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Re: Does This Sound Right? [ruking1]
by steve_ HOST
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Nov 26, 2008 (11:48 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 26, 2008 11:44 am)
It is an issue - I go 7,500 to 10,000 miles on my Nissan using plain old motor oil, and no oil related hiccups in 129,000 miles. It's lessened my opinion of Toyota a bit.
Ah, here we go:
Toyota Says It’s Now Turning a Profit on the Hybrid Prius. (LA Times). It took 75,000 sales to get to profitability and now they've sold over a million of them and expanded hybrid technology to several other models.
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Re: Global Cooling signs here in NE [steve_]
by gagrice
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Nov 26, 2008 (11:50 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 26, 2008 9:26 am)
Sure everyone is for a cleaner planet with perfect year round temperatures. Tell them that they are going to have to cough up more money to accomplish that GW mandate and see how many you have. If the high speed rail bill that got voted in this election was proposed honestly no one in their right mind would vote for it. The way it is now every man, woman and child will have to kick in $3000 to build that worthless rail system. All in a state that is on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Re: Does This Sound Right? [steve_]
by ruking1
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Nov 26, 2008 (11:53 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 26, 2008 11:48 am)
While the issue is technically not sound bite able, the fact of the matter is that oil chemistries have gotten literally (hate to use the term) exponentially better !!!!! So to keep say a Prius  3,000 to 5,000 miles OCI's is as consumptive as under the old regime of doing 500 miles to 1,000 miles OCI's. DIRTY! DIRTY! DIRTY???? But at the same time the Toyota engineers really know their products and well !!??  
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Re: Does This Sound Right? [ruking1]
by steve_ HOST
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Nov 26, 2008 (11:56 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 26, 2008 11:53 am)
I don't know what a severe service interval would be (don't see may Priuses towing or being used as cabs), but the normal interval is 5,000 miles. Just like my '97 Outback. If anything, the Prius should take the lead with a standard 15,000 or 20,000 mile interval.
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- #4228 of 6840
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Re: Does This Sound Right? [steve_]
by ruking1
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Nov 26, 2008 (12:02 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 26, 2008 11:56 am)
To state the absolute obvious, it does pose the question: if Prius' operate so clean/ly why does it need so frequent OCI's (with exponentially better oil chemistries) that are the equivalent of the OCI's of the 1950/60/70/80's cars (with exponentially worse oil chemistries) !!!???
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Re: Ford Motor Company [adrieldenzel]
by oldfarmer50
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Nov 28, 2008 (5:04 am)
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"...Diesel that has ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel..."
Havn't all diesels made in the US since 2007 had to run on ultra low-sulfur? So that's nothing to brag about.
It is nice to see Ford bringing new diesels to the market though. How about something smaller than a 6.4L?
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- #4231 of 6840
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Re: Ford Motor Company [oldfarmer50]
by gagrice
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Nov 28, 2008 (5:20 am)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Nov 28, 2008 5:04 am)
How about something smaller than a 6.4L?
You beat me to it Farmer. How about an F150 with a 3.2L diesel? Ford proves again that none of the Big 3 have a clue as to what the market needs and wants.
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Re: Ford Motor Company [gagrice]
by kernick
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Nov 28, 2008 (5:31 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 28, 2008 5:20 am)
Yes or how about a Ranger-size truck with that 3.2L engine. Not that I want a Ranger; could Ford please redesign that! How long has it been 10 years since a redesign on the Ranger?
And at the same time maybe they could have Banks Engineering modify the engine design to put out close to the same power as the 6.4L that Ford will give you.
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Re: Ford Motor Company [kernick]
by gagrice
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Nov 28, 2008 (5:39 am)
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Replying to: kernick (Nov 28, 2008 5:31 am)
I think Ford almost dropped its Ranger line. I have a 1999 Ranger that is lucky to get any better mileage than a full sized PU. Ford sells a great diesel Ranger in just about every country except the USA. That is sad but true. Our government, with taxes and regulations, have managed to block all high mileage PU trucks from getting into our closed society.
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