KARNUT

They don’t even try to hide it anymore. The barrel of oil ticks up, bam so does gas in mere hours. It takes weeks to reverse. 3.39 @ Kroger’s in Montgomery Tx. Up 30 cents.

For some unexplained reason my father wanted a salvage yard. As we were getting the family business off the ground one brother ran the salvage yard. We gathered there when rained out working on pipelines in the eighties to pull parts. Perfectly good running vehicles would come to us simply because they wouldn’t pass emissions inspection. We were able to swap parts and sell some of them. I got a clean old nova with a bad engine. I pulled a perfectly good small block out a Camaro. A father and son project with a rebuilt engine. The son couldn’t get the engine running right. The problem was the spark plugs weren’t gapped. The 90s vehicles probably widened the gap of shade tree do it yourself engine repair. My do it yourself hot rod repair stopped at the 70s. After that my trusted mechanic kept them in running shape.

3.19 @ Kroger’s in Montgomery Tx

Most people unless they spend time in a mini van don’t appreciate them. If I didn’t trade a CRV that was free when my mother in law who quit driving with my daughter. I would have never would have ever, ever given it a shot. One will always be my trip vehicle.

I think a medal may be in order for anyone that works on any 90s domestic. I’ll let you in on a secret. It wasn’t the best of times for domestic automotive. Probably the reason I traded in often until recently and went foreign. At least they were fairly easy and cheap to work on.

You may like to pick on Odyssey owners and that’s fine. I’ve owned more Chevys than most people as well as Fords. And will own more. If a vehicle surprises me I like to make it known. We don’t all survive with one vehicle. And surprise, surprise not all are GMS. I don’t usually bring my business vehicles in the conversation because they’re work vehicles. If Chevy had a mini van I’d probably own one. Same with a 4 door rear drive car. They don’t so I’m forced to look elsewhere.

Yeah they all have break in procedures I completely ignored in the past. During tests drives I would test them out. It seems today they’re sensitive so it’s probably a good idea to follow the procedure. The other would be changing the oil more frequently in the beginning.

You’re not over your head you’re just frustrated. I usually take a break and put the question on YouTube for ideas. I’m a little OCD so it’s a challenge. The information is out there. Patience is the key.

Gas prices unchanged here. The reports I see, read so far ships continue to move through the strait under U.S. protection.

As seen recently on the Leno podcast that’s the purpose of the Slate truck. The ease of customizing. As entry level as possible. It does come with AC.

He drives lots of miles with about 12 crews spread out from Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. I’m sure the truck runs consistently moving or not.

It is a company truck. Not under warranty. Both companies I’m involved with usually buy trucks that are discounted when looking. Except what the owners drive. Being retired and minority owner. I don’t drive a company truck. If they have the new GM gas engine it would be in a service truck.

My nephews 7.3 got noisy right around 100K miles. While replacing the engine he drove his old 6.0 Chevy that had over 200K miles on it. It an old reliable backup. I haven’t been around the old shop lately. I’m curious to find out if there using the new GM heavy duty gas.

I had a 1970 Javelin MDS SST 390 4 speed with the go pack. It was a bullet for its time. A guy a work with a 72 GTX called it a rambler. After a chance meeting at a traffic light. He said no more. It was during my stupid time when I traded often. I traded it for a 67 California special Mustang.

He has his dad’s newer truck he’s put away. He has several old cars he rotates between him and his family. I’ve seen a restored square body and a SS Chevy truck he’s sometimes drives. He did raffle off a new suburban recently. As much as he is watched if he drove new stuff as a rule we’d know it. It would be fine by me. I don’t care what people prefer. I got one more new one in me. I’d rather my wife get one. I can’t get her out of the Genesis. Don’t tell anyone. I want her to get an electric truck. I want to put a generator in the back. Just because. She hasn’t bit yet.

It really is comical when people don’t agree or see the reason some people prefer the older vehicles. They become condescending. All the while they may be busting their knuckles on old vehicles. I have found memories of swapping out engines in my old GM cars in a weekend without much hassle. Unlike today. One wrong move a computer will shut you down. Even on something as easy as a brake job. There’s a pretty comical YouTuber called the car wizard. A garage owner who puts it all in perspective. Another Vicegrip garage that’s shows just how tough the old stuff is.

The opposite here 3.09 Kroger’s Montgomery Tx

By the way the 98 diesel with its 355 gear gets 25 mpg at 65 mph. The 2000 7.3 one ton diesel gets 22 with the more pulling gear at 65. The way my mother drove it to town on secondary roads usually at 45 mph got better than that.

Haha. This old man is in real good shape. If I wasn’t retired I’d still get a new truck every two years. I like the performance. My family business has a fleet of all the brands. Even performance trucks. I like the old stuff better. Too much glitter and intrusion. They don’t last like they used to. It’s a shame because the less fortunate second, third owners will pay that price.

Care to wager that those diesels don’t get better than 20 mpg? Those trucks are well kept and pristine. One is north of 250K the other is close to 175K. Never had any major repairs. It’s amazing how condensation you can get. The difference is I can back up what I say. All you do is get upset and spicy. Karen, that’s funny. Happens to be my wife’s, granddaughter and sister in law’s name. So much for originality.

Sitting at my parents house are two older diesel trucks not only getting the same fuel mileage that the mini diesel gets. But both have pulled a 14K tractor on a 7K gooseneck trailer. A 2000 Ford one ton diesel and a 1998 3/4 ton 5.9 Cummins. All original. I’m certainly not complaining about the power of today’s trucks. But the additional quest for fuel mileage and the additional pollution devices have taken reliability down to half what it used to be.

It wouldn’t have happened if the government hadn’t mandated outrageous fuel mileage standards. It does very little for the consumer. It adds cost. Back during Covid there was a chip shortage. They gave a rebate for your truck if it didn’t have the chip to turn on cylinder deactivation. It was 50$ because at best you may see 1/2 a mile increase per gallon. Splitting hairs each fuel mileage trick wasn’t mandated. The government doesn’t do the engineering work and say use this until it’s already in use and they like it. The fuel mileage was mandated. And those add ons the results. There’s a mandate and they are the results.

It has happened to me a few times. I carry a jumpstart-tire inflator with me.