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[V8Ian]

I just filled up the LC yesterday,$262.10,fuel (Diesel)has gone up in our area 2cents/L,but then we get 4c/L off when you flash RACQ card.
Work van this morning,another $123.00
Less GST on both.

I filled up in Naranderra yesterday, $2300.00 in round figures.
A round trip Brisbane-Melbourne costs in excess of $6,000 for fuel and Ad-Blue (now $2 a litre) alone.
No wonder there are so many A-B tripples and A-doubles on the Newell.

[scarry]

I filled up in Naranderra yesterday, $2300.00 in round figures.
A round trip Brisbane-Melbourne costs in excess of $6,000 for fuel and Ad-Blue (now $2 a litre) alone.
No wonder there are so many A-B tripples and A-doubles on the Newell.

I don't doubt it,would a block of wood under the loud pedal help?

I wonder what the full cost of the trip would be if you took everything into account?

I remember Barry at Land T/sport telling me about 3 yrs ago,he used to put $1M into paying off the fuel bill,but upped it to $1.5M,as he was doing it too often.

[V8Ian]

I don't doubt it,would a block of wood under the loud pedal help?

I wonder what the full cost of the trip would be if you took everything into account?

I remember Barry at Land T/sport telling me about 3 yrs ago,he used to put $1M into paying off the fuel bill,but upped it to $1.5M,as he was doing it too often.

I don't think it would make a noticeable difference on interstate, Paul. These modern engines are pretty smart, no matter what you do to the accelerator, the motor will only deliver the fuel it can use. You never see black exhaust smoke these days. Local is a different story, anybody who drives with a foot alternatively buried on the accelerator and brake, is going to waste a heap of fuel.
When I hopped into this automatic Volvo, I was told that other drivers reckoned it went better if driven mamually. After driving it for the best part of 10,000km, I call BS. In manual I can make it burn more fuel and make more noise, but not go any quicker. Volvo have spent a fortune and put heaps of research into writing a programme for the transmission. Nobody will convince me that some hairy arsed truckie can do it better than a computer. Anyone who feels the need to save imaginary milliseconds, by using manual mode, is a stress induced heart attack, looking for somewhere to happen.

[BradC]

When I hopped into this automatic Volvo, I was told that other drivers reckoned it went better if driven mamually. After driving it for the best part of 10,000km, I call BS. In manual I can make it burn more fuel and make more noise, but not go any quicker. Volvo have spent a fortune and put heaps of research into writing a programme for the transmission. Nobody will convince me that some hairy arsed truckie can do it better than a computer. Anyone who feels the need to save imaginary milliseconds, by using manual mode, is a stress induced heart attack, looking for somewhere to happen.

My uncle used to have a Jag. It was the first car he ever owned that had both an accurate trip computer and cruise control. He spent 10's of thousands of K's up and down the coast in WA in both auto and manual, trying to beat the computer with cruise on and finally came to the conclusion those engineers knew what they were doing.

[V8Ian]

Copied from a truck forum. For those not familiar with Commer, they were a marque of truck available until the early '70s.

"I second all that. I note that you popped a comma after the word 'humour' - not incorrect, but often disputed. It reminds me of a delicious moment, entirely relevant to this forum, when I was sitting in my local recently. My friend, a writer was discussing English with another friend, a retired BT worker who surprised us all with the news that he'd once been asked to edit material to be sent out. The writer looked at him with new respect and asked, 'So what do you think of the Oxford comma then Cliff?' To which Cliff replied: 'Oh, they weren't bad for their day. Bit sluggish on the open road and those bloody sliding doors would slam on your arm if you pulled up a bit sharp...' It would take a wily scriptwriter to think that one up!"

I'm sure Ron will appreciate.

[Saitch]

I don't think it would make a noticeable difference on interstate, Paul. These modern engines are pretty smart, no matter what you do to the accelerator, the motor will only deliver the fuel it can use. You never see black exhaust smoke these days. Local is a different story, anybody who drives with a foot alternatively buried on the accelerator and brake, is going to waste a heap of fuel.
When I hopped into this automatic Volvo, I was told that other drivers reckoned it went better if driven mamually. After driving it for the best part of 10,000km, I call BS. In manual I can make it burn more fuel and make more noise, but not go any quicker. Volvo have spent a fortune and put heaps of research into writing a programme for the transmission. Nobody will convince me that some hairy arsed truckie can do it better than a computer. Anyone who feels the need to save imaginary milliseconds, by using manual mode, is a stress induced heart attack, looking for somewhere to happen.

...............and, in 'Manual Mode', you'd have to put your iced coffee or yoghurt spoon down.

[V8Ian]

...............and, in 'Manual Mode', you'd have to put your iced coffee or yoghurt spoon down.

Not a chance, but it does interfere with my browsing habits.

[DiscoMick]

Heard about a woman who went into a wholefoods store and asked for 'grass-fed chicken'.
She refused to believe the bloke in the store who said chickens don't eat grass!

[Arapiles]

Heard about a woman who went into a wholefoods store and asked for 'grass-fed chicken'.
She refused to believe the bloke in the store who said chickens don't eat grass!

My chooks eat grass ....

[Saitch]

Oooh, wow! Vegan eggs!