"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran
wrote:

At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per
hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of
water.

Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L
MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM).

17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT.


Lon is cross posting from an RV newsgroup. He is somewhat knowledgeable
about RVs, but obviously less so about boats.

Eisboch

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran
wrote:

At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per
hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of
water.

Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L
MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM).

17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT.

You guys need to get ETECS. :)

Eisboch wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:34:39 -0600, Lon VanOstran
wrote:

At full throttle, each engine should burn about 9-12 gallons of fuel per
hour. Considerably less at half throttle. That boat displaces a LOT of
water.
Those numbers are way low, these are gas engines not diesel. My 6.2L
MPI burns 15 gph at full cruise (3400 RPM).

17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT.

Lon is cross posting from an RV newsgroup. He is somewhat knowledgeable
about RVs, but obviously less so about boats.


Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those
bus like contraptions?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus
like contraptions?

Nope. Maybe at some weight or length there's a requirement, but not that I
am aware of.

Eisboch

"Bryan" wrote in message
. ..
The news ticker tape just said that Bay Area (San Francisco) gas prices
are expected to increase by 40 cents per gallon over the next two weeks!
What's the explanation for that? Anyone know some facts?


Nope.

Except for boating we rarely have to *pay* for gasoline.

My car is a company car so I don't have to pay for gasoline.

We get points every time we use our BP Visa and use them to purchase gift
cards for use at BP stations. We normally reach $50 in reward $'s every 2
months. We gave a $25 card to my son yesterday and are mailing another $25
card to my daughter.

Our grocery store (Giant Eagle) has a "fuel perks" program
(http://tinyurl.com/yukz5u ) with $0.10 earned for every $50 spent and
redeemable at their gasoline pumps. We redeem the $ once it reaches the
pump price and bring along a couple of 5-6 gallon cans to use up the entire
30 gallon limit. .

Life is good. ;-)

"Bryan" wrote in message
. ..
The news ticker tape just said that Bay Area (San Francisco) gas prices
are expected to increase by 40 cents per gallon over the next two weeks!
What's the explanation for that? Anyone know some facts?

Gasoline futures have gone up about that in the past month - from ~$1.35 to
~$1.75. Local price are up about 23¢ the last 2 weeks.

mike in montana

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Speaking of RV's, do you need a special license to drive one of those bus
like contraptions?

Nope. Maybe at some weight or length there's a requirement, but not that
I am aware of.

Eisboch


If air brakes, maybe.

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:10:44 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

17 to 20 gph each at full cruising speed, 30+ at WOT.

You guys need to get ETECS. :)

If you had 500 cid ETECs they'd burn about the same, maybe more.

I just paid $2.89/gallon on the water last weekend. 183 gallons. Glad I
filled up.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
The news ticker tape just said that Bay Area (San Francisco) gas prices
are expected to increase by 40 cents per gallon over the next two weeks!
What's the explanation for that? Anyone know some facts?


Dick Cheney's retirement fund.

On Feb 24, 9:28 am, "JimH" wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message

. ..

The news ticker tape just said that Bay Area (San Francisco) gas prices
are expected to increase by 40 cents per gallon over the next two weeks!
What's the explanation for that? Anyone know some facts?

Nope.

Except for boating we rarely have to *pay* for gasoline.

My car is a company car so I don't have to pay for gasoline.

We get points every time we use our BP Visa and use them to purchase gift
cards for use at BP stations. We normally reach $50 in reward $'s every 2
months. We gave a $25 card to my son yesterday and are mailing another $25
card to my daughter.

Our grocery store (Giant Eagle) has a "fuel perks" program
(http://tinyurl.com/yukz5u) with $0.10 earned for every $50 spent and
redeemable at their gasoline pumps. We redeem the $ once it reaches the
pump price and bring along a couple of 5-6 gallon cans to use up the entire
30 gallon limit. .

Life is good. ;-)

That's a great idea for a Visa reward....gas. Trouble is...BP's are
hard to find around my parts. Do you know if other companies, like
Chevron, does the same thing?

-Greg