[geeks] What is Microsoft planing with this?

[Michael Schiller]

Rick Hamell wrote:

>         But... if you have a reason to have one - more power to you. Most
> people don't though. I was car shopping myself recently... It surprises me
> how low of a gas milege most SUV's DO get... my requirements were 15MPG
> City, and 18 highway... none could match that, yet most every car and
> minivan I looked at could. :( Even ones as old as 1995.
>

This is one reason why my pickup truck has a diesel engine in it. I get around
16mpg either city or highway, unless it's fully loaded, then it drops to 11mpg.
A gas powered truck with a similarly powerful engine would drop to something
like 6mpg (down from maybe 10).

And once the winter is over I'm going to experiment with biodiesel in it as
well, nothing like reusing french fry oil :)

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-Mike
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