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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 15 Jan 2012 16:53 #31

ThomasRideandDrive OFFLINE Master Equestrian Centre Proprietor, Northumberland, UK Posts: 2514 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 1	Travis Morgan wrote: With rising fuel costs, I've been looking at a more economical work vehicle. I'm kinda thinking about a minivan with dual sliding doors or maybe something like a Grand Cherokee. You Americans make me laugh...... "Fuel economy" and "little" and Grand Cherokee?! Here that would be a gas guzzler!
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 15 Jan 2012 17:49 #32

Juhani Takanen OFFLINE Very Senior Member Posts: 523 Karma: 1	my boxer gets 6,7l/100km. With the chevy i had it was about 14l/100km...
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 15 Jan 2012 18:14 #33

Bill Adams OFFLINE Master Posts: 4185 Thank you received: 9 Karma: 6	Thomas_Ride&Drive wrote: You Americans make me laugh...... "Fuel economy" and "little" and Grand Cherokee?! Here that would be a gas guzzler! We do have these little foibles, we also used a bunch of gas to make it so the British Empire doesn't have to send their tax returns to Berlin.
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 16 Jan 2012 00:50 #34

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With rising fuel costs, I've been looking at a more economical work vehicle. I'm kinda thinking about a minivan with dual sliding doors or maybe something like a Grand Cherokee.

Ain't nothing new under the sun. In the middle 1980s, my friend Jeff Engler, CJF, was working out of a minivan. I think gas was about a dollar a gallon and he was doing his best to get to his horses as cheaply as possible.

Tom Stovall, CJF
"The only foolish question is the one left unasked."

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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 16 Jan 2012 01:30 #35

Gary Hill OFFLINE Guru Posts: 5298 Thank you received: 6 Karma: 4	Bill Adams wrote: We do have these little foibles, we also used a bunch of gas to make it so the British Empire doesn't have to send their tax returns to Berlin. Bill, you Always have a way with words!!!
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 16 Jan 2012 03:04 #36

ThomasRideandDrive OFFLINE Master Equestrian Centre Proprietor, Northumberland, UK Posts: 2514 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 1	Just noticed the OP is banned.... presumably he was told to take a hike!?
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 16 Jan 2012 04:22 #37

Jack Evers OFFLINE Master Posts: 3399 Thank you received: 45 Karma: 9	Thomas_Ride&Drive wrote: Just noticed the OP is banned.... presumably he was told to take a hike!? Don't recall exactly, but believe it started the other way around when he in effect told Steve to take a hike. Bad move.
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 16 Jan 2012 10:56 #38

ThomasRideandDrive OFFLINE Master Equestrian Centre Proprietor, Northumberland, UK Posts: 2514 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 1	Presumably after he'd told Steve to take a hike, he was told to get on his bike
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 16 Jan 2012 12:23 #39

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Being an ex-pat I am used to the £1.25 a liter cost of gas and drive a five door hatchback stick shift when not shoeing or horsing around. The 1.8 Nissan gets 40mpg U.S which is pretty good. But for hauling loads and shoeing I use my 3500 Ram Dually diesel, I get 22mpg running around without the trailer and 18mpg with either my 6x6x6 shoeing trailer or 3h gooseneck. From all the reviews I have read the Transit only gets in the low 20's. That is making hard for me to move away from the Dodge. The truck is just so much more versatile. The cost saving just is not there to justify the $22000 they want for the Transit. Now if it was diesel maybe but if car dealers are true to form they will kill the cost/benefit ratio with a premium price for the diesel engine.

Steve Marshall

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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 16 Jan 2012 15:05 #40

ThomasRideandDrive OFFLINE Master Equestrian Centre Proprietor, Northumberland, UK Posts: 2514 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 1	Steve Marshall wrote: Being an ex-pat I am used to the £1.25 a liter cost of gas I wish! Petrol is now £1.34p - can be as high as £1.47. Diesel is £1.42p and can be easily found as high as £1.57!
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RE:Anyone work out of a minivan or other little vehicle? 17 Jan 2012 14:22 #41

John Watts OFFLINE Member Posts: 36 Karma: 0	I work out of a 1980 VW diesel rabbit truck. With the shell on and loaded down with tools, forge, and the days supplies I get 40 mpg. Also I have it converted to run on waste veggie oil. Parts still easy to come by. Easy to work on. When repairs are going to take more then a couple days, I work out of a 4 cylinder Plymouth Voyager.
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