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SUVs are just elevated station wagons.

that sucks man...i hate sport utes, especially with dumbass drivers.
if they aren't going off road or hauling stuff around then they don't need such a big truck.

its only a 4x4 if its been offroad.
my mom has a durango and has been hit twice in the go station parking lots by other trucks. we've taken that truck off roading so many times.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced And for the record....I'm not really blaming the SUV.....maybe I should just blame women drivers

I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole.

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Originally posted by cono_sur Funny. I've noticed I am passing a lot more SUVs on the highway lately. (Not that I'm going excessively fast).

as you drive by just yell "CHEAP BASTARDS!!"

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard

Make sure you take it to a good body shop, there aren't too many of them around.

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Originally posted by Stingray Also, tell me your RPM at 90. Now tell me your RPM at 100. Which is higher? I Thought so.

That depends on, for instance, if you're at the top of 4th gear, or if you've just shifted into 5th.

The RPMs could very well be 4500 or 1500 at that speed.

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Originally posted by skillton Make sure you take it to a good body shop, there aren't too many of them around.

It's at the best shop in K-W.... as Scott and I are both adjusters we tend to know the good shops

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Originally posted by DigitalMP That depends on, for instance, if you're at the top of 4th gear, or if you've just shifted into 5th. The RPMs could very well be 4500 or 1500 at that speed.

Well since we're talking about doing a constant speed on the highway, only a fool would be sitting in 4th gear. (assuming the car was a 5 speed)



How in the world did we get to gas milage from poor Scott getting dinged in a parking lot?

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Originally posted by Stingray Well since we're talking about doing a constant speed on the highway, only a fool would be sitting in 4th gear. (assuming the car was a 5 speed) How in the world did we get to gas milage from poor Scott getting dinged in a parking lot?

LOL...by the way Scott, sick ride. What IS your other vehicle (I assume it's an SUV)?

But yeah, sitting in 4th? Not typically, but what I'm referring to as being at a certain high point in a gear might only be for a second or so, which is where one's gas mileage would be lowest, then your gas mileage increases (more MPG) when your tranny shifts (or you shift it) into the next gear, dropping your RPMs back down again.

It's painful driving a big V6 BMW and watch the gas mileage gauge drop down to <10MPG when you scream down the highway, and subsequently watch the gas gauge trickle towards 0/1 (no I don't drive one).

OUCH, that is just painful to behold. About two weeks ago, a lady driving a suburban, floors the reverse out of a freaking driveway, and totals a civic. Can we draw a conclusion between big SUVs and women drivers?

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Originally posted by zokissima OUCH, that is just painful to behold. About two weeks ago, a lady driving a suburban, floors the reverse out of a freaking driveway, and totals a civic. Can we draw a conclusion between big SUVs and women drivers?

Large SUVs are disproportionately driven by women therefore the number of accidents involving large SUVs driven by women is naturally going to be higher then that of Large SUVs driven by men.

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Originally posted by DigitalMP But yeah, sitting in 4th? Not typically, but what I'm referring to as being at a certain high point in a gear might only be for a second or so, which is where one's gas mileage would be lowest, then your gas mileage increases (more MPG) when your tranny shifts (or you shift it) into the next gear, dropping your RPMs back down again.

Gotcha. Yeah accelerating is where you burn most your gas. That's why city MPG it typically so much lower than highway MPG. Stoping at lights then taking off again.

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Originally posted by Stingray Yeah accelerating is where you burn most your gas.

Wow. What a breakthrough revelation! The longer your throttle is open, the more gas you're going to burn. Who would have thought. I'm glad we got this settled, guys.

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Originally posted by DigitalMP LOL...by the way Scott, sick ride. What IS your other vehicle (I assume it's an SUV)?

Thanks.....my other vehicle is a 2000 Nissan Xterra

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Wow. What a breakthrough revelation! The longer your throttle is open, the more gas you're going to burn. Who would have thought. I'm glad we got this settled, guys.

Heehee.

women drivers ftl.
worked as the super for a go kart track for 2 years.
when guys get into accidents its cause we did something stupid.
when girls get into accidents they 'didnt know what happened, they were just going along and then something happened'
-this is just a generic statement, i do not wish to offend all females

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Originally posted by Stingray I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole.

TOUCH IT......TOUCH IT....come on....you know you want to

For some reason I've been driving crazier now...

I tend to cruise around 130km/h in my SUV (BMW X3). Cruising at 5th at 130 has a lot higher RPM than cruising at 120km/h. I forgot where I read, that once you pass 110km/h or something like that, your gas usage exponentially increases, which ain't a good thing.

It costs me almost $75 a week to drive my SUV, and thats when I've been filling it up at the pumps that are under $1.00 (I know where the good ESSO's are).

I saw an Esso last night selling regular at $0.979 last night!

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur That's only right if you're driving through a vacuum.

Not true if we are talking about efficiency (miles per gallon OR km per liter)

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Originally posted by tranceinurpants Not true if we are talking about efficiency (miles per gallon OR km per liter)

Explain how drag is not a factor when talking about mileage.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Explain how drag is not a factor when talking about mileage.

Source

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Originally posted by tranceinurpants Source

Umm.. thanks for proving that it IS a factor, as I've been saying all along. You know why the curve starts to slope downwards after 60mph? Because the drag that it is created to keep the car going at that speed outweighs the fact that the engine is spinning at low rpms. At high speeds, the number 1 determinant of how much gas you'll be using is drag. You could have 8 (fuck, let's make it 20) gears in your car, and drag will still be more important because at high speeds, regardless what gear you're in, you're gonna have to have the throttle wide open to overcome the drag.

It's the same as the people that try to argue that weight or horsepower is important when it comes to determining top speed.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Umm.. thanks for proving that it IS a factor, as I've been saying all along. You know why the curve starts to slope downwards after 60mph? Because the drag that it is created to keep the car going at that speed outweighs the fact that the engine is spinning at low rpms. At high speeds, the number 1 determinant of how much gas you'll be using is drag. You could have 8 (fuck, let's make it 20) gears in your car, and drag will still be more important because at high speeds, regardless what gear you're in, you're gonna have to have the throttle wide open to overcome the drag. It's the same as the people that try to argue that weight or horsepower is important when it comes to determining top speed.

I'm just showing how a car is more efficient when you go faster, TO A POINT.


I would have to say that if you had 2 cars w/ the same body style, the car w/ more HP would def. have a higher top speed.

... nevermind.

Re: Damn SUVs

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced I don't even have my new vehicle two weeks and an SUV backs out of a parking spot right into the rear driver's side wheel. It is a little freaky when you are sitting that low and an SUV is backing into you.

terrible! What a stupid fuck!

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