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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 10:35 AM
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Leave on a 11 day trip and get back to 2 weeks of work around the house. Yard work done and pressure washed the carport and driveway...now my back is killing me. I need to go back to work to take a break!
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 10:38 AM
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Leave on a 11 day trip and get back to 2 weeks of work around the house. Yard work done and pressure washed the carport and driveway...now my back is killing me. I need to go back to work to take a break!
Retirement is a killer! That's why I still work part time. Recovery time.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 10:53 AM
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Retirement is a killer! That's why I still work part time. Recovery time.
When I finished yesterday evening I had to take 2 Aleve to ease the back pain...my oldest daughter calls and wanted me to help today at their chamber of commerce golf tourney today. That means working your butt off setting up tents..tables...chairs and helping with cooking. I've done it a few times and it's brutal. Told her no way...not today. Now my job is to go and pressure wash the camp in Grand Isle next week...hope she gets me some help because that's a big job too!
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by KingRanchCoy
Getting some good rain this morning! we sure need it, missed out on it all last week.

The old cavalier reached 2 milestones this morning.. 1. Rolled over 158k miles and 2. Best fuel mileage to date. Light just came on at 423 miles and by the time i get back in town should be at the 450 mark. It will be somewhere around the 35mpg mark. Usually only get 330 to 350 on a tank



I've never gotten 35 mpg out of mine -- 31-32 mpg is typical on a tank if it's all highway miles and that's about the best I can do. It drops down to 27-28 if it's mostly just short trips around town. Still decent and I love being able to pile all the miles on the Cavalier and keep them off my other vehicles!

Put over 1100 miles on mine last week alone, which translates into over $500.00 going into my "toy car fund" after taking out for the cost of gas. With what I've got saved so far I should be able to do something pretty fun about this time next year!
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ddellwo
Put over 1100 miles on mine last week alone, which translates into over $500.00 going into my "toy car fund" after taking out for the cost of gas. With what I've got saved so far I should be able to do something pretty fun about this time next year!
Let me know if you need help spending all that extra dough
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ddellwo
I've never gotten 35 mpg out of mine -- 31-32 mpg is typical on a tank if it's all highway miles and that's about the best I can do. It drops down to 27-28 if it's mostly just short trips around town. Still decent and I love being able to pile all the miles on the Cavalier and keep them off my other vehicles!

Put over 1100 miles on mine last week alone, which translates into over $500.00 going into my "toy car fund" after taking out for the cost of gas. With what I've got saved so far I should be able to do something pretty fun about this time next year!

Will find out for sure this afternoon what the actual mpg is. May not be 35 but should be in the vicinity. best i have got is 31mpg on a complete tank. For what they are these are pretty decent little cars.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 11:30 AM
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So the capital is putting blue arrows in their traffic lights along with green and yellow. In the hopes it will stop illegal turns. Idiots.
My local city went to flashing yellow means yield. And two years later people still don't know what to do
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 03:05 PM
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Finally upgraded the gearing on my truck last night. Just bought a F250.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 03:15 PM
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Finally upgraded the gearing on my truck last night. Just bought a F250.
That's the sissy way!
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 03:16 PM
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It was certainly the easy way out. HAHA
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 03:17 PM
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What did you get?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 04:32 PM
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2012 F250 Screw Lariat FX4 package with the 6.7
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 05:23 PM
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Selling the 5.0?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
My local city went to flashing yellow means yield. And two years later people still don't know what to do
Yup. It won't change a thing
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 06:04 PM
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9.6 mpg. An improvement over last fill ups 8.9....

And this gets worse Avery day

 
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