Off season purchases

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Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie

Sounds like those girls need a job! :)

On that note, whatever happened to kids going door to door to shovel driveways, cut grass, etc...

I made a KILLING as a young lad doing that, I'd hit every house on the block, hell every house in the subdivision.

We've owned this house for 4 years now, and never once had a knock to do the following.

FW, maybe you should take up that venture, lol have some extra "silent purchase" money as I like to call it.

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Not safe for kids to go to door to door anymore.. Unless mommy drives in the car behind them.. Watching what happens.. Also the kid may hurt their back.. And need a chiropractor... Yes I know a kid who's 6 and sees a chiropractor...

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Originally Posted by topher

Not safe for kids to go to door to door anymore.. Unless mommy drives in the car behind them.. Watching what happens.. Also the kid may hurt their back.. And need a chiropractor... Yes I know a kid who's 6 and sees a chiropractor...

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Kids ds these days would rather play video games, it is truly sad. I was the kid running up and down the street making 10 dollars a driveway . Got up at 3 am and started when I storm came threw,
now a days parents have every excuse in the book , and it's sad , video games don't teach kids responsability and work ethic.

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Originally Posted by jlmorgan

Had a 08 Tundra that couldn't get past a gas station! got sick of that and traded it on a 2012 Silverado Z71 that I get between 20 and 22 mpg, I figure the Tundra got about 12 mpg but other than that was a beauty truck

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Now that's my kind of truck. I have a 2000 GMC Sierra Z71 with just over 200,000 kms on it. I'll be driving it until it dies so it will be a few years before I get another truck but when I do it will be a GM product.

The F150 I have been driving is the eco boost model, with the family and gear in it, and moderate passing, with the cruise set at 15 over (105 and 115) respectively as to where I was driving, I was getting between 12 / 13km /100L

Same mileage I get out of the journey, was impressed.

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Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie

The F150 I have been driving is the eco boost model, with the family and gear in it, and moderate passing, with the cruise set at 15 over (105 and 115) respectively as to where I was driving, I was getting between 12 / 13km /100L

Same mileage I get out of the journey, was impressed.

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The new trucks these days claim some pretty crazy mileage (30+ mpg). I'm a little skeptical but maybe they aren't too far off. Definitely better than the old GM 5.7 V8. I had a 97 Sierra Z71 that I drove for a while with one it in....what a pig!

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Originally Posted by LondonDave

Now that's my kind of truck. I have a 2000 GMC Sierra Z71 with just over 200,000 kms on it. I'll be driving it until it dies so it will be a few years before I get another truck but when I do it will be a GM product.

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not me. current gm had to have new rings and pistons because it was burning oil like a coffee shop in amsterdam. previous truck was a gm and the engine blew up after 160K.

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Originally Posted by LondonDave

The new trucks these days claim some pretty crazy mileage (30+ mpg). I'm a little skeptical but maybe they aren't too far off. Definitely better than the old GM 5.7 V8. I had a 97 Sierra Z71 that I drove for a while with one it in....what a pig!

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The new trucks are pretty sweet , I just bought a 2013 gmc serria crew cab with the 4.8 litre v8 flex fuel , It cost me 100 105 from empty and I get 1000 or more kilometres to a tank.
It is unreal , my old 03 silverado would get 400 to a tank and it was about 140 to full,

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Originally Posted by jlmorgan

Had a 08 Tundra that couldn't get past a gas station! got sick of that and traded it on a 2012 Silverado Z71 that I get between 20 and 22 mpg, I figure the Tundra got about 12 mpg but other than that was a beauty truck

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I researched the Tundra and the Titan when I was shopping. Many say the same thing. Read a few articles that stated both Toyota and Nissan have lagged in the V8 area because they haven't really redesigned thier V8 engines to keep up with the times.

Nissan is apparently going to offer redesigned Titans and Frontiers for 2015. I have a 2013 Frontier V6. Got a great price on it, and it's been an awesome mid size truck.

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Originally Posted by CocoZoo

I researched the Tundra and the Titan when I was shopping. Many say the same thing. Read a few articles that stated both Toyota and Nissan have lagged in the V8 area because they haven't really redesigned thier V8 engines to keep up with the times.

Nissan is apparently going to offer redesigned Titans and Frontiers for 2015. I have a 2013 Frontier V6. Got a great price on it, and it's been an awesome mid size truck.

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My co worker just bought a '14 titan v8 he said it's a pig on fuel.

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Originally Posted by GBuck

not me. current gm had to have new rings and pistons because it was burning oil like a coffee shop in amsterdam. previous truck was a gm and the engine blew up after 160K.

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Bad luck I guess. Knock on wood I've never had problems like that with any gas GM trucks that I've had. I had a 98 Sierra with a 6.5 diesel that is a different story. Cracked the block in that one but they were known for that.