Re: [MV] Fuel economy - FLAME - END THIS THREAD (NOT)

From: Ed Kirkley (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Apr 24 2004 - 07:35:15 PDT


Here, here, Well said, VERY well said! I have to agree as mine is also an
almost daily driver I feel the same. If I can get more mileage, especially
now with the gas and diesel prices through the roof, then by gosh I will, no
matter what it takes!

Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: <Recovry4x4@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 09:16
Subject: Re: [MV] Fuel economy - FLAME - END THIS THREAD (NOT)

> The thread is not over! The Gov't may not have been concerned with MPG.
They
> have a pretty big budget. You might not be concerned with MPG. You might
have
> a pretty big budget or maybe you just look at your truck.
> I don't have deep pockets and I do drive my truck many thousand miles a
year
> so I do care about mileage. I'm not asking the truck to run in the 6s nor
am
> I asking it to go 65MPH. but if I can pinch an extra bit out of each mile
I
> drive, by golly I'm going to do it. Y'all may not agree and I'm OK with
that. I
> may not agree with you and you shouldn't have a problem with that. Just
> remember, the green trucks in this yard are mine and the ones in your yard
are
> yours. Do with yours as you wish and I'll do with mine as I wish. I doubt
that
> anybody appreciates these trucks a whole lot more than me but the fact is,
I only
> have control over the ones I have titles to. At least this thread is
directly
> related to military vehicles, isn't that the essence of this list?
>
>
> In a message dated 4/23/04 9:03:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jcerniglia@msn.com writes:
>
> > So sick and tired of people taking these trucks (all Military) and
trying
> to
> > make them run the quarter in 6 seconds or to try and make them fuel
> > efficient. Just appreciate them for what they are, great old work
horses.
> >
> > Jeff
>
>
> Kenneth Engle
> Loxahatchee FL
> 84 M1009 (project)
> 73 A.M. General M275A2
> 53 Fruehauf XM105E3
> http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
> http://tired-iron.mounet.com/kenny.htm
>
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