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ofblong wrote:instead of riding that gas guzzeling toyota corrola you should start riding a honda rebel that gets 80mpg.


I got 55mpg city and 45mpg hwy on my bike (only got 4 gears thus the reason fro lower gas mileage hwy). My van gets 23mpg but then again I have 4 children so even an SUV wouldnt really fit my family unless I get like a suburban but if I am spending that kind of $$$ I might as well just get a silverado extended cab with the "green" engine.

Haha, I know where you're going with that. I'm going for my MSF in a week or so, in a month I should have a bike. Until then, I don't have much choice in the matter.

Kibagari wrote:

ofblong wrote:instead of riding that gas guzzeling toyota corrola you should start riding a honda rebel that gets 80mpg.


I got 55mpg city and 45mpg hwy on my bike (only got 4 gears thus the reason fro lower gas mileage hwy). My van gets 23mpg but then again I have 4 children so even an SUV wouldnt really fit my family unless I get like a suburban but if I am spending that kind of $$$ I might as well just get a silverado extended cab with the "green" engine.

Haha, I know where you're going with that. I'm going for my MSF in a week or so, in a month I should have a bike. Until then, I don't have much choice in the matter.

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High_Side wrote:If you've ever been on a european motorcycle forum one of their biggest complaints are diesel spills causing motorcyclists to crash. When a higher % of the cars on the road burn diesel there is a greater chance of a spill and the unfortunate part is that it doesn't evaporate like gasoline does. Careful what you wish for....

Yeah its a danger in populated areas, but then again no more than Horseshit is in the Country side and those are the roads we love taking bieks round quickly.

My partner did lose control of her car on an oil spill roundabout - local authorities are supposed to respond and clean it up when it gets reported. Generally though it no big deal.

Our biggest type of serious accident are Single Vehicle Collisions, with operator error being the main cause.

Before you complain about prices too much you should try it over here, we are currently paying close on $2 a litre... Which of course affects the prices of everything else because one way or another the cost of fuel is included.

For the record my folks had several diesel cars over the years and they haven't been too shabby performance wise since the mid 1980's. Diesel spills over here are almost universally from busses or trucks - usually because they have been overfilled or some crazy has forgotten to put the fillercap back on.

Frankly, if everyone stops using as much fuel, the oil companies will simply just pump less barrels per day, and charge more for it, to keep their profits the same.
The price is not set by how much you use, but by how much people can afford to pay in fuel per year, on average.

The only way to be on the cheap is to use less than the average fuel user (so get your high mpg vehicle and keep quiet )

Of course if everyone uses more fuel efficient vehicles, that is actually good for the environment, but the Americans don't care too much about that... yet

That biodiesel Idea sounds pretty good!

mine gets 48-50 city and 50-55 highway. My highest gas bill on premium gas has been a little over 7 dollars, the 750C2 kicks A**

Bio-diesel. Add the plumbing to the vehicle, add the extra tank, add the filter system to the garage, add the need for oil supply. I'm not totally sold on it yet. But many have added the conversion.


There's a lot of jobs Americans do which cannot be done with chincy vehicles. It isn't always about not caring.

Shorts wrote:Bio-diesel. Add the plumbing to the vehicle, add the extra tank, add the filter system to the garage, add the need for oil supply. I'm not totally sold on it yet. But many have added the conversion.


There's a lot of jobs Americans do which cannot be done with chincy vehicles. It isn't always about not caring.

If it's a '95 or later, the vehicle doesn't have to be converted at all. Oil supply is easy as most companies pay people to take the oil away. It does more than just run vehicles, that's the beauty of it. If your home heating system is up to date enough, that can run on bio-diesel, too.

And just think of that big, bad, UPS delivery truck or 18-wheeler, both diesel, running on bio-diesel. All of them. Not only would it cut down on crude oil intake, but it would also cut down on the emission of greenhouse gases and diesel oil spills.

Not to mention if you don't like the biodiesel batch, you can just pour it on the ground and walk away, and it doesn't harm the environment.

I'm not trying to sell anyone on anything, I'm just attempting to inform more people of alternative fuel and heating sources.

What about agricultural or industrial machines?

And what makes 1995 pertinent? What in the '95s models makes the engines so easily converted compared to later models? And whatever it is, is it a universal characteristic between cars, trucks, and +1 ton rigs?

It's the way the engine is set up. Diesels before '95 were a tad different and thus you need to convert the vehicle in order to run bio-diesel (as I hear, it's not that bad of a conversion) Agricultural and industrials can run bio-diesel too. I know a fair number of men who run their vehicles, heat their house, and run their farms with the stuff.


And if it's a '95 or later, no conversion needed. Just pop in the bio-diesel and go. Although expect to change a few fuel filters (cause the stuff will give your engine the cleaning of its life).