I hear that! I drive 120 miles a day 365 days a year. Thats why I bought the KIA. I put in iridium spark plugs, a K&N short ram, and removed the resonator to reduce back pressure and I'm regularly getting 38 to 42 mpg. Its rated at 34-36 highway so I'm happy.

 

i drive my explorer 120 miles a day... lol. all 14 mpg...

 

Must be nice to have that kind of money. I am working on the same paycheck as the people working the drive through at burger king. (after I pay for gas, tires, and oil changes not to mention resale value going to crap)

 

In October of 2008 I started working this job. My car was very nice with only 14,000 miles. I will roll over to 80,000 miles in the next few days.

 

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

what makes you think i can AFFORD 14 mpg? im still tryin to figure out how im gonna get to work in the mornin...

 

Ive got a question for you since you have 2 np205 trucks one auto and one manual. I know a guy who has a 79 F150 Ranger with a rotten body. He is trading me his HD snow plow and a bunch of other parts for my 60 F100. I want to know if the np205 for the c6 will work on a truck with a 435 manual trans. I am taking the t-case either way but I want to know if I need to sell it or will it work on my truck?

 

the trucks arent where i can look at em. (they are in colorado, im in north dakota...) but to my knowledge, they will bolt up. pretty sure they didnt change the t/c for the trannies, seeins as they used the NP205 in pretty much all 4x4s back in the day. i will say, beyond reasonable doubt, that they will bolt up and you can keep it.

 

ok cool cause when I got under there it looked weird. Ive seen np205's before but never from under a truck so I'm just going to assume its the way I'm looking at it. How do you live each day not being around your trucks? I work on my truck all the time. I don't think I could be apart from it for very long. I plan to take it to Alabama and go hit some off road trails sometime this winter or next spring. There is a river down there I want to cross real bad.

 

it sucks man. strait up sucks. the good thing is i have my explorer. and i just talked to a guy bout a 78 up here today too. price is decent, ill see if i can talk him down.

 

COOL! I want to see pics if you get it.

 

lol. dont worry. ill have a camera by the time i get it.

 

yesterday i took the bed off and instaled new poly body mounts.. today i'm gonna pull the gas tank to clean it and paint the back of the frame.

 

BODY MOUNTS? DAMN! There is something I'm sure I need to do!

 

93 Explorer, Eddie Bauer, w/ 4.0, 4x4, 120lb zombie guard.

Eddie Bauer? SORRY DUDE! How do you live every day knowing you have to climb into a truck with tan Interior? I was a professional auto detail man for several years and I wont touch anything with tan or white interior. Its WAY to hard to get to look new again and not to mention ugly as can be. Just my opinion. I have a sub box that holds 3 12's and 1 or 2 amps with tan carpet. I wanted to change it to gray but sold the truck so now it just sits in my closet.

 

I'm going to stop now. Back to the truck updates!