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I don't even know where the nearest gas station is with diesel near me in Pittsburgh. It's probably on the other side of the city/off a highway exit
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STR's 'around here' is bigger than my entire country 
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Jul 9, 2014 23:09
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Rhyno posted:drat near every gas station I've been to in the state of Indiana has diesel on almost every pump these days. Also Illinois, Iowa, and probably the rest of the midwest.
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Jul 9, 2014 23:11
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PCOS Bill posted:I don't even know where the nearest gas station is with diesel near me in Pittsburgh. It's probably on the other side of the city/off a highway exit It can be a bit of a pain to find in Seattle, but you really don't have to look that hard. I have some app on my phone to help, but thats also so I can check who doesn't have insane prices on diesel. Some places its just about the same as regular, different station a mile away and its 10 cents more than premium. Any of the big newer gas stations will have it though.
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Jul 9, 2014 23:34
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e;f,b Anecdotally it seems like about most of the stations in the Seattle and Portland areas have diesel, just not at every pump.
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Jul 9, 2014 23:35
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Negromancer posted:It can be a bit of a pain to find in Seattle, but you really don't have to look that hard. I have some app on my phone to help, but thats also so I can check who doesn't have insane prices on diesel. Some places its just about the same as regular, different station a mile away and its 10 cents more than premium. Any of the big newer gas stations will have it though. Luckily with a diesel you have some time to look around for a pump. 550+ miles per 13g fill up here  Also, as someone who has made multiple trips from CO to TX and back, most of the south has diesel at every station. It must just be the yanks that don't have diesel due to it being all cold and poo poo up there and diesel gelling.
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Jul 9, 2014 23:50
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Diesel vehicles are much less common in big cities, so gas stations sometimes won't have diesel pumps. Stations near an interstate will almost always have diesel, but the further away from that you get the more often it's going to be gasoline only. Rural areas will always have diesel because the ratio of diesel vehicles goes up dramatically. It's science. 
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Jul 9, 2014 23:54
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veedubfreak posted:Luckily with a diesel you have some time to look around for a pump. 550+ miles per 13g fill up here drat, I only get ~420 miles or so per tank. Mostly city driving in amazing traffic seattle has. xzzy posted:Diesel vehicles are much less common in big cities, so gas stations sometimes won't have diesel pumps. Stations near an interstate will almost always have diesel, but the further away from that you get the more often it's going to be gasoline only. More and more places in seattle carry it , which probably has something to do with the amount of tdi's you see on the roads. I think tdi JSW's are almost taking over from outbacks as the most seattle car. Granted there are also multiple bio-diesel stations around the city as well. *edit* sorry for continuing the diesel talk, I give you a almost stock del sol covered in sweet stickers  It's almost awesome in a sweet late 90's way. Also, the uber seattle subaru  I think there is a unwritten rule that if you have a outback in seattle you must have at least 1 believe or coexist sticker. slurry_curry fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Jul 10, 2014 |
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Jul 10, 2014 00:16
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Diesels that are not rolling coal are not, by themselves, "terrible car stuff". Get it together, guys.
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Jul 10, 2014 00:19
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Galler posted:Also Illinois, Iowa, and probably the rest of the midwest. I've been in Iowa the last 14 years. I'd say only about half the fuel stations around here have diesel. There is one station nearby that has 3 grades of gasoline, e-85, diesel, and red diesel. It has ALL of the prices for those on the sign. It's hilarious.
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Jul 10, 2014 00:51
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Rhyno posted:drat near every gas station I've been to in the state of Indiana has diesel on almost every pump these days. A few years ago I lived in Lexington KY and there were one or two cunts who did the same thing to me when I was in the Miata with the roof down. First time it happened I thought someone just had a broken truck. Second time I started daydreaming about them getting broadsided by garbage trucks.
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Jul 10, 2014 02:02
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joat mon posted:What part belongs in any other thread but this one? Ahaahaha hotdog stand. My all time favorite windows theme.
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Jul 10, 2014 02:06
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Captain Bravo posted:Since we're not apparently discussing guns in the car thread, what's your favorite gun to use in your car, or your favorite car to shoot at with your gun? Personally I prefer the Remington F250 V8 semi-automatic. You really need a revolver, magazine-fed guns are just way too hard to reload with one hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pmRw_CNCgU
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Fucknag posted:You live in Texas. Pickup capital of the U.S.A. I've lived all over, and it's never hard to find a gas station with diesel. East Texas, West Texas, North Texas, Panhandle, I've seen it all.
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I live right outside Philadelphia. Diesel pumps are not as easy to come by. Not saying you can't find them, but there's a good chance that a random gas station you pull into might not have one.
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If you don't like the Mercedes Benz OM617/6, you're a terrible car person, and should post your own picture in this this thread. I love my almost 130 furious ponies coming outta my 800ish lb iron drivetrain packing 180ish ft-lbs. Sure it takes 16 seconds to reach 60mph, but at least I can pull a Buzz Lightyear and drive it to infinity and beyond. Seriously, after the heat death of the universe, my old trusty Benz is gonna be floating around in space ready to be fired up, just waiting for a fresh tank of diesel and a new planet to drive on.
