Gas vs PSD
Fleet Owner
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From: Blue Hill Township
I know my insurance covers towing. I had to have the Mustang dragged home one time on a flatbed because the radio interference capacitor ended up shorting out on the coil bracket and killing the ignition. Fortunately it happened when I was on the way home to leave for the airport that night for California.
Hotshot
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From: iowa
Well the V10 doesn't run biodiesel so not sure where your going with that.
I do know the new 6.7 is supposedly rated to B20, and during the summer I run B100 in my 7.3 with no problems for the past several years.
Lead Driver
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AAA is not your friend or mine. Get towing coverage on your insurance for $12-$20 a year, most allow 3 per year, you get to call the company you choose, no more waiting 3 hours for a tow like AAA. They reimburse you for the charges, and we (the tower) actually get paid more $ than the gas it cost us. AAA typically pays $28 for a tow, so most towers will find a way to bill you for "Extras" not covered by AAA so they can earn a few $ per call. The contracted towers also usually put motor clubs at the lowest priority which means you wait! Ever see the dispatch screen on the show Wrecked? The calls in red are Police or high priority, calls in yellow are customer or cash calls, and calls in white are motor club calls (the lowest priority) Pay less, & get more with your insurance!
as for waiting 3 hours for AAA, everytime they asked "am in a safe place", i'd say "no im in the middle of the road". they showed up immediately
as for the tow truckers pay, i always talk to them and they seem very happy to get the work. and, i always give them a tip anyway (if they arent complete douchebags).
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From: CA Bay Area
Talking about roadside assistance, I do have 3 of them for my cars.
We do have "white towing" in Bay Area that monitors the freeways and bring a gas, or give a short tow for free. Than our 21 Century has roadside assistance for no extra charge. They have limit of $70, what is not much, but I used them twice and was really impressed with the helpful responses. In both instances the office (don't think it was in India since they spoke with no accent) found the appropriate service in the area, called me back within few minutes giving their phone number and before I could finish the talk, the service was already calling me. Than Mercedes offers lifetime roadside assistance
We do have "white towing" in Bay Area that monitors the freeways and bring a gas, or give a short tow for free. Than our 21 Century has roadside assistance for no extra charge. They have limit of $70, what is not much, but I used them twice and was really impressed with the helpful responses. In both instances the office (don't think it was in India since they spoke with no accent) found the appropriate service in the area, called me back within few minutes giving their phone number and before I could finish the talk, the service was already calling me. Than Mercedes offers lifetime roadside assistance
Fleet Mechanic
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That's because they are usually just drivers. Most owner operators won't touch motor clubs. A lot of the bigger companies do motor clubs as a way to keep drivers working that need to be on shift for police contracts. The driver gets paid from the company, whether or not the company earns dollar one.
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From: Stevens Point, WI
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From: Long Island USA
The only time I've needed a tow on my three Ford modulars (two 4.6L's and the V10) in the past 15 years has been the '96 T-bird I used to own (and my sister has now).
The original stock Motorcraft battery died in a convenience store parking lot and it was midnight, and a tow truck was running at the gas station next store
The original stock Motorcraft battery died in a convenience store parking lot and it was midnight, and a tow truck was running at the gas station next store
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Yes.
I wanted to know, since everyone seems intent that the v10 can last longer than a diesel, what are the b50 dyno ratings of both ?????????????
I wanted to know, since everyone seems intent that the v10 can last longer than a diesel, what are the b50 dyno ratings of both ?????????????
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b10, b50, are AVG MTTF (mean time till failure) ratings.
If an engines b50 rating is 100 miles, that means that in a test group of tested engines, 50% of them needed major repair before 100 miles.
It is a decent way to test.
I think v10's are good, but not quite as good as some are saying they are.
Remember that most people bought a gas truck cause they couldn't justify a diesel, so typically the gas trucks will live an easier life on AVG.
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From: CA Bay Area
Just like you are calling GasBuddies liars. I guess we both have better things to do than argue about interpretation of Internet sites?
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I still don't get the correlation, but that's OK. I think you explained your preference for Gasbuddies quite well to everyone here.
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From: Auburn, Wa
as for gas buddy driving across country, it was only right 2 or 3 times. most of the times it didn't even list fuel prices.