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bajalou
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And we get more oil from Canada than any other country.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area
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Iflyfish
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Bancoduo,
Do you happen to have Kara S's phone number. She looks like the best of the deal. We have so much to discuss.
Consumer Reports, latest addition says none of these devices work, at least the ones they tested.
Probably the best way around this is to purchase some gasoline futures, now that could really make you some money!
Iflyfish
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Barry A.
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Fish--------"futures" are too risky------just buy something safe like the Vanguard Energy Fund------(an index of many energy stocks)-------and that
will keep you in gasoline, and then some. (tho it may be to late now if the oil bubble bursts)
The "Market" will sustain you thru think and thin, you know-------it has me and mine most of my life. 
Barry
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Neal Johns
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Gas story
Once upon a time a few decades ago, there was the first gas shortage where they rationed the amount of gas you could buy. Interest was high in finding
a way to increase gas mileage.
Being surrounded by other engineers, it was not long before one of them, a friend of mine, revived an old idea from Popular Mechanics; heat the gas
before it entered the carburetor! He always took the same route to work from home every day at the same time, and only used one car for driving to
work. This made checking the gas mileage fairly easy. A leak proof can with a copper gas line coiled inside heated with radiator water was constructed
and off he went.
But….he did not choose his friends well. I decided to help him out a bit. Every day at lunch time someone??? put an extra gallon in his tank. All up
and down the halls he paraded, showing everyone his latest calculated increased gas mileage. This went on for a week and he was so convinced that I
heard he was going to buy massive amounts of copper tubing and go into production. Time to save this poor man’s soul….I started siphoning out a gallon
of gas every lunch.
The poor devil was terribly confused for a short while but since everyone else knew what was happening, all he received for sympathy was an
occasional smirk. I finally confessed, and that is why I have no hair. Did I mention he was part Indian?
Neal (trust me) Johns
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Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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Barry A.
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Neal-------
I think that your friend was my unkle-------and he has shown me that scalp many times------now I know the rest of the story. Crazy ideas run in the
family, and he has been mumbling to himself ever since your prank.
He went on a peote binge for years after that, and went back to the Res.
barry
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Bajaboy
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You can count this thread as going to crap....here come all the arm-chair economists and political experts.
DK-drilling for more oil anywhere will not solve the problem. And even if we did start drilling today, we would not see oil for many years. The free
market is solving the problem and the high taxes are part of the reason.
Look to Europe where high taxes have pushed the price of gasoline far beyond what we pay here. Lo and behold, Europe has over 113 vehicles for sale
that average over 40mpg while in the US the number has dropped from 5 in 2007 to 2 in 2005. Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17344368/
That's the free market at work....no? High oil prices, regardless of taxes, will drive the shift towards alternative fuel sources and our dependency
on the Middle East. We need to move past the bandage mentality and solve the problem.
Zac
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sloopy
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we had our muffler shop totally redo our exhaust system using the same diameter pipe off the manifold all the way to the tail pipe end. Also, a
K&N filter. Gained 4 MPG with that. Then after new plugs, plug wires, front end alignment, new Big Foot tires, all fluids changed... we gained
another 1.5 MPG.
We went from 10-10.5 MPG to 15.5 to 16 on our '94 3/4 ton Silverado 4x4, 350 engine.
We figure we save about $120 for every 1000 miles we drive.
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Ken Cooke
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Quote: | Originally posted by sloopy
Also, a K&N filter. | Be sure that you are running a pre-filter with that K&N, otherwise, you could
easily dust your engine if you travel the Baja backcountry with any regularity. I now run the AEM filter on mine since the oil fouled my MAF sensor,
and the insides of my intake showed dust getting inside. Just a heads up.
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sloopy
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Good point, Ken! But, as you can see, we keep a close watch on our vehicles and although we don't get off the beaten path very much, it seems our
K&N has been working o.k......if maintained properly, for the type of driving conditions we're usually into . I'm interested in this AEM system
you mentioned, though. Where can I get info. How would one place a pre-filter in the system? My huge air filter cover has a tube shaped opening. Do
you use a flexible duct something like what is on clothes driers?
Actually, the biggest savings came from maintaining the same diameter pipe throughout the exhaust system. Manufacturers actually reduce the size of
this for one reason....it's cheaper. I was very surprised when we saw the results of our mileage runs. Also, we don't drive over 59 mph ever!
We found out that anything over that speed exponentially decreases the mileage something really bad. It's really amazing but the decrease climbs
quite rapidly as you slowly go faster and faster ppast that speed.
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Barry A.
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Ken and Sloopy---------great information, and thanks for that. I run K&N's on all 3 of my 4x4's, but never thought of the "pre-filter". The info
on exhaust systems is also new to me, and worth considering. You are so right on the speed thing, Sloopy and now that is becoming more and more
important, for obvious reasons. 
Thanks for your posts.
Barry
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David K
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Zac, as Americans, with many, many years of oil reserves and discovering more all the time, part of our freedom is to buy and drive the vehicle that
best serves our needs or desires... and I know what you drive and why... because it is the best vehicle as far as reliability and performance to serve
what we like and need to do... and it gets between 16-19 mpg on average daily driving... I drive about 30,000 miles a year being a self employed
service provider that brings water saving products to properties all over north county, and trips to Baja for vacation and exploration.
Now, we have the oil and the oil companies can get to it, safely and efficiently with the latest technology. That 'our' government prevents this from
happeneing while earning 5 times what the oil companies do on each gallon of gas is quite insane. Nancy Peloci said that when she took over, the dems
had a plan to lower the cost of gas... that was 2 years ago and gas has doubled... how typical.
