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Nov 13, 2007 | 08:08 AM

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aklim

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Originally Posted by MarkMoore

That's nothing, I got a 30# Pug...

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Better put some heavy duty springs and shocks. No way the Ex will handle that sort of a load.

Nov 13, 2007 | 08:13 AM

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VaSheriff

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.... I have a 100 lb Rott as well.

When speaking of dogs, size DOESN'T matter.

My daughter has 5 pound Pomeranians that beat up my German Shepherd on a daily basis.

Nov 14, 2007 | 10:43 PM

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I have a 11 pound wiener dog. Size doesn't matter even with a wiener!

Nov 14, 2007 | 11:15 PM

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guiri

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Hey, I've got a big Pug and a 140LB Great Dane. My 120LB Rottie is dead

Nov 15, 2007 | 04:57 AM

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Here in the UK, it cost me £170 fo fill her up from empty, that equates to roughly $340 for a tank full.
I think if the prices of gas get much more over here then i may consider converting it to propane as that can half the cost. (still expensive though)

to be honest i dont normally get that much in as they limit the amount you can fill up in one go, the pumps seem to stop at 99 litres.

but hey, i cant see another vehicle of this size that i can fit all the family in unless i go down the bus route. having the ex saves us taking two cars everywhere, Not so good for parking over here as the parking spaces seem to only cater for 12ft cars and not 19ft lol

Nov 15, 2007 | 06:31 AM

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I was watching a show on Discovery last night about 'future cars and fuel' - it got me thinking what could be done to my beast to make it more efficient. About the only I came up with was to swap the fuel line to stainless so I could run E85 - I think for the flex conversion I need new fuel lines and change to a different fuel filter. Now this would not increase the 'mpgs', but it would reduce the cost of a fill up and be more 'eco-friendly'.

Marcus - what does take to swap to propane? How would a truck this size perform with propane? Towing?... Probably not!?!

For me, towing only a few times a year, I could use a more efficient method 95% of the year and then convert back to reg gas for towing.

Nov 15, 2007 | 07:52 AM

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I had a flex fuel vehicle. Tried E85 once and NEVER WILL AGAIN. Power sucked and mileage sucked but other than that it was fine. I invistigated superchargers. I found out they had 2 different kits. One for flex fuel and the other for regular fuel. Difference was the contents. Flex fuel had no injectors while regular fuel had injectors and a bigger pump. Why? Because the flex fuel trucks had bigger injectors and a larger pump because they needed more fuel to do similar work should it come to it. Also, your injectors would have to be flex fuel compatible. Personally, I wouldn't but go ahead and sell your truck and get a flex fuel one assuming it is advailable if you want. I don't think you will save that much. Fuel will cost less but you will use more.

Nov 15, 2007 | 09:28 AM

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Yeah, that's kind of what I figured - E85 produces fewer BTUs that reg gas does.
I was really just trying to spark some ingenuity and ideas. I know my X will not get much better mpg that what it does now (typically ~13 mpgs daily commute), so the next alturnative was to see if there were less expensive fuel that could be used.