Very good indeed.
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 12:46 AM, Hakan Falk wrote: > > Robert, > > In Sweden it is a lot of snow and the season from Stockholm > and up can be 6 month. When I learned to drive 45 years ago, > somebody told me "on slippery roads, drive like you have eggs > between feet and pedal and a woman in you arms, no force > and gentle movements". A very good advice that I never forgot > and practice in both situations. > > Hakan > > > At 11:22 PM 2/27/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > >> Neoteric Biofuels Inc wrote: >> >>> <snip> >> >>> Some days the owners do, of course, need these things, but almost all >>> the ones I saw were empty and the funny thing is, a 4 cylinder >>> turbodiesel got me and 120+ litres of fuel (when I left here), tools, >>> clothing, computer and digital video studio there and back, at temps >>> as >>> low as -15C, and at over 50 mpg (average speed around 100 km/h) >> >> The perceived "need" and the reality are frequently two different >> things. I lived in Terrace, which is in west central B.C. --an area >> that >> receives tremendous quantities of snow--for a little over two years. >> I drove >> around in a rear wheel drive 1985 Pontiac Parisienne through snow and >> ice >> every winter and only got stuck twice. (Both times on a slippery >> incline >> very close to the school where I taught. My students loved to make >> fun of my >> innate "Californian" inability to drive in the snow. . .) In those >> conditions, I kept a candle in the glove box, blankets and a shovel >> in the >> trunk, but never needed four wheel drive. Even on a trip up to >> Cranberry >> Junction during deep winter, all season radials were more than >> sufficient to >> get me around. >> >> My lovely wife had a 2.8 liter 5 speed Camaro at that time. We >> kept a >> pair of cylinder heads in the back of that thing and NEVER got stuck! >> >> Now that I live in the mild climate east of Vancouver, I drive a >> 2.3 >> liter 5 speed Ford Ranger. It's two wheel drive and remarkably good >> in the >> slippery snow we get down here. Of course, it helps to drive >> cautiously in >> inclement weather! (The big four wheel drive trucks and SUVs seem to >> be the >> first ones in the ditch whenever it snows. . .) >> >> The Ranger delivers no better 10 kilometers per liter no matter >> how >> carefully I drive it. Personally, I find this fuel economy pretty >> pathetic, >> given that my propane powered Pontiac with a 5.7 liter V 8 used to >> get better >> than 6 km / liter with an automatic transmission, and it carried >> around >> nearly 1 tonne of additional mass! But the truck is very practical >> and I'm >> having a hard time letting it go. . . (Why buy a car when you can >> have a >> truck???) >> >> Replacing the Ranger with a full sized diesel is an option I've >> considered. But I don't need 4 wheel drive, and the diesel trucks in >> my >> price range are in MUCH rattier condition than my Ranger. To find >> something >> comparable, I'd have to spend over $20 000. I can buy a LOT of >> gasoline for >> that! (Although I don't need anything full sized, I drove a 6.3 >> turbo diesel >> a couple of months ago and LOVED the throttle response--it was like >> my '73 >> Chevelle all over again. . .) >> >> Small trucks with diesels used to be easier to find than they are >> now. >> Personally, I'd like one of those 4 door turbo diesel Rangers built in >> Indonesia! Apparently, however, it's impossible to import them into >> Canada, >> and Ford seems unwilling to build them here. Instead, we get the >> Explorer >> SporTrac, with it's completely USELESS box and ONLY a gasoline engine. >> >> Too bad! >> >> robert luis rabello >> "The Edge of Justice" >> Adventure for Your Mind >> http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/9782 > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
