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Ethanol is killing my mileage
Comments (9)Hey! The price of oil has reached 70 USD a barrel, and Brazil is about to reach oil independence, in Europe the price of a gallon is around 6 USD.... what can I say, saddly the americans don't seem able to think out of the box. Everyone complains about the price of gasoline in the US, but you don't realize that this low price make so that no real energy independence can be achived and no real environmental policy can be carried out. Ethanol by itself is not a solution, it is rather part of the solution. Ethanol can be used mixed in cars in mixies of E90 or E85. Making it compulsory everywhere in the US would reduce the oil import, meanwhile the farmes could benefit of this. In the same time the ethanol can be produced partly by using electricity, which in turn can be produce in nuclear facilities, so everything is produced in the US... More diesel can be more widely used in North America, the politicans should change this idiotic ban on diesel. Diesel means better mileage and smaller CO2 emissions. Also there is Biodiesel.... that can be produced in the US, so no more soldiers to be sent in Irak or anywhere else in the world. More just imagine a hybrid car, that instead of using a regular gasoline engine it would use a Biodiesel car and more, it would be plugable (http://www.hybridcars.com/plugin-hybrids.html), so even lower CO2 emissions and complete energy independence.... Just think of it... energy independence and the country that would be considered the cleanest and most environmental friendly. This would be somthing to contemplate.......See Morefix or replace? 22 yr old low mileage volvo
Comments (10)They think that the car is mechanically sound so I suppose we could spend the rest of our saved money on new tires, brakes, hoses, belts etc. But we would still have a car with less side view mirrors than most, no airbags, large amounts of rust, cracked dash, and plastic pieces that keep falling off(glove box door, side pockets, etc,etc) (my experience has been that kids don't take care of old cars expecially if they want a newer one). What would you do? I'd stick with it, especially if your son is going to continue "learning" how to drive on this car. You can buy third-party replacement mirrors that provide a bigger view. Airbags? Not that big a deal. They have their drawbacks (work only once per crash, can injure smaller passengers, some people have reactions to the inflation gas, they're expensive to fix); frankly, you are better off wearing a three-point belt properly (the main reason we have airbags at all is that numbers of people refused to buckle up). The rust, the broken pieces, ... well, the car won't last forever, but for a runner, it's no big deal. $5,000 isn't going to put you in a great car anyway, especially once you start adding up additional excise tax/registration fees and insurance costs....See Moreinline fuel pump
Comments (1)I ran a 1992 Jeep Cherokee, 6 cy HO to 193,000 miles using the original fuel pump. Still running when I turned it in. I now have a 1998 Jeep with 103,000 miles and original fuel pump - no problem with that. Did loose one circuit in the front lighting. Problem ahd been isolated to the wirng harness between the lamp housing and a splice. I have a 1998 Dodge Stratus with 105,000 miles - original fuel pump. Wife has a 1997 Saturn, 135,000 miles - original fuel pump. I had a 1978 Olds Cutlass - fuel pump went out at 67,000 miles. My son had a 2004 Dodge Stratus. Fuel pump quit at 60,000 miles. Much of the time, the fuel pumps in my family's stable do last a long time, and then we get an occassional early failure. I'd agree that your mechanic's statement is on the mark....See MoreHigh ledge in 2-story great room
Comments (34)your house is totally beautiful. Myself if it was my house i would do a few things. First I would paint some color on the walls, a bit darker maybe in browns, or a sage green, or a soft gold..and then I would find some type of art that I love, or large plates or something..and I would put a colleciton of those items on the wall across the entire space at the same level, above the wall and entertainment center..remember you'll have to clean whatever you put up there so try to make the items things that won't gather a lot of dust..also that other large wall area on the other side calls for something large..maybe you could put something in the same venue on that wall.. some ideas might be, say a collection of clocks, a colleciton of pictures, a colleciton of large platters or tin trays, metal grilles..etc. and then if you want to set things on the ledge, try to tie the items into the art on the wall..and keep it simple. say if you were in the desert or mexican region, you could put up there some large mexican type plates or flat wicker type bowls, with some other large urns in a similar style on the ledge.. Say if you are into antiques..you could put a colleciton of antiques across the wall of similar size and shapes and then put a few coordinating antiques on the ledge.. i do see that you enjoy the wicker look, i think i would go with that look by adding a warm brown to the walls or a sage green, and then I would hang the larges wicker trays you can find in a row across the wall, put the large wicker baskets in the far right hand corner, and add a few more around the room..maybe with magazines in them, make sure the scale of the items you use in the room are very very large..you might check out some import stores like Pier one for large items..they have beautiful large painted wooden items that are dark and would go with your wood..some are the size of doors ..they can be quite expensive though so watch for sales..they would be beautiful up there, with maybe some import items on the shelf that would coordinate??...See Morepanzees36
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