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Cheaper houses also keeps down the taxation due. The area’s economic recovery has been sparse & checkered @ best. My friend commuted to NYC to work for years.
St. Augustine, FL. in May 2018 should be right before the summer heat & humidity.
No doubt some things were cut due to the inherited economic disaster, But relative to other times in the past 30 years, maybe not a huge deal
Not to mention, the newly filled swamp isn't doing any better - make NASA great again?
I was in St Augustine and points south in November 2016, absolutely perfect weather, couldn't have been better.
Nice weather that time of year, reasonable rates and some good restaurants, crowds are mostly gone. My last vacation there was on points for both air and rental car, so it was also frugal.
$240 rental car for the week (split between two couples)
$1270 condo rental for week (split between two couples)
One week in St Augustine:
$1075 per couple, plus food and entertainment.
Wonder if the Emerald Aisle will have a diesel to rent?
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http://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/coconut-grove.html
https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=coconut+grove+florida&fr=ipad
Ethanol 10%, E85.....touchy-feely feel good? Keep the children safe? Mudderhood.
One bottom line $1.78 of government subsidies for each gallon of ethanol.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
If anyone wants a PU to tow a trailer up to 7700 lbs, be sure and look at the GM Canyon/Colorado diesels. Just pulled my enclosed trailer totally packed from San Diego to Pahrump NV. Filled this morning with diesel @ $2.72 a gallon. 21.8 MPG towing a trailer at Interstate highway speeds. Stayed around 60 MPH most of the trip. Hit some good headwinds climbing Cajon Pass. Love this truck. Rarely shifted down to 5th gear pulling the hills. That is what diesel torque is all about. Passed a Ford F150 pulling a trailer up one of the hills. His gas engine screaming like a banshee.
Given what you are saying, FORD “ME2” Ranger version, 2019, 8 + years behind & probably $’s more than the GMC/Chevrolet’s is coming out?! It would be competitive with a 8/10 sp AT & 3.0 L TDI. I’d be intently curious what mpg a Ford (& competitors) would post in your scenarios.
3,777 ft to 7,350 ft altitudes, up/down grades that I know of & confirmed by others are taken in stride! (turbo 3.0L /406 # ft to twin turbo 2.1L/369 # ft, diesels)
@ those altitudes & below & above, I have/can still feel the (normally aspirated) V8 385 hp/torque (2001 Z06) engine lose both hp/torque, even as the engine & drivetrain (6 sp MT) is still very potent. The last time I did this, 25 mpg was posted (up/down grades, 420 miles, SLT, CA to SJ, CA.) Still yippee yahoo!
Per 42 gal barrel of crude oil: 11 gal ULSD, 20 gal gasoline. D2 is 35.4% of PVF motor fuel.
This diesel & (I hate SUV’s, why don’t you) SUV boards were there/spotted this trend (SUV’s-CUV’s) years ago!
Additionally, Japanese & Korean oems do not have domestic markets (volume) close to its USA markets.
2018 Ford 150, 3.0L diesel, 440# ft of torque, 10 sp A/T, 30 mpg!
2019 Chevrolet Silverado, 3.0L, 5.3L, 6.2L diesels!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/0909491a-040d-3392-b624-6239a633a090/ss_2019-chevrolet-silverado.html
The TDI’s “Renaissance” is beginning to unfold, as was said years ago?
Indeed gasoline, E10, E85, gasoline hybrid, EV, can’t do it on the many levels where it counts!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/ea8e55ed-f095-3fd5-b90f-d4181c23d35a/ss_millions-available-for.html How goofy is this?
As you well know, CA instigated/legislated a $.12- gas -$.18 ULSD per gal tax raise!? Its a 20% great tax. It’s just another way to get “petty cash”, aka, billions in extra spending revenues for CA governmental spending addictions?! So Carson City NV diesel prices are $.56 cheaper per gallon than Folsom City CA. (range of where I can fuel)
It is probably not well known on this board, but the United States is actually well on its way to be a bigger oil producer than Saudi Arabia, approaching Russia.
Go diesel! http://www.oil-price.net
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-18/opec-raises-supply-outlook-for-u-s-rivals-again-as-prices-climb?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=bd&utm_campaign=headline&cmpId=yhoo.headline&yptr=yahoo
But on the other hand, any guesses why they won’t certify a bio diesel certified engine?
