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$4/gas... coming this summer to a station near you...
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I can't fit both the dirt bike and the quad on the trailer. Maybe the quad would fit in the back, I've never looked. It's the small 4x8 folding trailer.
Also home projects. I have to get 5 yards of dirt next weekend.
Neighbor has had one sitting in the weeds next to their driveway for a handful of years, it's a shame.
There was a standard cab in my hood with the right front wheel off for about 4 years and when I finally got around to asking about it, it was gone.
I could do another standard, but the extra cab is so nice in the gen2. Just have to find the non SR5 otherwise you get that crap V6. You can fix the head gasket issue easy, but they are pretty gutless and not a ton of stuff to help it. The 22RE is a beast.
I think we always have nostalgic ideas of vehicles we owned...some that were good...but going back and finding an example that would be close to "how it was" is a near impossibility. There's going to be something majorly F-ed up, rust for one. The Toys from that era are not in good shape IME. Those 22RE engines were great, we had one in a 4x4 pickup with the locking hubs, but the continual chasing of worn out stuff at this point would make that fairly distasteful IMO.
I was thinking about this the other day.
When's the last time you saw some car driving down the road absolutely puking white smoke from a blown head gasket or a thrown connecting rod blowing the case apart?
I swear that used to be a somewhat common sight.
Now it's the beemer on the side of the road with some douche on his cell phone because his heated seats locked him out of the ignition feature app also on his phone.
Right. Dirt bikes. Forgot. I bet if you did the math, a slightly larger trailer (assuming storage availability) and the GX would probably be cheaper once you factor the math of more expensive insurance for the classic truck.
Can confirm. See it pretty regularly here in the deep red part of the front range.
The GX is listed as 15 city, 20 hwy, same as the '08 Silverado I currently drive. What am I missing with the GX other than a bed and other utility? My truck has vinyl floor and cloth seats the way I like. I would have to get Weathertech floor mats for the GX.
The reason I bought the Corvette was because it was getting me 26mpg vs my '92 Silverado that got 8mpg. I was paying $100 more a month (gas, payment, insurance vs gas in the truck) to commute in a Corvette and that was a pretty damn good deal. If I bought a Z for less than $14k, I would be flush.
You've seen my commute, right? Here's 2.5 miles of it
<edit> I have NEVER crossed the yellow line on Rocky Point, for the record.
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Initial smog is all that's required here. I haven't had a vehicle inspection since 2000 when I brought a vehicle into the state. I had to get my shit inspected annually in florida thanks to the woke mind virus down there.
Maybe the real answer is I just don't drive nearly as much as I used to.
If you live in my town, there still isn't smog required. Folks take full advantage of that fact.
Since CA has their own emissions nonsense you don't need an inspection on a car that's already been registered in the state, or if brought in from out of state, 5y old or something like that.If you live in my town, there still isn't smog required. Folks take full advantage of that fact.
Like most things here, working through the details make little sense.
In Oregon, the only inspection is a VIN inspection and if the VIN checks out, you are good. When I registered my bug, it wasn't running, so I brought in a pencil rubbing of the VIN and it was legit.
My neighbor bought a rusted out Jeep, popped the VIN plate off, built one from scratch, riveted the VIN plate on, done.
I really need to move
Problem solved.
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As witnessed while on vacation here, ugh. And I have to pump it myself like a poor.
uh, no
Its just under 6 bucks where I live and neither of us touch hawaii
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wife was in Reno for a day. $4.999 for cash price regular
kinda nutty given that NV gas tax is only something like 11 cents higher than that here in $3.499/gal Colorado, although we do have our own unique refinery network for better or worse because 85 octane.
the welfare state seems to be doing some market correction
Just went up 14 cents / litre or 53 cents /gallon last night.
Switchover to "summer" gas is given as the reason...
Switchover to "summer" gas is given as the reason...
happens every year...
This year just seems steeper than usual. And yea, it is always the same. It is more expensive to produce than winter gas. Then in the fall we get exactly the same spiel.
Just like everybody is bitching about the carbon tax increase, but nobody did any math to see that the gas price hike justified by the tax was a wee bit more than the actual tax increase. The other thing about the carbon tax is 80% get more back than they pay, but the 20% that have to pay have convinced the 80% that they are the ones getting screwed.
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precisely! I had half a tank last night on my way back from a ride. Decided to swing by the gas station, but there was already a queue. eff that. I'm going to hold my breath and hope things come down in the next week or so... I find that whenever these price-hike announcements are made, the price jumps up at first, then comes back down a bit afterwards...This year just seems steeper than usual. And yea, it is always the same. It is more expensive to produce than winter gas. Then in the fall we get exactly the same spiel.
Just like everybody is bitching about the carbon tax increase, but nobody did any math to see that the gas price hike justified by the tax was a wee bit more than the actual tax increase. The other thing about the carbon tax is 80% get more back than they pay, but the 20% that have to pay have convinced the 80% that they are the ones getting screwed.