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Here in Texas, you can find deisel at just about all the gas stations, but
my ex inlaws said they would try to avoid california because getting deisel
there was difficult.
I never had a problem finding diesel fuel.
It's very readily available throughout the United States. The only time it was ever anything like an issue, I had to drive the car to where the big rigs fueled to get fueled. Got some funny looks, but that was the only place at that station where they had diesel pumps.
A lot of people drive diesel pickup trucks, or need diesel for their boat, or the like. So, I didn't have any trouble finding any.
Mr. Fusion.
Diesel is easy enough to find around here but can be mildly inconvenient and may require a bit more planning ahead. Example - only gas station in Keene Valley, NY (kinda in the boondocks, Adirondacks) has only gasoline. So if you're bound for I-87, you'll be driving a few exits or heading the wrong way back to Lake Placid (if there's even any there?)
That sort of thing. I suppose it's a bit balanced by the longer driving range of your typical car.
Every now and then you get stuck with a truck station that has the large-bore diesel filler nozzles that don't fit into a passenger-car diesel filler neck.
I always went to the same place for generator fuel and I never really looked
around much. I actually haven't bought diesel since we moved (four years
ago!) ... just poured the last of it into the onboard tank a few weeks ago
and haven't refilled the can yet.
But I'm more interested in what diesel availability is like outside the area where I live.
But I'm more interested in what diesel availability is like outside the area where I live.
I know you hate gasbuddy because the owners of the website might have made a liberal statement but you can search gasbuddy by fuel type.
You were once a fan boy of all things google, google maps will list gas stations with diesel fuel.
You can check out https://www.dieselforum.org/diesel-drivers/fuel-locator for various diesel fuel options.
Google turned evil ... maybe gasbuddy turned non-evil? I dunno, sometimes I can't keep track anymore.
The more I think about it though, the more I want my next vehicle to be a pickup truck. Dunno whether it's gonna be gas or diesel.
The more I think about it though, the more I want my next vehicle to
be a pickup truck. Dunno whether it's gonna be gas or diesel.
Modern diesels are a pain in the ass. It seems they are $6k- $10k more than their gas counterparts, negating a lot of their value, unless you drive a lot.
Go gas. I don't think you'd be disappointed.
As for pickups, I bought another one. Use it to tow my car to the track.
I don't even notice it'
s back there.
If you're not hauling a ton of crap, check out the GMC Canyon, which is a mid-sized pickup.
I would like a truck with a bed large enough to carry my lawnmower (which
is 55" wide) in case I ever need to get it serviced. The rest of the year
it would be used to carry yard waste to the dump, bicycles to the riding trail
without needing a rack, that sort of thing. I don't strictly *need* a truck,
but I want one.
You're kind of screwed. 55" is just a touch too wide with the wheehousings....
I'd recommend a small trailer for something that wide.
I'd recommend a small trailer for something that wide.
Hmm. In that case, are there towing hitches that can be easily (defined as:
no welding) attached to my current vehicle, if I want to buy a trailer now?
Depends on your current vehicle, but yes, for a lot of them, it's a bolt up
procedure.
You can get a decent trailer at Tractor Supply or Lowes. I think TS is a bit cheaper.
You can get a decent trailer at Tractor Supply or Lowes. I think TS is a bit cheaper.
When I see those bicycle racks that attach to a trailer hitch receiver, it
makes me think that the leverage of that whole assembly would be enough to
break the welds. But I suppose it's still less shear stress than would be
applied by towing a trailer with any significant weight on it.
Not until I just looked them up now. So I guess a trailer hitch receiver
is incredibly strong. It just seems to me like it's a lot of shear stress
being applied to a relatively small surface.
interesting article on automobile navigation systems, https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/03/backlog-pre-gps-navigation/
Nice history! Another example where your smartphone still works better than a car-supplied nav system ;)
I used Apple Maps (via CarPlay) while in Florida last year. I could see it
was bringing me a strange way to get where I needed to go, but I went with
it, just to see what would happen.
I wind up driving through a swammpy area, with few homes. It takes me to a dead end street and then tells me to get out and walk to my destination.
Certainly a time where the smartphone was just plain stupid.
I wind up driving through a swammpy area, with few homes. It takes me to a dead end street and then tells me to get out and walk to my destination.
Certainly a time where the smartphone was just plain stupid.