StatutoryApe

just wait til inflation kicks in that way the money you pay back to your credit card company isn't worth crap! :tonguefinger:

do you have any pics for us? is it a close fit or what? cuz if you can't fit an oil filter wrench on the top of it, a strap-style wrench might be able to get around it. i just changed my oil today and found out that a Penzoil oil filter doesn't have enough clearance to fit an oil filter wrench in between the filter and the frame. i know for sure that bosch works, but i don't have headers. i wouldn't leave the same filter on because as soon as you let the new oil go through the old filter, it'll get dirty again.

if it ain't broke, don't fix it is my philosophy, especially nowadays. unless you realllllly need a pickup.

Welcome, bro!

what's cool is that i already drive like that before i even read about hypermiling. it's just common sense to me another thing i do is take corners kinda fast to conserve my momentum/speed. you gotta let off the gas when you come up to the turn, brake a lil bit just before the turn, and accelerate outta the apex. if i can, on a right turn, i'll go really fast and swing out to the farthest lane to the left so that i can keep my speed and not have to slow down just to stay in the farthest lane to the right. basically drive like a race car driver--efficiently. and by that i mean try to keep your speed (and thus, momentum)

i think i'll just meet up at Jax and eat on the road to save time/ sleep in more Patterson is less than 2 hours away for me too

you can make it in 2wd right?

pre spray with what? i'm curious. i hope there's no mud at raines. i hate mud

yeah, i forgot what that was called. but mine's around 1.75

i have a CB but my range is crap. i need to tune it. and i have an frs radio, but it gets crazy feedback from my pathfinder.

i can get there whenever u guys want me to. and by "there" i mean slix house.

for sure.

haha, i'm gonna be eatin on the road. at the buttcrack of dawn.

just curious.... how do you make toast w/o a toaster?

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yeah, i'll be headin down 5 to get down there. i guess your house it is.

so exactly where are we gonna meet? in the park or at some fast food joint or what? just curious.

that's a good point. he is kinda stupid. i'll have to think about that one.

can i invite a friend with a yota? or do we wanna keep it Nissan?

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yeah, the only way to get real information is to do a field test, mythbusters-style. and to actually contribute to this thread: try to coast for a while before completely stopping. say you come up to a stop light and you're about 100 yards away. just let off the gas and roll to a stop. best-case scenario is by the time u get to the limit line, the light will have changed to green and you still have some momentum so that you don't have to start from a stand-still.

i'll definitely have to try that you just reminded me that i have a gps unit! (it's new, that's why i didn't remember i had it) and just so everyone knows, i don't have too much trail gear (i'll go out and buy some recovery straps tho) since i'm new to wheelin and all

well i work on that sunday, so saturday works for me i need to get an HB tcase shifter tho, since i can't get into 4Lo with my body lift and all

actually, in my last post i said that less air pressure = less air in the tire = more heat = more energy loss. so by that reasoning *which was the theory suggested to me by my physics professor-i don't know how it works in the real world* less tire pressure means less fuel economy. but i'm no expert. well all that different friction theory sounds way too complicated for me anyway. lol.

no chit? i guess if different rubbers don't typically follow the standard equations of friction, then i don't really know what i'm talking about. lol. and i'm just going off of what my physics professor said. he also brought up the question "why do dragsters have wide tires?" he told us it was because since the tire is bigger and has more air in it, it's harder to heat up. and since energy is lost as heat, it would be a good thing to have a big tire that's hard to heat up. but i could be mistaken. i can't remember 100% of what my professor said because i was spacing out at the time.