big oil

You can also rip the doors off, rip the bed off, get rid of the bumpers, and install aluminum wheels.

You might get 26 then.

Of course, the other option is - just drive a car instead.

In regard to fuel mileage not being as good in newer cars - much is do to with performance packages. Cars that don't go fast don't sell. So, automakers up the power and mileage drops. There are still many small cars for sale new with great mileage. For my myself and wife, we'll take the older cars anytime. Parts are cheap, easy to work on, etc. We have two 91 Volkswagen diesels that get 45-50 MPG, two 81 diesel Chevy Chevettes that get 42-46 MPG. My 91 Subaru 4WD wagon with a gas 1.8 gets 29 MPG on the highway.

Sadly,its pretty obvious that fuel hasnt gotten high enough yet to make people change their ways.

Lots of us drive cars everywhere that get 25-35 mpg.Theres no way a pickup can ever compete with them.

The most ridiculous sight I see on my daily commute is a particular person (alone) driving a full sized, four door, 4X4 pickup with a dinky box that won't hold as much as the trunk of my car. You know he can't be getting over 15 mpg max, and he's probably one who screams loudest about the price of fuel. He probably hasn't even thought about what he's losing in interest and depreciation. But he's GOTTA have that truck because "everyone else" does.

And as for my manhood- whip it out, and we'll see if you measure up! My handle isn't that of a high end scarf!

Too many folks prejudging others based on what they drive- and thinking they know ANYTHING about them! What ever makes you feel better about your poor miserable self!

He's buying his manhood from a car dealership instead of working with what he was born with. They're just compensating.

At home, furnace is set at 68 in the winter, use fireplaces and electric blanket at the farm. Summer, thermostat is set at 74-76 and use fans. When we renovated the house in Dallas, we used extra heavy insulation in the walls (r-19 if I remember correctly), replaced single-pane windows with doubles, siding with insulation underneath (cost $9000+ and probably won't live long enough to see it pay off in energy savings).

We do what we can and keep going. America is still the only place I would live and literally billions of other people would live here if they could. God Bless America!

You'll be able to get that 91 Ford escort in the new 2010 version for a measily $50K

Allan

This new low sulphur diesel has hurt the power and mileage some on my F-350.Its also added greatly to the price of it.

I'd have to agree. When we got married my wife had a little 89 Cavalier (4 cyl 5 spd) that averaged right at 40 mpg that she drove 50 miles round trip to and from work on rural highways. She drove it till the electronics gave us more trouble than it was worth. Nothing new that comes close to that in everyday day driving - including the newest skate boards like the Chevy Aveo or the other little boxes from Korea. You can get it with a hybreed - but instead of gas you're paying more for batteries and repairs that no mechanic outside a dealership will touch.

He also said that he traveled the auto-bon doing about 80 mph and some cars passed him doing at least 120.

I guess my thought is, we may not realize how lucky we are to purchase gas for $3.30! The real problem will come when we pull up to the pump and it won't pump anymore fuel.

Now I'll throw in some politics--I also don't care what their government looks like or how they treat their people as long as they don't attempt to bother us.

my brother has a VW passat diesel (in USA) and gets 40+ mpg. He's not in farming, I've got a superduty gas truck 11 mpg