[elky] Re: Monte is gone.
- From: "CTSVMONGO" <ctsvmongo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:37:02 -0500
I don?t know, but I had to baby that truck to get 11.9 on the ave. mpg
display, I tried and tried to be nice on the gas pedal, and it it rarely
made it any higher.
Mine was a half ton crew cab- I really loved the way that engine ran- I just
loved hearing it scream- and that it did- I probably loved that truck more
than the CTSV- of course the V was more fun to drive but like Robert said-
they put so much crap into them- that truck had everything you could ask for
and more(we used the DVD player with wireless headphones and?. Maybe 2
times)
Too bad we cant have the better of both worlds-
1997 Chevy S10 got great mileage when I bought it new- now the colorados get
the same as the ½ ton silverados and there is no comparison- if you?ve
driven a Silverado/sierra you will hate driving the Colorado/canyon, and
they aren?t priced that much apart, I don?t get it.
From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robert Adams
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:20 AM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: Monte is gone.
Exactly. I love driving my friends 3/4 ton 6.0. It's a joy
to drive and I would love one but in town it's more like 12 (a year before
cyl deactivation). But there like you said many other vehicles don't get any
better mileage. The GFs PT cruiser gets 22 on the freeway and lower in town.
A friends same year but auto gets 25+ and has quite a bit more get up and
go. No better than a 1/2 ton truck...
I wonder how much the mileage on some of the larger
vehicles now could be raised by gutting all the extra weight out of them.
Cars have so much crap in them now that people have to have but they don't
realize that stuff adds weight. A mid size or often small car now weighs as
much or more than the 70s cars....
Robert Adams
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:06 AM, CTSVMONGO <ctsvmongo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree- but then you get 15mpg again- That was my big dilemma, it was
either way too small or the mileage was terrible- nothing that did both- I
guess it makes sense but wow- an MDX or Ridgeline was rated at 15mpg, so was
my truck, so where?s the trade off, my truck had the 6.0 that felt like a
race car when I wanted it to, the MDX had 300hp but didn?t feel like 300hp,
so the mileage was hard to get over?. Anything with any size gets pretty
terrible mileage, it would be nice to be able to drive a car like that John!
From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robert Adams
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:40 AM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re: Monte is gone.
Well good to hear it has a good home and I did get to ride in it
before you sold it.
I know two people that have Minis. They kinda like them.. Small
and they get shoved around on the road cause everyone ignores them. One is a
stick on an auto. The auto gets quite a bit better mileage than the stick
does. It's in the same league as the PT Cruiser in that the auto gets better
mileage and has more power cause with that tiny engine it has to have a
torque converter to get any kind of acceleration. Geri's PT feels like it
has a 90hp engine cause it's the stick version.
I do kind of like the clubman but my days of sitting on the
ground and crawling out of Tonka big wheels are over. Make that thing about
3x as big and I'd want one.
Robert Adams
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:58 PM, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We are waiting for them to install the plates on a brand new Mini Clubman.
Decided to lease it and write it off on Cindy's company. That way, no car to
fix. Tires and gas only for 3 years
The Monte went to a real good home. The dude has 2 boys 8 and 12 that will
be helping him fix it up for car shows. He loved it and was real impressed
with how well it drove. Laid rubber all the way up the hill. I'll be able
to see that In the street to remember it by.
JC
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