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Jul 10, 2014 13:24
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Terrible car guy stuff. Someone posted this video on my FB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoEJR3mRTek and claimed it as proof that older cars are better. I can't stand this argument. Okay, great, you can spend $200k making a car almost as fast as a million dollar car that weighs twice as much (I'm assuming the Skyline is stripped out), while in all likelihood ruining street driveability, stressing the motor (that RB can't have much life in it at those power levels, compared to a stock Veyron), and judging by the trap speeds couldn't get anywhere near the Veyron's top speed, which is it's primary selling point. Why don't people get that there's more to supercars than just a single metric of performance? You're not paying a million dollars for a 250mph tube-frame racer, you're paying for a comfortable luxury car, with climate control and stereo system and leather and heated seats, which it happens can go 250mph. E: Don't get me wrong, I love GT-Rs, they're just in an entirely different category of vehicles. Apples to oranges.
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So after this fascinating discussion about which gas stations near you have diesel pumps there's only one burning question left for me: How many of those diesel pumps have those little tabs on them that keep the pump going when you take your hand off?
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Jul 10, 2014 16:09
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Fucknag posted:and claimed it as proof that older cars are better. 80s boxy design best design.
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Jul 10, 2014 16:56
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Cage posted:80s boxy design best design. Things that would have gotten you stabbed if spoken in the 90's. Just think, in a few short years there will be kids waxing nostalgic for the "plastic held over a lighter" body styling that became popular in the late 90's.
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Jul 10, 2014 17:01
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All I think of when I think of "90s cars" is the bubble taurus, even though it didn't come out until 1996.
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xzzy posted:Just think, in a few short years there will be kids waxing nostalgic for the "plastic held over a lighter" body styling that became popular in the late 90's. Bubbles have been a trend for years
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Cage posted:All I think of when I think of "90s cars" is the bubble taurus, even though it didn't come out until 1996. My driver's ed car circa ~1996 was a Mercury Sable. We called it the Ovalmobile because literally every body styling cue was an oval. If it could have had oval wheels and tires, you'd better be drat sure they would've had them.
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robotsinmyhead posted:My driver's ed car circa ~1996 was a Mercury Sable. We called it the Ovalmobile because literally every body styling cue was an oval. If it could have had oval wheels and tires, you'd better be drat sure they would've had them. In this vein, terrible car stuff: the ugly style of a 1996 hatchback Taurus: 
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The horrible scaling on that photo really adds another dimension to the design.
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Protocol7 posted:In this vein, terrible car stuff: the ugly style of a 1996 hatchback Taurus: My parents had what I considered the eggiest of cars, the '97 Buick Riviera (theirs was dark green though)  I will say that at the time it was pretty neat that I could remove the key from the ignition and the radio would stay on until you opened the doors. Something that for some reason our '98 Malibu the next year could also do but that my used '98 Corvette still doesn't. How did GM have the radio on technology in a '97 Buick and not bother putting it in their Corvette?
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davebo posted:My parents had what I considered the eggiest of cars, the '97 Buick Riviera (theirs was dark green though) Even worse, it's just a simple relay wired in that keeps it energized until a door is opened. They could have added it for less than $10.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:46
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Protocol7 posted:In this vein, terrible car stuff: the ugly style of a 1996 hatchback Taurus: These always reminded me of a tick that was completely full and about to pop.
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veedubfreak posted:These always reminded me of a tick that was completely full and about to pop. You know how they say cars have faces? The face on that Taurus reminds me of a specific person. Jim Carrey.
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track day bro! posted:This guy? He's a real piece of poo poo for sure and I notice that the people goading me do not seem to care. Makes you think.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:14
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Speaking of Taurus wagons (or Sables in this case), this parks near me sometimes:  
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That was my point, we all think it's terrible now, but before long all those melty oval cars are going to be sought after relics by kids who think they look cool.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:57
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Not if we find and crush them all first.
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powderific posted:Speaking of Taurus wagons (or Sables in this case), this parks near me sometimes: When all you have is a rivet gun and sawzall, everything is going to start looking like a pickup.
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Captain Trips posted:In response to this article being shared with the comment "I'm just gonna keep rocks in my car to throw at these redneck assholes." These loving people not only destroy their engines, they give the rest of us diesel owners a bad name. gently caress them.
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Jul 10, 2014 20:46
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powderific posted:Speaking of Taurus wagons (or Sables in this case), this parks near me sometimes: It's almost an improvement in the looks department to be honest.
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Jul 10, 2014 21:17
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Sculpting a turd.
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Jul 10, 2014 21:22
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Kenshin posted:It's almost an improvement in the looks department to be honest. Big downgrade in the utility department though.. those wagons have a ton of space back there without modifications. And utility is the only reason anyone would willingly own one of those, right?
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xzzy posted:Big downgrade in the utility department though.. those wagons have a ton of space back there without modifications. Desperation? I honestly don't know. The same could be said for the PT Cruiser or Pontiac Aztek.
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Fucknag posted:Terrible car guy stuff. Someone posted this video on my FB: Kinda like a bone stock $15.5k bike versus a Veyron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG9y7zyP8PY
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