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To: thackney
Maybe a ten year old CNG pickup. Pretty slim choices at $10k.

Why, doesn't it work anymore? A pickup is a pickup.

A ten year old CNG pickup blows the doors off a brand new $3.50 gas guzzler.

I never understood why people buy new cars anyway, just to see them radically depreciate the second they drive them off the lot.

47 posted on 07/10/2012 6:31:26 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Why, doesn't it work anymore? A pickup is a pickup.

A ten year old CNG pickup blows the doors off a brand new $3.50 gas guzzler.

I tend to buy new vehicles and maintain them until they have almost no resale value. I'm not interested in buying someone else's worn out problems. I buy very basic vehicles. My full size truck in 2008 cost $15k. Dollars per mile is my criteria on long term use.

New F150 are getting ~20 mpg. Updating my past calculation to 15,000 miles per year and 20 mpg only stretches the payback out farther. Getting close to seven years without buying a home refueling system.

49 posted on 07/10/2012 7:12:09 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Why, doesn't it work anymore? A pickup is a pickup.

A ten year old CNG pickup blows the doors off a brand new $3.50 gas guzzler.

I tend to buy new vehicles and maintain them until they have almost no resale value. I'm not interested in buying someone else's worn out problems. I buy very basic vehicles. My full size truck in 2008 cost $15k. Dollars per mile is my criteria on long term use.

New F150 are getting ~20 mpg. Updating my past calculation to 15,000 miles per year and 20 mpg only stretches the payback out farther. Getting close to seven years without buying a home refueling system.

50 posted on 07/10/2012 7:12:31 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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