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#2437370 - 07/08/08 05:50 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: Brad]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 01/31/05
Posts: 21184
Loc: McKinney, TX
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Should have told him it takes more fuel in starting and stopping the engine on a diesel than it will consume at idle for 5-10 minutes.
Thanks, diesel Fishbrain.  that was a bit mathy
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#2437374 - 07/08/08 05:51 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: LegendRick]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 07/27/07
Posts: 2588
Loc: Plano TX
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and I normally a pretty nice guy. [/quote]
Thats good enough for me. Stay that way.
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#2437554 - 07/08/08 06:33 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: Trickster]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 02/18/07
Posts: 3515
Loc: Athens, Texas
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what fun..........excellent thread. i give it 5 stars.
and MIKE what about all the cars pulling through next to you or pulling up next to you at the pump?
should everyone kill it when they enter the lot and coast up to the pump?
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#2438049 - 07/08/08 08:26 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: buda13]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 12/14/03
Posts: 4190
Loc: Grand Prairie, Tx
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It takes about 5 minutes of idling to equal the amount of diesel you use when you start the engine. Wrong! No extra fuel is used to start a diesel. At least not in a Dodge. I think the same with a Ford. The Ford uses a oil driven injector pump or HPOP that will only supply diesel to the engine after you crank it a few turns, enough to build up pressure. The amount of griping that guy did was not right but if I am not mistaken and I read it somewhere, you must turn your engine off when getting fuel at a pump that sells gas. The only time you can leave it running is if you have a diesel only pump. Thats the law.
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#2438109 - 07/08/08 08:49 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: Allison1]
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Registered: 06/19/04
Posts: 422
Loc: Grand Prairie, TX
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My sincerest apologies. I over estimated the amount of time usually spent refueling a vehicle............by 30 seconds. http://www.gstv.com/advertisers.php
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#2438119 - 07/08/08 08:58 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: LoneStarSon]
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Registered: 05/07/04
Posts: 8078
Loc: Kemp/Waco, Tx
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Being late in my opinion shows a lack of respect for the person you are meeting...I was late meeting Baylor_Guy, through no fault of my own (the delivery I was picking up was over an hour and 40 minutes late in being ready for pick up), and I felt like dirt.... I guess I need to confess too, I fell asleep when you were coming up so I left ya hanging for a few minutes
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#2438189 - 07/08/08 10:21 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: LegendRick]
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Registered: 08/16/07
Posts: 1386
Loc: Azle, TX EML
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Rick you should have said your sorry for destroying the ozone very nicely and then pepper spayed him.
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#2438215 - 07/08/08 11:10 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: grandpa75672]
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Registered: 09/14/06
Posts: 2720
Loc: Lewisville, TX
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Well, I have to say you did better than I probably would have. I don't like people getting up in my stuff. You should of mentioned to him that it runs all day anyway, a few minutes turned off at the pump won't make any difference. One of these days he will pick the wrong guy and he will get his little neck ringed.
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#2438217 - 07/08/08 11:14 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: gclark]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 09/05/07
Posts: 4527
Loc: Jo. Co.
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Should have told him you were going for the Guinness Book of World Records on how long you could leave a truck running and that you haven’t shut it off in two years.
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#2438220 - 07/08/08 11:20 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: Bad_Influence™]
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Registered: 09/14/06
Posts: 2720
Loc: Lewisville, TX
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Tiny brained imbeciles need a hobby too.
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#2438222 - 07/08/08 11:23 PM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: david4327]
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Registered: 09/14/06
Posts: 2720
Loc: Lewisville, TX
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I'm a little curious. I have never owned a diesel but what would be the max amount of time you would leave your truck running if you knew you were going to be using it again. I was having lunch the other day and a guy left his running 45 mins. I thought that seemed a little excessive. There has to be a time period where shutting it off makes more sense then letting it idle. I use to leave my Peterbilt running all night when I was in the sleeper. I understand these days, they don't allow that at some truck stops anymore.
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#2438239 - 07/09/08 12:54 AM
Re: I have a small rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Re: gclark]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 05/07/04
Posts: 8078
Loc: Kemp/Waco, Tx
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This also reminds me of a time I just finished purchasing 2 30 packs of keystone at HEB for an after-finals party at my fraternity house. while loading them in my truck, a man approached me and said "I bet you have a 4.0 gpa and ranked in the top of your class by what you are about to put into your body" Told him 'you are exactly right so mind your own business' he said "ok just checkin, so the next time I see you, you better tell me that you made the right decision to buy all that harmful toxins today" told him 'i dont have to wait till then to tell you'
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