kind of speed - good tires of course, and everything in balance. Europeans drive that fast all the time even faster in Germany. The US, particularly the eastern states, has always been more sedate. I see signs of change however. At one time anything over 70 would get you a guaranteed ticket on the New York State Thruway. Nowadays a lot of people are running 75+. I trained my petal foot to think about safety and fuel economy. That usually means at or under the speed limit. Little old ladies in Kias are telling you that you are #1 if you drive around here. I do 70 when possible on the interstates, but no more. I-95, the last time I drove to Florida, was crowded. I take a special delight after some yahoo blasts past me at more than 80 and see the guy pulled over a few miles down the road by the police. My wife's new car gets 30+ mpg at 70 mph. I like that. My Ford F-250 gets better gas mileage at 75 mph than it does at 60-65 mph. Weird, but it has to do with the gearing and when the torque converter locks and unlocks. If I keep the RPM's up high enough so it can climb steep hills without the TC unlocking (or downshifting out of overdrive), my gas mileage goes up to a whopping 15 mpg from about 13. :-) Fortunately, I don't drive much or very far in it. Last long distance trip was to SC, last December. The adult day care center that I drive for has a fleet of high top, handicapped equipped (power lift and strap-downs for wheelchairs) vans. They are all Ford F-350 SuperDuties. Mileage is horrible ... I have to fill mine 3 times a week sometimes ... but they are rugged. He used to have GM and Chevy vans but gave up on them. They just didn't last, usually having transmission failures and engine problems. I do like my Chevy diesel. Got 20 mpg going to Williams, Az for thanksgiving. Normal around town is 14.5 On pure interstate to and from NC, without the trailer, mine gets a tad over 22. Around town about 15-17. With the trailer, about 12-13. Can't complain. Most of the around town stuff is done with the motorcycle, which gets about 40, around town. -- Ban idiots, not guns! You guys with the GM diesels have the Allison transmission which is probably about the best one made. The gas powered GM and Chevy vans have a regular GM transmission. Those are the ones that the transportation company had a lot of problems with. They still have one GM van that I've used a couple of times. Definitely has a nicer, softer ride compared to the Fords which ride like ... well .. trucks. They live a hard life though. My Silverado rides like a big Cadillac. The Allison transmission does a great job, especially with the tow/haul mode enabled. The Allison transmission is great. It was the only thing I liked about the POS Pace Arrow motorhome I had. Ford came out with a transmission called a "TorqueShift" that is used in the F-250, F-350 (and up) SuperDuty series of pickups and trucks. It behaves in a very similar fashion to the Allison in tow/haul mode. Jury is still out on reliability although you don't hear about many problems. Is your Silverado a 2500HD or a 3500HD model? The Ford diesel I had (that had all kinds of engine problems) was a F-350 which is comparable to the 3500 series produced by GM. The one I have now is a F-250 which is comparable to the 2500 GM series. In both cases, the Fords ride a lot "stiffer" than the GM's. I almost bought a Silverado 2500 but, because I was so used to Fords, it felt *too* soft to my liking. But, that was a few years ago when I was doing a lot more with trucks (hauling and towing) than I do now. Mine's a 2500HD. If you think that Ford's bad, you should try a Dodge Ram 1500. All it took was a ride around a couple blocks. My wife said there's no way she'd ever ride in the damn thing. Unsprung farm wagons gave a smoother ride. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Fiat Ram 1500. Now that's a real truck. If Donnie is ever inclined to get a real truck, he should get one of those. ;-) One smart decision Fiat made was to not mess with the Ram trucks. They spun it off as it's own division. They are considered very good trucks. === I believe that's mostly because of the Cummins diesel that they use. I once asked a guy in the boat hauling business who makes the best truck for that work. He said that he regarded the Rams as the worst truck with the best engine. If I remember correctly he was using a Chevy 2500 at the time. His engine had just blown a head gasket while making a cross country haul but he had close to 200,000 miles on it. The earlier Rams were known for having premature transmission failures. That may have changed over the years though. |
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