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Octavian_P
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Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« on: May 28th, 2006, 11:50am » |
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This a normal morning in traffic for me, sorry about the size of the pict, i can't find the original one, anyway this is a resize.
PS: for a 6 mile trip around town it can sometimes take more that 1 hour to reach destination (this is in the happy cases  )
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Octavian_P
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #2 on: May 28th, 2006, 1:51pm » |
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That's a normal morning, i'll get my camera when it will be a rainy normal traffic.....in thoes days it's better to go with the subway
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #3 on: May 31st, 2006, 10:37am » |
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That is HORRENDOUS.
Makes me feel so lucky! I start work at 6am, and there is NIL traffic on the road at that time.
Leave home at 5.35, and after a nice leisurely drive across Torbay, roll into the firms car park at around 5.50. Total fuel for for my weekly journeys to work and back is about twelve quid.
To be honest, if it was that bad here, I'd keep the Scorp just for my leiasure time, and buy a small motorcycle just for commuting.
I couldn't be arsed fighting my way through that lot every day.
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Highlander
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #4 on: May 31st, 2006, 12:12pm » |
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A SMALL motorcycle ? nooooooooooo
Get a big one!!!
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #5 on: May 31st, 2006, 12:29pm » |
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I'd have a BIG one, but I don't know if Octavian has a bike licence.
My riding days are (unfortunately) over, but last bike I had was a Suzuki 900 RF.
Now THAT ate up the miles!! 
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #6 on: May 31st, 2006, 4:48pm » |
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It wouldn't be to hard to get a bike licence, but a real bike usualy costs as much as two scorpios ......meaning a cheap one would be over 10.000 euros. Which would be way over my budget, especialy now that i quit my job  , and a little tiny scooter (under 50 cc) has a price about 2.000 euros.
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #7 on: May 31st, 2006, 4:50pm » |
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on May 31st, 2006, 12:12pm, Highlander wrote:A SMALL motorcycle? nooooooooooo
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I saw a Triumph Motrcycle at a show, it had a 2.3 litre engine......the engine block was almost as big as my scorpio engine, and it had 180 horsepower 
PS: price was about 40.000 euros
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trogg
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #9 on: May 31st, 2006, 9:40pm » |
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aint rush hour marvelous.
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cossie_al
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Re: Why my scorpio is so heavy on fuel
« Reply #10 on: Jun 2nd, 2006, 12:04am » |
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I once saw a norton feather bed with a rover v8 engine in it.
The guy had ridden it to the glowing lamb bike rally near kendal in the lake district.
When I got to talk to him he was on intravenus coffee and chain smoking
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