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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1459 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Well, that never happened before..... 07/09/21 at 20:04:39 What? put $16.50 worth of gas in my S40 ! wot a frickin' pain ! Cheers!
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Reply #1 - 07/09/21 at 23:42:51

I understand there is an element of our federal government that wants to do away with gasoline altogether and go all electric .

No friends of mine , but they are there ! Roll Eyes

Its just a matter of time. , You do still have the 2.7 gal tank ?

The Moto Guzzi has a 5.8 gal tank , ... that would $30. + for a fill up on a motorcycle ! Embarrassed

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1459 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Well, that never happened before..... Reply #2 - 07/10/21 at 02:46:34 $30 used to fill my car, now it's double. Fortunately, I own stock in small/med oil producers, to help mitigate my riding cost. Cheers!
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2142 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Well, that never happened before..... Reply #3 - 07/10/21 at 13:24:02 You should try New Zealand, about$US9-9.50 per USgallon.
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Reply #4 - 07/10/21 at 20:24:10

Wow ! $9.50 / US-gal. gas !! Undecided

If gas was $9.50 a gal in the us , I'd have to drive a Toyota hybrid and get 50 mpg. and my choice of Motorcycle might have to change also ??? All of a sudden a 90 mpg 250cc twin or a Royal Enfield 350/Honda 350 single would look perty good ! Wink

Really though , I don't want to pay more than I have to ... but ... I can't help but know it would be good for the earth if we all had to pay $9.50 a gal. My Chevy Colorado only gets 27 mpg ... it would spend a lot of time in "Time-Out"

I have got almost 60mpg out of my LS650 but I have to drive it like its the Colorado getting 27 mpg . Grin

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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2245 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Well, that never happened before..... Reply #5 - 07/10/21 at 22:18:27 Wow Zipi, that is awful! I've been thinking of getting a pickup but with gas prices going up it is hard to justify getting rid of my 2019 Jetta that averages 40 mpg and gives me about 45 mpg when just highway driving.
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Reply #6 - 07/11/21 at 02:11:29

Don't worry MM, the ECOSTAPO and their obsession with EV's are alive and well in the NZ government. They are brining in a UTE/ PICKUP tax and offering subsidies for EV's, most New Zealander can't afford new EV's, paticularly Teslas, which will be mainly brought by well heeled businuss people who can write them off to tax anyway. The second hand Japanese imports we get here have used half to two thirds their battery life by the time we get them.

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Reply #7 - 07/11/21 at 12:04:04

So !

Springman , how much do you need to get for your Jetta ?

and

How hard would it be to make it into a pick-up truck ? Grin

Not Really !

That brings up the question ... why don't somebody make a truck that get 40mpg ?

Of all the people I know who drive PU's for transportation , 90% of them only haul stuff one mile out of 99 miles they drive.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18314 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Well, that never happened before..... Reply #8 - 07/11/21 at 13:24:14 MMRanch wrote on 07/11/21 at 12:04:04: That brings up the question ... why don't somebody make a truck that get 40mpg ? Somebody did!
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2245 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Well, that never happened before..... Reply #9 - 07/11/21 at 16:03:08 Actually, the new for 2022 ford maverick is supposed to get 40 mpg. I am keeping my eye on it.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Well, that never happened before..... Reply #10 - 07/11/21 at 18:34:49 Oh No , I want a new affordable RabbitDiesel ............ The Chevy Colorado does come in Diesel , but it is not affordable ($45K) for the diesel in the model I've got , but it does get really good MPG numbers. No I don't have the diesel. https://www.chevrolet.com/trucks/colorado
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