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WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by hipo1024 on Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:51 pm
I once had a 1.6 16v astra G that when driven normally would avg. 11MPG....needless to say I flogged it once i cottened on :P That was also the last petrol engined car Ive ever owned :)
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by Big Dav on Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:51 pm
8mpg is what you could expect if climbing a mountain in 4wd lo , but on a run????
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by jason on Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:55 pm
I know :(

I reckon it's doing 15 to the gallon if that :?

I have still got that over fuelling promblem,I have narrowed down to the manafold being warped
All the gear but no idea
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by fogman on Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:56 pm
i could get 7mpg to show on the computer of my old rover sdi vitesse but that was 3.5 injected, great days :D
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by fogman on Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:58 pm
if you were getting fifteen to the gallon todays trip would of cost you approx £40 jas
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by MrTom on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:01 pm
Holy crap mate! That works out about 75p a mile in fuel :wtf: :wtf: :drive: = $$$
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by jason on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:04 pm
Do you want a swop for a week :D
Go on you know you want a B series :dance:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by fogman on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:05 pm
jason must be that secret euro lotto winner :wink: or hes slipped a 3.2 in on the quiet lol
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by jason on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:12 pm
Colleys v6 dose more to a gallon Then mine, on the last annual meet I had to stop of to get fuel :oops:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by fogman on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:13 pm
but your truck does look the nutz jas so its worth it :wink:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by Drift on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:14 pm
I used to get 8mpg from a fully loaded double decker bus 20 years ago :shock:

It look shitte though :lol: :lol:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by fogman on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:16 pm
i used to get 8 ish mpg in a 24 tonne arctic truck with a 30 foot trailer which i used to raz non stop :D
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by colley on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:16 pm
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by jason on Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:31 pm
Git :thumbdown: ow and :wave:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by fudge on Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:52 pm
today i replaced my rear shocks with the monroe shocks i have aquired and painted
with a normal shock
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as well i tried to remove the half sharfts out of the lsd rear axle i have, but no joy and one tree snaped :oops:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by taylor6632 on Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:25 pm
a good wash and wax so she's all shiny and most of the light scratches have gone.
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by Drift on Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:07 pm
I am in the middle of spay painting the spare wheel, now I say painting but in my own style I am actually just converting the colour to black from silver to match the other cakky job I did painting the others last year :lol:
Quality?....nope just black drips :oops:
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by Drift on Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:35 pm
Well I am getting there

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Just a few more drips and a few more runs in the paint and I will have got it low enough to my standards :oops:

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Tinkered to it's practical limits but understated, though shockingly cool (do you know her?).
She is nicccccceeee ;-)
Region: North West
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Re: WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY! by Hound Dog on Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:21 pm
I have done nothing with mine today not even drive it maybe tomorrow
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