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Plug-In Electric Car Sales In April: Leaf Widens Lead, Volt Flat Again
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| May 1, 2014
| by John Voelcker
Posted on 05/01/2014 5:05:40 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: DUMBGRUNT
We’ll see when the “total cost of ownership” (including stuff that breaks) is tabulated.
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posted on
05/01/2014 6:42:55 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: nascarnation
Many newer cars use GDI (gasoline direct injection).
The pressure may not be as high as the diesel, but don’t put your finger over the injector to test it!
To: DUMBGRUNT
Yeah GDIs are running around 200 bar and diesels 2000 bar.
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posted on
05/01/2014 6:50:32 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: central_va
Dodge, Ford and GM offer 3/4 ton diesel powered pickups.
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posted on
05/01/2014 7:16:16 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: Gay State Conservative
Diesel's the way to go.Fifty MPG (highway),700 highway miles between recharges....recharging can be done in 4 minutes at any one of 30,000 recharging stations nationwide. You never experienced even a vague acquaintance with high school science, did you...
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posted on
05/01/2014 7:23:31 PM PDT
by
publius911
( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
To: publius911
You never experienced even a vague acquaintance with high school science, did you...
?????
To: central_va
The new diesels seem like a check engine light waiting to happen. I just bought my third diesel (had to...totaled the second one).Close to 80,000 miles diesel...two check engine lights,both under warranty...free loaner both times.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Plug-in = turd. If it has to be a plug-in, it is a greenhouse gas contributor. It requires more energy to ‘fuel’ it that it puts out.
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posted on
05/01/2014 7:42:34 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
To: cableguymn
You cannot get a diesel in an F-150(3/4 ton) Same with Chevy 1500 and Dodge 1500.
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posted on
05/02/2014 5:06:45 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: publius911
Me thinks thou missed the sarcasm implicit in the quoted word “recharge.”
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posted on
05/02/2014 5:18:48 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: central_va
that’s because the trucks you listed are HALF ton trucks by their model number.
F150/1500 is half, F250/2500 is 3/4 and F350/3500 is one ton.. GM tossed in the HD’s to mess with your head.
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posted on
05/02/2014 5:53:28 AM PDT
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: cableguymn
In the old days 1500 = 1,500 pounds load in the bed capacity i.e. 3/4 ton. In Ford they dropped the trailing 0, F-150. A 2500 = 2,500 load and 3500 is 3,500 pound load. I do not think that that has changed. I had an old F-100 and it was rated at 1/2 ton but it could carry more than that.
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posted on
05/02/2014 6:04:16 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
that was then. this is now.. they typically still carry that much, but they are commonly refereed to as half ton, 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks.
So I guess in the end. we are both right ;)
wait.. this just in..
Dodge Ram has a 3.0 V6 diesel you can get in the 1500..
I didn’t know that either.
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posted on
05/02/2014 6:12:15 AM PDT
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: central_va
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posted on
05/02/2014 6:16:15 AM PDT
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: central_va
In the old days the 1/2 tons were the Ford F150, the Dodge D150 and the Chevy C10.
(”old days”=1960s)
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