Newest Hybrid
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Forum Name: Hybrids
Forum Description: This area is devoted to the discussion of hybrid vehicles and their impact to the HOV.
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Topic: Newest Hybrid
Posted By: 122582
Subject: Newest Hybrid
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2005 at 7:41pm
I heard rumor Dodge is coming out with a Hybrid version of its Cummins Turbo Diesel pickups. Anyone heard likewise?
I would really dig a dually with CF/CX plates.
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Posted By: sluDgE
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2005 at 7:43am
122582,
Check this out:
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/news/ram_contractor.html
Keep on sluggin'! [:)]
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Posted By: 122582
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2005 at 12:44pm
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I gotta call Safford Dodge. Thanks.
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Posted By: MDC
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2005 at 8:20pm
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That's a very cool truck. 2mpg more fuel efficiency isn't much of a selling point though.
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Posted By: N_or_S_bound
Date Posted: 29 Aug 2005 at 4:19pm
It is hurricane season though and I really enjoyed having a generator after Isabelle did her deed.
Of course, they don't say whether it qualifies for the GWB tax credit either.
NoSb
SOV because you can, HOV because you care!
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Posted By: 122582
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2005 at 1:07pm
I get about 20 MPG in my diesel non-hybrid. To get 2 more MPG and have a generator, and get a hybrid exemption - that would rock.
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Posted By: N_or_S_bound
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2005 at 1:45pm
Yep, all the better if using http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/biodiesel_basics/default.shtm
Of course, Consumer Reports gave the Dodge Ram a really bad all around rating.
NoSb
SOV because you can, HOV because you care!
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Posted By: 122582
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2005 at 2:18pm
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I don't know about COnsumer Reports, even though I suscribe - I swear they are a Japanese owned company as the only cars they give a decent rating are Japanese. I currently have 90K, and other than fluid and filter changes, I had the fuel pump go out at 25K, and it was covered by Cummings' 100K engine warranty. A friend has 275K on his Dodge Diesel.
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Posted By: N_or_S_bound
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2005 at 4:08pm
Now you've got me thinking this is not such a bad thing...biodiesel, Dodge Ram, with generator to power your house (and A/C)....hmmmm
NoSb
SOV because you can, HOV because you care!
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Posted By: 122582
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2005 at 8:16am
NoSB,
Diesel is the way to go. Adolf Hitler made bio-diesel a reality in WWII. I'd convert my acre lawn to soybeans in a minute if I thought it would help break foreign dependance.
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Posted By: N_or_S_bound
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2005 at 8:48am
122582,
The BEST reason to convert your (or my) one acre lawn to soybeans is to feed the deer. Consider how our encroachment on their turf has reduced their habitat. If I planted my lawn in beans, I'd also have a great location for my archery hunting opps....now, I've got another home project to work on before hunting season begins....
Thanks for the idea!
NoSb
SOV because you can, HOV because you care!
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Posted By: sluDgE
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2005 at 3:09pm
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Just saw an ad during the football game for a Chevy Silverado full-size pickup hybrid. Anybody got one? Cost starts at $30K. MPG?
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