Audi makes carbon neutral synthetic diesel from air & water

[Seth]

I keep all three, plus a couple of motorcycles because all of them except the Mercedes are paid for and there's no reason not to

Except that you are broke. And you've got to pay rego and insurance on them. I can't imagine rego and insurance being cheap on those big vehicles.

The hummer is free because it's owned by a Montana LLC and Montana issues a one time permanent registration for vehicles more than 11 years old, and liability only is cheap. The truck is about $360 a year and again liability only. The Benz is pricey but both registration and ownership taxes are deductible because it's a business vehicle. Insurance is not too bad because it's a 2010 and I have a $1000 deductible. Total is about $1200/YR.

Piscator was right about RPMs on the ford. At 80 indicated (76 actual) RPMs are 2900, but at 65, it's 2200. An overdrive would be useful if I were driving it frequently or long distance.

[JimC]

I keep all three, plus a couple of motorcycles because all of them except the Mercedes are paid for and there's no reason not to

Except that you are broke. And you've got to pay rego and insurance on them. I can't imagine rego and insurance being cheap on those big vehicles.

The hummer is free because it's owned by a Montana LLC and Montana issues a one time permanent registration for vehicles more than 11 years old, and liability only is cheap. The truck is about $360 a year and again liability only. The Benz is pricey but both registration and ownership taxes are deductible because it's a business vehicle. Insurance is not too bad because it's a 2010 and I have a $1000 deductible. Total is about $1200/YR.

Piscator was right about RPMs on the ford. At 80 indicated (76 actual) RPMs are 2900, but at 65, it's 2200. An overdrive would be useful if I were driving it frequently or long distance.

I'm very happy with my manual 6 gear Forester diesel. In 6th, at highway speeds, it's just ticking over, and I can get close to 40 mpg...

[pErvinalia]

I can nearly make it from my house to the servo with my 4.5l straight six gas guzzler...

[Seth]

I keep all three, plus a couple of motorcycles because all of them except the Mercedes are paid for and there's no reason not to

Except that you are broke. And you've got to pay rego and insurance on them. I can't imagine rego and insurance being cheap on those big vehicles.

The hummer is free because it's owned by a Montana LLC and Montana issues a one time permanent registration for vehicles more than 11 years old, and liability only is cheap. The truck is about $360 a year and again liability only. The Benz is pricey but both registration and ownership taxes are deductible because it's a business vehicle. Insurance is not too bad because it's a 2010 and I have a $1000 deductible. Total is about $1200/YR.

Piscator was right about RPMs on the ford. At 80 indicated (76 actual) RPMs are 2900, but at 65, it's 2200. An overdrive would be useful if I were driving it frequently or long distance.

I'm very happy with my manual 6 gear Forester diesel. In 6th, at highway speeds, it's just ticking over, and I can get close to 40 mpg...

Well, fuel economy was never one of the primary criteria in selecting the pickup. Sometimes raw power is needed and you have to sacrifice something to have that available on demand. As I said, the pickup will pull absolutely anything I've ever attached to it without a single problem. That's worth a lot of extra fuel when that's what you need.

[Hermit]

Meh. My last truck had an 8 metric ton payload and averaged 4.6 kilometres per litre doing urban driving 90% of the distance over two years, which translates to 10.8 miles to the US gallon, and yes, it had a catalytic particle converter. The 10 gears via splitter probably helped, though I'd have preferred a 13 gear Eaton. However, it was a bit of a slug, a real hill detector. There might be an incline so mild that you could not perceive it with the eye. The slug would soon make you aware that it is there. Ok, ok, shifting down already, Rosinante. Ignore that windmill.

[mistermack]

My last truck could play the chimes of big ben. And hold about seven hundred pounds-worth of ice-cream.

[pErvinalia]

My last truck could tow the Australasian tectonic plate.

[mistermack]

My last truck could tow the Australasian tectonic plate.

Why not tow it somewhere a bit cooler? And damper?

[pErvinalia]

The Melbournians wouldn't let me.