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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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now you need some propane injection. nice truck.
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by GT35REVO8
gas cost about $150 to fill it up,but Id never let it get that low. My dad fills up when the tank reads 3/4 full and he averages a good 210miles for every quarter tank used. So I can go about as far on a quarter as my old evo did on a full tank. Yeah the gas cost more but it last a hell of a lot longer. So its not bad. And I do love that turbo diesel sound!

Well that works out then. Its a nice truck my old boss had the top of the line ram truck 06 or something like that. I got to drive it once to drop someone off and come back. I took it on a back road and the truck all it wanted to do was drift but maybe it was me being a baby and not wanting to push it harder but it just didnt feel right drifting the truck i dont even know what that truck had done to it.


Now the DB9 he had that was another story we killed the clutch on that thing in a matter of 2 laps at road america. Yeah the car wouldnt even start after that untill the new one was in.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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Where did you get the Famous decal?
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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Wow looks big
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by GT35REVO8
gas cost about $150 to fill it up,but Id never let it get that low. My dad fills up when the tank reads 3/4 full and he averages a good 210miles for every quarter tank used. So I can go about as far on a quarter as my old evo did on a full tank. Yeah the gas cost more but it last a hell of a lot longer.
Wow.

You get 210 off of a quarter tank, thats incredible, thats 840 per tank if I am doing my math right, so there is no way thats happening, 24mpg......

Ok.

Scorke
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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Meh, fuel gauges are rarely accurate.
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by scorke
Wow.

You get 210 off of a quarter tank, thats incredible, thats 840 per tank if I am doing my math right, so there is no way thats happening, 24mpg......

Ok.

Scorke

The gas tank is 35 gallons. I get 20mpg doing 55-60mph. Ive never seen my mpg lower then 17. And I said MY DADS diesel truck gets 209miles to the quarter tank. his is the same motor just not lifted. I havent had mine long enough to test it out,and since I flew back to Iraq. But the mileage is great I know that for a fact.



And I got the Famous sticker made at a shop for $25
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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i'm not used to trucks, so 17-20mpg isn't "great" mileage to me by any stretch of the imagination. your calculations on gas seem a bit off too. it costs you 150 to fill it up so you just don't let it get that low? lol that doesn't matter. it's still costing you 150 to fill up. you just pay 75 twice when it gets to half a tank instead of paying 150 once when it's empty. either way, you're still paying.

gas has got to be way more expensive for that thing than in an EVO, mainly just because diesel is so high. it's a nice looking truck though, i just couldn't see buying something like that with gas the way it is though. in my EVO i'm getting 24mpg which i think is horrible. i'm looking for a 2000 civic hatch as a beater to save gas. 30-40mpg + is great gas mileage...not 17-20.

another flaw in your gas calculations is the range on the tank...EVO's tank is 14 gallons, that thing holds 35... of course you can get a longer distance on half a tank in that thing than on a whole tank in an EVO because the EVO's full tank is less than half a tank in that thing lol
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ODUB
i'm not used to trucks, so 17-20mpg isn't "great" mileage to me by any stretch of the imagination. your calculations on gas seem a bit off too. it costs you 150 to fill it up so you just don't let it get that low? lol that doesn't matter. it's still costing you 150 to fill up. you just pay 75 twice when it gets to half a tank instead of paying 150 once when it's empty. either way, you're still paying.

gas has got to be way more expensive for that thing than in an EVO, mainly just because diesel is so high. it's a nice looking truck though, i just couldn't see buying something like that with gas the way it is though. in my EVO i'm getting 24mpg which i think is horrible. i'm looking for a 2000 civic hatch as a beater to save gas. 30-40mpg + is great gas mileage...not 17-20.

another flaw in your gas calculations is the range on the tank...EVO's tank is 14 gallons, that thing holds 35... of course you can get a longer distance on half a tank in that thing than on a whole tank in an EVO because the EVO's full tank is less than half a tank in that thing lol
LOL! I think 20mpg vs your 24mpg in something that weighs a ton more than you and is a hell of a lot bigger is damn good. Your evo is only getting 4miles more when it should be getting a hell of a lot more. It may be a different story if you ran a bigger turbo but im sure you arent. The reason I know it cost about $150 to fill up is the night I purchased the vehicle it was late so when I jumped in the vehicle it was empty so I went and got $50 in gas. The next day went to the dealership to get detailed etc,got in a pissing contest about it being empty so they filled it up from where i filled it to and I put in $97.50 with the dealership gas card. So $97.50 + $50.00 equals $147.50 roughly $150.00 thats how I know.

And you say your "Black and RICH" but yet you own a $30,000 Mitsubishi. Does it make you feel better about yourself by calling yourself that?
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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That thing just screams fuel economy!
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