Built like a Mercedes (?)

Agreed. Top posting is occasionally done in a manner that is
acceptable, but not very often. Bottom posting is usually done well,
but there are always idiots who can't. Inline is really best.

ALL OF THEM must be done with proper snippage, or they don't work.

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Dave

 

I disagree. I am nice about things. The first time, the second time,
usually even the third, fourth and fifth. Once I decide someone is a
fucktard, nice goes away. Which is why even though I disagree with
you here, I am not in any way being a "meany" to you. Idiots who
can't use the shift key, well that is why we have the ability to
plonk.

*************************
Dave

 

No net nanny, it is a person doing what they want. You and that other fool
should get a room somewhere.

 

http://www.carpages.co.uk/isuzu/isuzu_rodeo_pickup_part_1_22_10_03.asp?switched=on&echo=993123965

You call that a one ton pickup?

Truly amusing.... 2500lbs capacity and 5510 towing. Laughable at best. My
3/4 ton truck has 2500lbs capacity (limit) by law, 5000lbs by rating on
tires and axles. Its towing capacity is 12,000lbs. I've had it on road at
14,000lbs gross weight. And yes, its just a pickup, and not the biggest made
in the U.S.

Less than the above truck.

A stunning 113hp. How nice. I'm at the low end of the scale running 215hp,
and 420ftlbs of torque in my truck.

Visit the Dodge website and you'll find that payload in a one ton 4x4
Regular cab (3500 series) is 5050lbs and a truck with a quad cab (four
doors) has a payload of 2900lbs.


--
Max

"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)

 

No. You know that we have been talking of main line trains or locomotives

Over here, subway IS passenger rail service, since they run on the same
rails as surface trains or elevateds, and use virtually the same equipment.

They are competitive, as I showed via a price calcualtion two days ago.

But efficiency does not mean they will be used as much as they should be.
You seem to confuse efficiency with cost to th passenger.

Rail travel will always use far less fuel per ton moved over a mile than a
car, bus, or a truck.

Until you prove otherwise, your argument is at a standstill.

Plonk me yet?

--
Max

"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)

 

I know that it little used by travellers and mainly used by bulk cargo

Then you not only haven't been reading what I've posted, you've not been
reading anything with up to date info about our rail system.

No real surprise there.

--
Max

"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)

 

kindergarten, and so is incapable of writing coherent sentences.

dave,

i have been polite so far with everyone. but your snip at my intelegence
level is beyond belief. you act as if you know something about my education
level but obviously you don't. i infact have a college education, now
granted my english/spelling is not the best but i WAS NOT an english major.

now take your grade school comments and shove them you know where.

 

yeah, just what we need in this world. more rules. how about you
just read it however it is posted and if you can figure it out, cool.
if you can't, let it go.

 

yeah. great. another person who worries about process over
substance. that will really make things work out better. geez, can't
you just let it go?

 

well then, you probably know where you can put the shift key, huh?

 

man, don't take it personally. dave is a fucktard to everyone. i
could overlook that, but he is an idiot besides. its one thing to be
as arrogant as he is, but if you're going to be that arrogant, you at
least should have some brains to fall back on.

 

Nope - it went another 100,000 and I never added oil between changes.
I sold it with 223,000 miles on it in 1973 (you heard right) to go to
Africa. I had to finish my '53 Coronet before I left, so the Dart went
and I put some miles on a '65 Rambler 'till I got the Hemi going. Took
it ( the '53 Hemi Coronet)from Elmira Ontario to PEI for it's first
outing, then drove it back home and put it in storage for 2 years.
That Dart was not totally stock - it was "tuned" and really liked
running at 4500 RPM. Not quite like my old '63 Valiant (170) that
REGULARLY turned over 5000. The Valiant had to run Champion N3 or
Nippondenso W25 plugs or it burned them off in short order. The Dart
was good on N7 or N9, IIRC, but was really hard on N14s. The Dart was
OK on regular, but the Valiant was pretty much a "premium"
engine.Sunoco 260 preffered. (206 RW HP on the dyno through the
torquflite)60 in low, 90 in second, and pin the needle in third.

 

You gotta learn to read da English, Dave.
No, I said quite densely populated and 2 of the 5 poorest countries
in the world. Average income in the village I visited was well under
$14 per man/woman and child per year. And it was one of the more
"prosperous" villages. In the cities or large towns, like Banfora
things were a bit better, but even in Ougadougou, the capital, poverty
was VERY evident. As was Aids.

 

Well, when we take little brother's F150 up to his place in
Gravenhurst ( from Kitchener) without the trailer, and without the
Quad on the back, it gets 25 miles to the Canadian Gallon if he
doesn't push it too hard. It's a 4X4 V8. That's about the same he gets
when he takes his daughters Escort wagon - which is kept in a good
state of tune. Actually, if he doesn't chase the Escort he can get
close to 30.If he chases the F150, less than half that.

In town - a TOTALLY different story.
My 94 TransSport 3.8 can't do that(25). My old 3.0 New Yorker could
approach 25 - not sure what the 2.5 Mystique is doing - it doesn't hit
the highway too often.

 

The old L200 MitsuShitty was sold here as a Dodge D50 - a half ton
truck in America.

Well, virtuall the same Mazda/Ranger is sold here as a half ton by
both Mazda and Ford..

MOST Hilux are sold as 1/2 ton trucks, although the frame is the same
on the 1 ton. Yes, the Hilux is sold as a 1 ton - but not NEARLY all
of them. We used to have Hilux 1/2 and one ton pickups, as well as 1
ton commercial cab and chassis when we imported them from Japan. Our
Tacoma is American built, and not available as a 1 ton - as MOST
american users require a larger truck when they want a 1 ton capacity.

In North America we have the Toyota Tacoma 1/2 ton, and a few 3/4 ton
versions,(875-1640 lb payload) as well as the honking big Tundra.
(1455 to 2025 lb payload capacity - including passengers on the
Tundra.) It will tow 6500 lbs though.

 

Many panels on modern cars are also galvanised. That makes a *big* difference.

Graham

 

There's simply not much demand for anything more.

Graham

 

Yes I knew you would be saying "my dick is bigger than your dick". All so
very predictable.

Huw

 

Yes, they have heavier duty undercarriage elswhere in the World to carry
one ton. In America and possibly Canada they fit soft springs to provide a
more comfortable ride.
In Europe and especially Asia and some middle Eastern countries these things
are beasts of burden.

As I said, different suspension.



Yes, the Hilux is sold as a 1 ton - but not NEARLY all

Almost all Hilux sold in most areas ouside North America are rated at 1 ton
with the HD underpinnings.
They have never been sold here downrated to half a ton.

Legal limit to tow here is 3.5 tons and 4 tons with rare coupled brakes.
Once more capacity is needed than 3.5 tons then the pickup loses favour to
7.5 ton commercial forward cab trucks which are ten a penny common.

Huw

 

No but your childish 'mine is bigger than yours' attitude shows you up for
what you are. Carry on.

Huw