I'm tellin ya, as soon as someone comes up with a perpetual motion machine, I'm buying it and trying to figure out how to make it produce enough power to move a car.
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Sometimes I think that government fits that old-fashioned definition of a baby: An alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- Ronald Reagan
Its all part of my master plan, if 50% of Americans switch over to FFV then OPEC would crap and have to sell gasoline just as cheap or cheaper…..we could close down the American wells and I could cruse in my Mach until OPEC runs it’s wells dry, then we could open up our oil wells and sell it to OPEC for $600 a barrel, because you know they cant’s raise corn in the desert!
OPEC doesn't sell gasoline, they sell crude oil.
Here's some ideas for your master plan:
1) Make alternative fuels more available. I don't want to have to drive to the next county to get fuel.
2) Build more diamond lanes so that more people can safely ride a bicycle to work.
3) How about an affordable alternative vehicle? I can get a Mustang GT for what it would cost to get a Prius, and I wouldn't have to wait as long for delivery.
4) Bullet trains connecting major cities accross the US.
1) Make alternative fuels more available. I don't want to have to drive to the next county to get fuel.
2) Build more diamond lanes so that more people can safely ride a bicycle to work.
3) How about an affordable alternative vehicle? I can get a Mustang GT for what it would cost to get a Prius, and I wouldn't have to wait as long for delivery.
4) Bullet trains connecting major cities accross the US.
Alternative fuels are becoming more available but not fast enough……
At what the highways workers get paid an hour, and with how long it would take to get them built, the state governments would go broke putting in the bicycle lanes……
FFV are priced at about the same as their non FFV counterparts, are you sure you could get a 05 mustang GT delivered faster then a Prius?
Bullet trains would be awesome! Me and the wife have been talking about taking a train ride to St. Louis for some time now, we better hurry before they shut them all down……..
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So , let me get this straight…..your Honda has 1.6 liters, whereas my bottle of Mountain Dew has 2?
Change…..it’s what is left after taxes.
- Shaken....Not Stirred 2003 Mach I Auto Torch Red - Sold
-1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, 331 Trick Flow Stroker with a Tremec 3550....oh yea and a 1.6 liter V-TECH motor to work the convertible top.
- 1966 Inline 6……..the pile of parts car!
At what the highways workers get paid an hour, and with how long it would take to get them built, the state governments would go broke putting in the bicycle lanes……
Actually, I was referring to inner city roadways. Highways are another issue. Bike lanes work best off the highways and on urban roads. Those projects are handled through the local municipalities and are awarded to the lowest bidder. Therefore, the cost of adding an extra three feet of pavement on the side of a road that you're repaving anyway is negligable.
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FFV are priced at about the same as their non FFV counterparts, are you sure you could get a 05 mustang GT delivered faster then a Prius?
What would be a counterpart to an FFV? Not a mustang. A baseline focus, maybe. Or a baseline Civic. Those (focus, civic) are considerable less than the $30k that it would take to buy a Prius. There's a three month wait for the Prius right now.
They've been making FFV Rangers since 99 at least.
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Sometimes I think that government fits that old-fashioned definition of a baby: An alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- Ronald Reagan
Actually, I was referring to inner city roadways. Highways are another issue. Bike lanes work best off the highways and on urban roads. Those projects are handled through the local municipalities and are awarded to the lowest bidder. Therefore, the cost of adding an extra three feet of pavement on the side of a road that you're repaving anyway is negligable.
I was just joking with the bike lanes……..
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What would be a counterpart to an FFV? Not a mustang. A baseline focus, maybe. Or a baseline Civic. Those (focus, civic) are considerable less than the $30k that it would take to buy a Prius. There's a three month wait for the Prius right now.
Three months? I know plenty of people waiting three months or more for a 05 mustang GT
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So , let me get this straight…..your Honda has 1.6 liters, whereas my bottle of Mountain Dew has 2?
Change…..it’s what is left after taxes.
- Shaken....Not Stirred 2003 Mach I Auto Torch Red - Sold
-1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, 331 Trick Flow Stroker with a Tremec 3550....oh yea and a 1.6 liter V-TECH motor to work the convertible top.
- 1966 Inline 6……..the pile of parts car!
well regular unleaded is 3.09 here..........I remember when it was .82 - .89 a gallon.......
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So , let me get this straight…..your Honda has 1.6 liters, whereas my bottle of Mountain Dew has 2?
Change…..it’s what is left after taxes.
- Shaken....Not Stirred 2003 Mach I Auto Torch Red - Sold
-1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, 331 Trick Flow Stroker with a Tremec 3550....oh yea and a 1.6 liter V-TECH motor to work the convertible top.
- 1966 Inline 6……..the pile of parts car!
well regular unleaded is 3.09 here..........I remember when it was .82 - .89 a gallon.......
psssht!
It was .759 like 6 years ago!
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Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,his upper rooms by injustice,making his countrymen work for nothing...Does it make you a king to have more and more cedar?Did not your father have food and drink?He did what was right and just,so all went well with him. He defended the cause of the poor and needy,and so all went well...But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain,on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion. Jer 22:13, 15-17
Its all part of my master plan, if 50% of Americans switch over to FFV then OPEC would crap and have to sell gasoline just as cheap or cheaper…..we could close down the American wells and I could cruse in my Mach until OPEC runs it’s wells dry, then we could open up our oil wells and sell it to OPEC for $600 a barrel, because you know they cant’s raise corn in the desert!
