newbie with American car

[TollKeeper]

Hating on the hood ornaments... I think I am younger than you guys, and I still love hood ornaments. Makes me think I am driving a fighter jet... Just need to line them up in the hood ornament... and WAM! 5-10 points. Depending if they get up and walk away or not.

 

[89Suburban]

Hating on the hood ornaments... I think I am younger than you guys, and I still love hood ornaments. Makes me think I am driving a fighter jet... Just need to line them up in the hood ornament... and WAM! 5-10 points. Depending if they get up and walk away or not.

I miss the square bow tie ornaments the late squarebodies had. Anybody remember the tell tale fender lights? They should make a come back too. And wing windows...

 

[bigdog9191999]

Hating on the hood ornaments... I think I am younger than you guys, and I still love hood ornaments. Makes me think I am driving a fighter jet... Just need to line them up in the hood ornament... and WAM! 5-10 points. Depending if they get up and walk away or not.

now that i look at it closer, ( not by much) i originally thought it was from a caddy, and that just dont work for me. but if it is actually a bowtie then it isnt so bad.

 

[OR VietVet]

Looks like a gold Bow Tie to me.

 

[iamdub]

you wont even think about fuel consumption, when you realize how american you feel

Fat, entitled, gluttonous and prodigal?

 

[NJ04YUKON]

Welcome and congrats on the purchase. It must certainly turn a few heads in Sweden!


You poor SOB....those gas prices are brutal! You have to start thinking in SPGs (Smiles Per Gallons....or SPLs in your case) rather then fuel efficiency. Because theire isn't any fuel efficieny with these things! LOL.

 

[Sparksalot]

Hating on the hood ornaments... I think I am younger than you guys, and I still love hood ornaments. Makes me think I am driving a fighter jet... Just need to line them up in the hood ornament... and WAM! 5-10 points. Depending if they get up and walk away or not.

I learned to braze by making an old school ring gunsite to put on the dash of my first car.

 

[George B]

Welcome from Wisconsin USA

 

[emanymton]

Welcome and congrats on the purchase. It must certainly turn a few heads in Sweden!


You poor SOB....those gas prices are brutal! You have to start thinking in SPGs (Smiles Per Gallons....or SPLs in your case) rather then fuel efficiency. Because theire isn't any fuel efficieny with these things! LOL.

I have to do something =)
if u want to compare.
The tahoe tank is 99 liters, thats 26 gallons. that would be 1652 swedish kronors to fill up. 1652 swedish kronors is about 189 dollars.. So full tank 189 dollars

 

[TollKeeper]

I just put 90 bucks in the tank yesterday.. I guess I shouldn't complain.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I have to do something =)
if u want to compare.
The tahoe tank is 99 liters, thats 26 gallons. that would be 1652 swedish kronors to fill up. 1652 swedish kronors is about 189 dollars.. So full tank 189 dollars

 

[2010gmcyukon]

I just put 90 bucks in the tank yesterday.. I guess I shouldn't complain.

You paying $4/gallon for gas? or do you have some monster tank?

 

[TollKeeper]

You paying $4/gallon for gas? or do you have some monster tank?

4 bucks a gallon

 

[OR VietVet]

I am in the process of doing the last upgrades on my Tahoe so am using my friends Hyundai Tucson. It had a 1/4 tank. I filled it with regular and at $3.85 a gallon, cost me $41.00.

I had just filled my Tahoe with Premium at $4.20 a gallon and spent $85.00 and the gauge was just between 1/4 tank and 1/2 tank when I started.

 

[2010gmcyukon]

I am in the process of doing the last upgrades on my Tahoe so am using my friends Hyundai Tucson. It had a 1/4 tank. I filled it with regular and at $3.85 a gallon, cost me $41.00.

I had just filled my Tahoe with Premium at $4.20 a gallon and spent $85.00 and the gauge was just between 1/4 tank and 1/2 tank when I started.

Damn... I guess its easy to forget how bad gas is in "non-free" states.

 

[OR VietVet]

Damn... I guess its easy to forget how bad gas is in "non-free" states.

Just one of the reasons I am moving, with my cousin, back to Missouri. She is in the middle of a 3 day rolling blackout in Paradise, Ca. right now. Thankfully. she has a generator.

 

[Bigjimmy]

Welcome to the forum,lots of great advice on here on almost any issue.I’ve asked and been helped many times.
I run a 2008 Yukon Denali and live in Scotland.I’d recommend a BlackBear tune to help power and economy
My 6.2 returns over 23mpg on a run after the tune and it drives far better

 

[Rocket Man]

I know i need to get rid of that hood thing

Yes. Yes you do. Welcome from Oregon!