trick. This was Aug 14th.
Know you're joking, sort of, but the brodozer male compensators around here are why I don't want my son inheriting my VW Golf. I mean why have one person drove somewhere in a reasonably sized vehicle when they can have a 6,000 lb crew cab pickem up.? Probably sell it and get something bigger
Definitely better not to let the level get too low as the fuel cools the pump
When I first purchased the F150 I needed something to pull my boat and we had the grandkids a lot. They were small. No way I was putting them in a little shit box.
I agree with most of that but that little *s*** box" comment leaves a little bit of your mentality out there.... I work with a guy like that he's like " I'm not going to drive a little puddle jumper people might question my masculinity" . Well he didn't use that last word, that was a few too many syllables..... That's my point it turns into an arms race. Totally understand the idea of having to tow a boat or something what I'm talking about is a lot of guys who you see them by themselves towing nothing flying down the road in a tank where the top of the hood is higher than the roof of my Golf. I mean isn't it a little ridiculous that driving a normal size vehicle is considered a risky behavior?I guess the only thing that would stop it would be dot regs or gas at $8 dollars a gallon.
I'm not gonna go back and forth but if you don't like my replies stop being juvenile in words you use. You hint if a person has a big truck they have masculinity issues or are compensating. I think just the opposite people who talk like that are the ones with issues, compensating by using words to make themselves feel better. A shit box is a shit box. In 2010 time frame that would be anything like or smaller than a Ford Focus any brand. I would never put my children in something like that. We always had one large vehicle. I wore out 3 different Ford Escorts due to the miles I drove. My kids never were in those.
What words to make myself feel better? You drive too many Fords , other companies make smaller cars with much better build quality.
I had a close one myself-
I drive fairly flat most of the time and just recently got above 600 for the first time, but it took a lot of effort to maintain a 44mpg average and I even had to run the tank down to fumes to get 600. I am running Super Unleaded, but realized my tires had all gone down to 28-9 psi, so we'll see if I can do it this next tank. This time I am trying more punch in my punch (or pulse) and glide with more pedal to get up to speed then backing off to 0-5% power to coast as much as possible. The people getting 600-700 are often driving under 40mpg on flat land and using minimal ICE power.
Modern engines don’t need warmed up before driving, just get in and go. I’ve 2 Mavericks a 22AWD and a 23 hybrid I’ve gotten 600 mile tanks out of both. I do live in flatlands but do a lot of wandering around in the Ozarks. I generally keep speed 65 or lower, use cruise control extensively even in town where possible, no Jack rabbit starts and coast up to stop signs especially in hybrid as that’s where in regenerates the juice for hybrid system. My AWD with 38k miles is averaging 33mpg. The hybrid with 13k miles I’m averaging 46 mpg.