Do you think $10: gallon to have a 40 MPG car is really better than $4: gallon with our 15-30 MPG cars? Europe is not free when your own government
gets fat making you suffer to have mobility. Anyway, this is not Europe... not at all the same... and we have oil reserves... tons.
Sure it will take several years to get it to the pumps... so why delay this? We need energy independence so we can continue to be a great and
prosperous nation... and feed the world, at that.
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Roberto
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Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Ken and Sloopy---------great information, and thanks for that. I run K&N's on all 3 of my 4x4's, but never thought of the "pre-filter". The info
on exhaust systems is also new to me, and worth considering. You are so right on the speed thing, Sloopy and now that is becoming more and more
important, for obvious reasons. 
Thanks for your posts.
Barry |
Here is an example of a prefilter -- basically a "sock" that covers the filter: 
Ken is right on with that suggestion, by the way.
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Barry A.
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Super info, Roberto--------many thanks. I will certainly look into that, and it looks like an easy cure for a problem I never even knew was there.
Thanks again. I Love this board!!!!
Barry
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Barry A.
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David-------In my opinion you are dead-on correct in that last post. We have TONS of oil-------lets just get too it, and harvest it.
Barry
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"as Americans, with many, many years of oil reserves and discovering more all the time, part of our freedom is to buy and drive the vehicle that best
serves our needs or desires... "
Yeah - you two know all about oil reserves.
This is the mentality which is keeping US citizens in the technological dark age. Do you think we "Americans" are so special? That we "deserve" to
drive anything we want- regardless of our impact on the planet; regardless of how much oil there is left in earth? That we can just drive around to
our heart's content in big cars with total disregard of the long-term effects? Vast improvements have been made to correct abysmal air pollution
after years of driving around with inferior smog devices in cars that got 7 mpg. We finally acknowledged our follies. We're right back to gas
squandering with big SUVs. So after 100 years of the gas-driven engine - after 100 years of experience -- we know a better way - and what stands in
our way? David's belief in clinging to the old way for really no reason except that he thinks some god-given rights are being threatened.
That is the result of advertising (brain washing). Big Oil wants their profits now, because they see the writing on the wall - gasoline fuel
alternatives, and our government is FINALLY getting on board and investing in that technology. We had the technology 20 years ago, but auto
manufacturers bought that technology and destroyed it in order to keep control over their gasoline-driven autos. This is a no-brainer: the time has
come where it is absolutely necessary to find gasoline fuel alternatives and design cars that get 40+ mpg. Why would we not do this? There is no
rationale to justify not doing it NOW – except for the fact Big Oil needs gas stations and cars the way they have been the last 50 years – the 50
years which have caused so much turmoil in the world – wars over oil, gas and auto prices, public land disputes, air pollution. Don’t worry David,
you can still drive around wherever you want – only it will be in a car that fits the new economy of the world, where oil is being used up, and its
cost will be out of reach for most average Americans. I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with this.
Don’t forget – China and India have huge populations which are just beginning their industrial revolution. Do you think they’ll be driving Hummers?
No – they’ll drive tiny little cars that get 50 mpg and use a fuel that is not typical Exxon. Why do you think there is a waiting list for the
Prius? The next Prius-type vehicle with a little clearance, car rack and a big tire will be my choice. Just makes sense.
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sloopy
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Does any one remember the long gas lines in '73? They promised us we'd be less dependent on foreign oil and more dependent on our own oil. Guess
nothing ever really changes......
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Barry A.
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Quote: | Originally posted by sloopy
Does any one remember the long gas lines in '73? They promised us we'd be less dependent on foreign oil and more dependent on our own oil. Guess
nothing ever really changes...... |
-------not as long as we keep butting heads with each other, refusing to consider the others point of view, both which are "partially" valid and can
be resolved with compromise and civil behavior towards each other. We need to do all that Wilderone says (with moderation), plus be practical about
extracting and developing our own energy reserves, and nuclear-------to do otherwise is folly, and will damage the fragile economy that we ALL are
enjoying, everywhere worldwide!!!
--------and no, this is not "just my opinion"-----but gleened from what I read, and hear, and observe. It is complicated, obviously. I think the key
is civility!!! We get nowhere when there is lack of it.
barry
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Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone The next Prius-type vehicle with a little clearance, car rack and a big tire will be my choice. Just makes
sense. |
Introducing the Jeep Renegade Hybrid - we're talking 110 m.p.g. here folks!! 

http://www.tuningnews.net/article/080114g/jeep-renegade-hybr...
[Edited on 6-9-2008 by Ken Cooke]
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Steve Mazor runs the Automobile Club of Southern California's Auto Research Center and in todays paper was talking about various auto myths and one
was a dirty filter. He says some cars tested got slightly better fuel economy when filters were replaced but when cars were tested with blocked air
filters, fuel economy didn't get worse as expected. In some cars it actually got better, but pollution was worse.
As to Gismos or additives like acetone, these products don't help even a little bit. He says "We have tested many fuel additives and products... or
devices that go on battery cables, and none ever shown any measurable fuel economy improvement.
Keeping the vehicle tuned as required by the manufacture, tires inflated as required, using the A/C only above 45mph and reducing speed are the best
way to get better gas milage.
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Some years ago Dirt Bike magazine did a test on filters on a two stroke motorcross bike. They found no difference in power or torque on a dyno whether
the filter was clean or dirty. I think a lot of off road racers would disagree with that, but that was their report.
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