The problem isn't getting the oil, it's refining it, that is what is costing so much, this country hasn't built a refinery in 30 years, if one goes down, it's crisis time. We have oil here, problem is there is a one eyed newt that has his home on the land were the oil is.
Monday here $1.69, Tuesday $1.89, Wednesday evening $3.29. Don't care what you call it, it's price gouging.
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2006 GT Tungsten Grey 5 spd, Xcal2/Pipeline CAI, Powerhouse tune. Spoiler delete. Front Speakers:Infinity 6812CF;Blaupunkt GTc652. Rear:Infinity Kappa 682.7CF. H/U:Alpine CDA-9885. Alpine MRP-F250 amp. Sequentials. President of the Splash guard registry. On Deck: Motoblue UDP's.
The problem isn't getting the oil, it's refining it, that is what is costing so much, this country hasn't built a refinery in 30 years, if one goes down, it's crisis time. We have oil here, problem is there is a one eyed newt that has his home on the land were the oil is.
Monday here $1.69, Tuesday $1.89, Wednesday evening $3.29. Don't care what you call it, it's price gouging.
The Energy bill gave tem BILLIONS to either bring closed refineries online, or build new ones (Despite teh record profits the oil companies have made and distributed to shareholders.
Once again, it's the public financing, and the wealth privatized.
When will corporate welfare end?!
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Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,his upper rooms by injustice,making his countrymen work for nothing...Does it make you a king to have more and more cedar?Did not your father have food and drink?He did what was right and just,so all went well with him. He defended the cause of the poor and needy,and so all went well...But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain,on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion. Jer 22:13, 15-17
The Energy bill gave tem BILLIONS to either bring closed refineries online, or build new ones (Despite teh record profits the oil companies have made and distributed to shareholders.
Once again, it's the public financing, and the wealth privatized.
When will corporate welfare end?!
Probably when everyone shout that they are as mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore
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2006 GT Tungsten Grey 5 spd, Xcal2/Pipeline CAI, Powerhouse tune. Spoiler delete. Front Speakers:Infinity 6812CF;Blaupunkt GTc652. Rear:Infinity Kappa 682.7CF. H/U:Alpine CDA-9885. Alpine MRP-F250 amp. Sequentials. President of the Splash guard registry. On Deck: Motoblue UDP's.
New rumor floating around today is that because of the hurricane several processing plants have to close and gas will go up 50 cents a gallon…….better fill up now just in case……….could you imagine over $3 a gallon for regular?
Holy Old Post Batman....
Could you imagine gas under $3.00/gal?
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2006 Mustang GT in Torch Red
C&L Intake, Evolution Performance Tune, Borla Axle Backs, Hurst Shifter, 4.10's, JBA Long Tubes, Prothane Engine Mounts, Steeda UDPs, FRPP Charge Motion Delete Plates
They recently opened a station 30 miles from where I live that sells E85, I’ve been telling everyone, there are people who have FFV and don’t even know it. The E-85 sells for less then 2.50 a gallon.
I wonder what it would cost to swap my mach I over………….
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So , let me get this straight…..your Honda has 1.6 liters, whereas my bottle of Mountain Dew has 2?
Change…..it’s what is left after taxes.
- Shaken....Not Stirred 2003 Mach I Auto Torch Red - Sold
-1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, 331 Trick Flow Stroker with a Tremec 3550....oh yea and a 1.6 liter V-TECH motor to work the convertible top.
- 1966 Inline 6……..the pile of parts car!
I've been a supporter of ethanol as a fuel since the first time I heard practical applications for it. I honestly think we should work hard with Brazil (they import ZERO oil now, their small percentage of the world supply is more than enough for their usage now since they've gone to an ethanol economy) to make Ethanol the standard fuel here within the next ten years. If we quit letting business interests and self-important government entities grab up our farmland across the country, and quit paying farmers NOT to grow crops to help their prices, we could have a sustainable supply in a matter of five years or so, and with the various types of farmland across the US, we could get it from various plants in various places when/as needed. Hell, Coors Brewing is the biggest manufacturer of Ethanol in the US because they use the WASTE from the beer brewing process to make ethanol later! As much as Americans love beer, we could produce a fairly sizeable percentage of what we'd need to get started just from beer waste! Then you fast-forward 50 years. Americans are driving clean-burning ethanol cars, our oil consumption is almost exclusively geared towards plastics, polymers, and such, and with a national recycling program we could slow down our demand there as well, and all of a sudden China, Russia, and the middle east, all big suppliers and users of oil themselves, will find themselves without a fuel supply when they use up what they have, and America, Brazil, and any other countries running on an Ethanol economy will have the farmland, surplus fuel, and money that China, Russia, and the mid-east will be DESPERATE for! Can you imagine charging Iranians $3.99 a gallon for fuel??? (they pay about $0.15-0.25 now, while we pay the $3-4 range). We have the power to make this happen, but it needs to be done now!
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1976 Ford Mustang II Ghia: 302 with a 600cfm Edelbrock carb, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake, Dynomax Blackjack headers, 2.5" exhaust with Flowmaster Super 44s. RJS 11-gallon fuel cell, C4 tranny, chrome 16" pony wheels, fuzzy dice, brown vinyl half-top, and painted in the tackiest color ever (harvest gold, that's why I call it "The Goldenrod").
Also have a 2003 Dodge Ram (lightly modded daily driver/tow rig/office/dining room/home away from home/workshop... I call it "The Big Blue Dawg".)
