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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
If you don't like/trust PEMEX just do business with the other guys.
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LOL. At least you can pick your stations (usually). I'm not smart enough to do it the other way. I usually just ask for 300 pesos of red. They clear
the pump screen and show me it's zeroed out. Then they pump that amount in pesos. Hopefully they will wash my windshield and check the tires, for
which I give the attendant a shiny gold ten peso coin. Does it have to harder?
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Bajahowodd
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I suppose that for folks doing local driving such as Kate and Woooosh, it makes sense to buy less than a fill up. But, for so many of the Nomads, who
are driving long distances, up and down the peninsula, it has to be lleno, lest one rolls to a stop in the middle of nowhere.
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Cypress
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Zero it out and fill 'er up.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Zero it out and fill 'er up. |
I think that is pronounced, "feel 'er up", Cypress, at least that is the way my wife tells me I always pronounce it. Strange, the attendent always
laughs at me, and my wife always sinks down and trys to hide.
barry
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Cypress
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Barry A.,
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TMW
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I had an 87 Le Baron 4 cyclinder but never got anywhere near 30mpg, mid 20s mostly.
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bajalou
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I have a 4 cyl 99 Nissan Altima 99 that regularly gets 36-40 mph on the highway at 60-70mph and 30+ around town.
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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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
I had an 87 Le Baron 4 cyclinder but never got anywhere near 30mpg, mid 20s mostly. |
Ours had the Mitsubishi 4-cyl engine (I think), but maybe they all did then??????? It was a 4-dr fastback. It was a phenomenal gas-saver, but a tin
can, and it drove me nuts. NOW, I wish I still had it, and I could live with the tinny noise.  I sold it to a College kid, and she is STILL driving it.
Barry
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TMW
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Mine had a digital speedometer and a voice that told you all kind of things like the door is not shut or the windshield fluid is low, but not which
one the front or the rear window one. Everytime it spoke I thought of the James Gardner TV show where he was a detective and he once had a loaner car
while his was being fixed and it talked to him. At the end of the show he started ripping out all the wires under hood he was so mad at it.
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Bajahowodd
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You talking 'bout James Garner- Rockford?
As for Barry's complaint about the tinny feel and sound, well alot of that has to do with the weight of the vehicle. Kinda brings to mind what Boeing
has been trying to do with their 787 Dreamliner, using composite material to lighten the plane. Maybe the auto industry should be lookiong into the
same technology.
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TMW
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Right the Rockford Files, that's it. Thanks
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