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[ttyymmnn]

[Krusty Walnut]

@ttyymmnn Good morning. Just looked this up, the headlights pop out sideways. This was a response to the Ford turbine concept.

Happy Trails!

[WilliamsSW]

@ttyymmnn Very cool! I’ve never seen that one. Hope the drive is going well!

[pip bip]

@ttyymmnn does it still exist?

[BicycleBuck]

@ttyymmnn

Your rental is AMAZING!

[ibRAD]

@BicycleBuck said in Good Morning, Oppo:

@ttyymmnn

Your rental is AMAZING!

Aside from the fuel bill!

[Roadkilled]

@ttyymmnn

Interesting...

Here is a brochure. I think this is the driver's controls.

[BicycleBuck]

@ibRAD said in Good Morning, Oppo:

@BicycleBuck said in Good Morning, Oppo:

@ttyymmnn

Your rental is AMAZING!

Aside from the fuel bill!

I would expect an exponential relationship between fuel consumption and AMAZING. I can't think of many fuel-efficient vehicles that elicit much of a reaction. When fuel consumption rises to a certain point, even the bill becomes AMAZING, although for different reasons.

[Taylor Martin]

@ttyymmnn Oh I miss when turbine cars and trucks were cool... now all we got are lame ol' electric cars...

[ibRAD]

@Taylor-Martin You can think of those as 'turbine' powered too, just in a different sense

[Taylor Martin]

@ibRAD In case you weren't aware, I'm a big fan...

[benn454]

@ttyymmnn It looks newer to me than it actually is. I was thinking late 70s, not 1965. Sadly, it was apparently destroyed in the late 60s.

[ttyymmnn]

@WilliamsSW

Just getting ready to grab the free hotel breakfast and hit the road for Van Horn, TX.

[ttyymmnn]

@pip-bip said in Good Morning, Oppo:

@ttyymmnn does it still exist?

No idea.

[ttyymmnn]

@ibRAD said in Good Morning, Oppo:

Aside from the fuel bill!

Yesterday, I made it from LA to Scottsdale on a single tank, with 40 miles to spare.

[Demon Xanth]

@BicycleBuck At full power turbines and diesels are about the same efficiency. The biggest issue is that at anything less than full power turbines have shit for efficiency.

[WilliamsSW]

@ttyymmnn enjoy the scenery!

[ttyymmnn]

@WilliamsSW said in Good Morning, Oppo:

@ttyymmnn enjoy the scenery!

I plan to take the middle route through the Gila NF. Pretty sure I've driven the route before. It's slightly longer, but 7 or 8 minutes is nothing in an 8-hour drive.

[WilliamsSW]

@ttyymmnn Margin of error anyways. You could end up saving time with that route. And I presume you’ll use less gas since it’s shorter.

[ttyymmnn]

@WilliamsSW

Shorter, but not interstate, and probably a lot more up and down. So it might be a wash.