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What Do You Drive?
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abecedarian
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Stewart said:
Really? What sort of gas milage do you get?
abecedarian
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Stewart said:
That's a comfort
never_know
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My parents' car.
StillILearn
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mehastings said:
I drive a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee too, mehastings, and I really only get about 18.5 mpg.
I'm thinking about getting a Jeep Liberty diesel and trying to find a place where I can buy biodiesel. Does anybody have any newish advice or input for me on this idea? My Jeep's still a perfectly good car, but it's such a big gas hog. Is BioWillie the way to go?
I'm only now beginning to get serious about this and I haven't even checked with the Jeep dealer yet -- maybe there's a waiting list for diesels? I live in serious snow country, so I do want another high profile four-wheel drive.
Motokid
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StillIlearn,
The Jeep Liberty diesel appears to only get about 4 or 5 more miles per gallon than what you get right now from what I saw, and that's what the manufacturer claims.
If you've done the math enough to know that you get 18.5mpg, and you are only stepping up by another 4 mpg it might take you a very long time to recoup the investment to a new vehicle.
Unless you can make a trade and get a used diesel for roughly the same cost.
The biggest issue you might have is finding the alternative fuel. Where I live diesel costs a bit more than 89 Octane gasoline, and a bit less than the mid-grade stuff. Nobody in my area sells biodiesel or E85 ethanol. Yet.
I'm sure it'll come eventually.
Do a back of the envelope calculation on how long it might take you to actually start saving money by going diesel based on the extra money you'd have to spend to get that new Liberty.
I'd love to know what you decide. We are thinking of ditching the minivan and downsizing to a Toyota Corolla, or Honda Civic. I'd be looking for a certified used one.
The Jeep Liberty diesel appears to only get about 4 or 5 more miles per gallon than what you get right now from what I saw, and that's what the manufacturer claims.
If you've done the math enough to know that you get 18.5mpg, and you are only stepping up by another 4 mpg it might take you a very long time to recoup the investment to a new vehicle.
Unless you can make a trade and get a used diesel for roughly the same cost.
The biggest issue you might have is finding the alternative fuel. Where I live diesel costs a bit more than 89 Octane gasoline, and a bit less than the mid-grade stuff. Nobody in my area sells biodiesel or E85 ethanol. Yet.
I'm sure it'll come eventually.
Do a back of the envelope calculation on how long it might take you to actually start saving money by going diesel based on the extra money you'd have to spend to get that new Liberty.
I'd love to know what you decide. We are thinking of ditching the minivan and downsizing to a Toyota Corolla, or Honda Civic. I'd be looking for a certified used one.
Ronny
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StillILearn said:I drive a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee too, mehastings, and I really only get about 18.5 mpg.
Is BioWillie the way to go?
I'm only now beginning to get serious about this and I haven't even checked with the Jeep dealer yet -- maybe there's a waiting list for diesels? I live in serious snow country, so I do want another high profile four-wheel drive.
Since I bought my diesel last year diesel has been the most expensive fuel option up here in Washington, I usually pay a few cents more per gal than anyone else but my Jetta gets around 40 mpg and so I guess it works it's self out. I bought the car hoping to use the bio-diesel but that is rarely an option as no one carries it at the pump and I don't have a garage to keep my own barrels of it. They also use synthetic oil at the shop and that cost me more than a regular oil change but then again I can go longer than on regular oil between changes.
One thing to keep in mind if you do a lot of traveling about is not every station carries diesel so if you are running low on gas in a strange town you'd better start looking for a station that carries it. I think you can buy maps that mark diesel stations, I've not though. Oh, and diesel will gel up in extreme cold and you need to get a fuel additive in winter if you live in colder climates.
One more thing is that diesel engines supposedly last longer over all, I guess. This is what I've heard about most of the older European diesels but hubby says he doesn't know about the newer American diesels.
Our diesel Jetta was the only one on the lot at the time and so we picked it up right away.
StillILearn
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Bummer. Doesn't sound so good on the biodiesel side. Back to the drawing board. Thanks, guys.
Thanks, guys.
Prairie_Girl
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A green 2002 Ford Focus SE. I love it.
Marquis Rex
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Motokid said:I don't really "drive" this, as much as I ride it. You may all start eating your hearts out right about now...everybody but Marquis Rex that is...that Porsche 911 Twin Turbo sounds absolutely delicious.
Thanks!
Both of my cars have become special friends to me!
For the Porsche it didn't take long. I've wanted a 911 Turbo since I was 15 and I HAD to get it. I'm never going to replace it (that's not as stupid as it sounds- I've owned my old BMW since 1990!). It's last of the models that can directly trace its lineage back to the 1963 911. The 996 model that replaced it, doesn't have the character and is less well built, less reliable and is no longer air cooled. The 996 replacement also took about half the time to build.
Suprisingly the Porsche draws alot more attension here in it's native Germany than it ever did when I lived in the UK.......