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Finally re-found it, the USA National Gas Temperature Map. You can easily see why, when I drove from Ohio to Colorado, I drove straight through to Missouri before filling my tank last year.
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Finally re-found it, the USA National Gas Temperature Map. You can easily see why, when I drove from Ohio to Colorado, I drove straight through to Missouri before filling my tank last year.
Assuming that you work for the man, now is the time to start considering a move if you have a long commute to work.
I have always lived relatively close to my place of employment, but at times I've lived as far as 80 miles away. I would hate to make that drive with today's (or tomorrow's) gas prices.
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1433/Last I heard, Craig Venter's Synthetic Genomics program was working on a bacterium that produced biofuel (presumably as a metabolite byproduct).
I love it. At work, 90% of the vehicles are 3/4-ton or larger pickup trucks and giant SUVs used as a work commuters for only one person. Then they have the nerve to complain about it costing them $100 every 3 days for gas.
Such a simple solution..... Buy a freakin CAR!!!! Sheesh, they complain about gas prices when they buy 12 mpg vehicles just to drive to work alone.
Rhys, the difference is, Honda does not have a true SUV. Their's is considered Crossover SUVs. I assume you are talking about a Honda CR-V vs. your XTerra. Specs for the Honda are 26 mpg highway compared to 20 mpg for your XTerra.
Your XTerra is on a truck based frame vs the Honda Accord based unibody of the CR-V. You are also comparing your 261 HP 4.0 L V-6 against the Honda's 166 HP 4-cyl.
You're comparing apples to oranges here.
My question is why does the magazines rave about the little death box cars such as the Honda Fit and the Toyota Yaris getting 33 and 35 mpg when that is what I was getting for gas mileage back when I first started driving with my car that was from the mid 80's? Cars like these should be getting 70-100 mpg by now with all the advanced efficiency improvements in the last 20 years.
I did a 110 mile commute on Friday from Columbia to Charleston. It took just under half a tank of fuel. I reckon at 220 miles round trip that it probably used 11 or 12 gallons at $3.78 a gallon (I didn't have time to mess about hunting for the cheapest place).