Why are the Fans of the VX Community living us.

[Dino]

Joe, having been a wrench myself for a good number of years, I'd have to say I agree with the logic of that 100%.

I'm not so worried about mechanical failures, but part of that is because I can fix anything that may occur myself. What my concern is, after another year goes by and we've all realized that the $100 per barrel mark will NEVER turn around and gas is over $4 per galon EVERYWHERE in the USA, ANY vehicle that gets less that 18 mpg is bound to drop in price.

I'm selling now because of that, and because of the following.

Fossil fuels are wonderful. Energy from a sun that was shining on the earth back when the dinosaurs were around, stored up in plants and animals all caught up in rock and pressure to form these nice long hydrocarbon molecules that we can extract and burn in the internal cumbustion engine. Gasoline delivers 3 times the energy when it burns that hydrogen IF you factor in what it took to extract the hydrogen.


SO..... (there is a point here) gasoline is going to be around for a while, but it's a finite supply. Doesn't it stand to reason that we should use it as efficiently as possible so we can ALL enjoy the wonderful thing that is the automobile??????????????

...and maybe our kids can too? At least for a little while longer...


eh... maybe I'm full of biodegradable soil enhancer

[Chopper]

Certain areas pose the best solution to Hydrogen production. Iceland in particular. They are gearing up hard to become the first, biggest players. All that lovely geothermal energy, virtually laying around on the ground, waiting to be picked up. Gobs of fat, juicy, electric...FREE...after setup cost, and minus maintenance expenses. The big electric needs are the tickler in cheap hydrogen production. Ya know, in an alternate universe, where the world isn't all that much different....the humans there do it all with little reactors (of course, they'd never developed any religion there, so no zealot has ever thought of grenading one in the name of his particular invisible man)

[nfpgasmask]

Well, even if it is a myth that the 3.5 engines crap out, it is most certainly NOT A MYTH that the 3.5 burns oil like there is no tomorrow. Something is certainly fubar.

Bart

[Chopper]

When you buy a vehicle like this, I think you agree on some level to be part of the R&D department.Then a few years on...it becomes all about preservation. Like owning an old Jag XJ....80% of the survivors around, are sporting a 350/350 swap done at some point. Isuzu is apparently moving away from producing this type of vehicle at all, so creativity will become a hallmark of ownership.....like a lot of other great machines from long ago. (anyone looking for a '61 Aston Martin....red....with fuel delivery issues?)