TMI might be an outlet mall in Vacaville, CA (off Highway 80) has a EV station. Its located a stones throw from Men’s & Womens restrooms.
Unfortunately, we would probably get no joy with X Drive (be required to chain up with/out snow tires, aka. does not look like a SUV/CUV) @ CA Trans chain control points.
The small GM diesels uses a smaller (20 %) engine (1.6 L vs 2.0 L) with slightly more torque. (240 # ft vs 236 # ft)
It’s also seeming like GM did not “cheap out” like VW was doing on the (2.0
L, 3.0L) dieselsvemissions issue!? As a consequence, VW is probably paying far more (penalties, etc.) than they had ever imagined.
I’m totally guessing, but MAYBE VW thought the worse case would have been: discovery, hand slap, VW Mea Culpa, couple of $M’s in fines, ...Move On. They never figured that they would be scapegoated. After all, Ford, GM, et al, can maim, injure, kill people and get off with less than a hand slapped, reduced to almost nada in (GM’s) bankruptcy. NOBODY got hurt in the VW diesel brouhaha. Here’s a sosdd Hyundai article. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-appeals-court-decertifies-class-action-hyundai-fuel-171418284--finance.html
The backstories are probably much more complicated than that. Having said that, I have enjoyed the mph figures over many miles, the power and the buybacks, among other TMI points.
The diesel advantage are the 1.6 L, (1.9 L) 2.0 L, 2.1 L, 2.8 L, 3.0 L, 5.0 L, 6.6 L, 6.7 L, et al., engines will be viable for the pvf, & far into the future (30+ years).
Gas Taxes? http://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/01/22/states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-gas-taxes-5/2/
On a higher level ...797 mph ? https://www.wired.com/story/norwegian-air-transatlantic-speed-record/
The dealership here flat told me last July that they wouldn't be carrying any diesel variants in their inventory. LOL
Not that most people care, but most BMW SUVs/CUV’s & it’s diesels are made in the USA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_in_the_United_States
As far as I can tell Chrysler has completely dodged the Diesel Bullet. They quit selling their 3.0L Italian diesel here from all I can find. Maybe got warned by EPA and pulled the plug before they got nailed. When you try to build and price a 2018 Ram 1500 only options are gas engines. I know when I was considering the Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel, I could never find one. They are a rare bird.
The article indicates that it may take up to several years to build the trucks/big rigs necessary to accommodate the overloads. ( the article not linked, due to access denial.)
Are sedans going the way of the station wagon? SUV/CUV’s trucks new rulers?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sc-auto-cover-american-sedan-20180123-story.html
End of M B diesels?
Come on MB, don't concentrate on more awkward CUV "coupes" and illuminated grille stars, give us something that actually fits the brand.
So, if Gas = 20 mpg and the electric = 50 mpg, then the average is 28.57 mpg. (assuming 50/50 mileage split in gas/electric) (43% improvement)
Diesel = 36 mpg and electric = 50 mpg, then the average is 41.86 mpg (again assuming 50/50 mileage split).
(16% improvement)
Those are just made up numbers, but the math is the same. If you are already doing better with the diesel, then the percentage improvement can't be as great as on the lower mileage gas model.
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One might misunderstand or I’m misinterpreting what one is saying. Indeed the 33% is from gas hybrid over gas only. I’m not saying the hybrid ONLY will boost diesels over gas. Diesel itself does it. So I stand by both my percentages & resultant projected mpg numbers.
The majority of # miles & % of miles are highway commute traffic. You really can’t drive radically differently than us in commute traffic, as it would seem essentially the same to similar. Indeed our commute appears worse to much worse. We have much more driver (5) variation, even as all have been educated to differences. I tend to hammer it on the highway trips. So, I’m at a loss to explain the 10 mpg difference.
My commute is on city streets, where more than once 4 miles consumes a half hour of red lights and slow idiots. Co-workers who live 20 miles away sometimes have 2 hour drives.
“Optimum mpg” can range from don’t care @ all, to record setting efforts. Diesels do, however have a good % head start over gasoline.