Top 10 Reasons Driving a CRD is cool

chadhargis · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 12:31 pm

10. Towing 5000lbs with "only a four cylinder"
9. You meet the nicest people at the diesel pump
8. When a big truck pulls up behind you, you get delusions of grandeur
7. Diesel clatter and turbo whine sounds better than most music on the radio
6. Clatter really irritates fast food drive through workers when they take your order
5. "Something is wrong with your engine!"
4. "Sir, do you know that's the diesel pump?"
3. You can make your own fuel
2. You know what EHM, ORM, MAP, and MAF mean
1. You have access to a wealth of knowledge on lostkjs.com!

RTStabler51 · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 12:50 pm

My favorite is #10. I get all kinds of looks when I tow my cars on my 18' trailer with the Liberty!

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 1:56 pm

Does #2 encompass knowing more about your engine that the Dealer Service Techs?

Endurance · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 2:13 pm

I can relate really good to 4, 5, and 6.

I was at the KFC drive in the other day and the little voice out the loudspeaker asked me" Sir could you turn off your engine please?" I just told her no, I cant. I didnt wanna get in too much detail explaining her turbo cool down times and all that

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 3:18 pm

11. It is like being on a European vacation since there are so few stateside
12. Acronyms are Kewl...Jp KJ CRD VM
13. We have a green gas cap and that is my favorite color

BiodieselJeep.com · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 3:42 pm

14. Geeking out over mileage calculations
15. Gloating over mileage calculations
16. Getting offers to buy it on-the-spot
17. I love the smell of Biodiesel in the morning, it smells like...victory.

hyedipin · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:20 am **Posts:** 1667

Lucky b@st@rds. :evil:

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 3:44 pm

18. Feeling a "little" superior to even other KJs...there I said it

oldnavy · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 5:33 pm

DarbyWalters wrote:

18. Feeling a "little" superior to even other KJs...there I said it

You devil DW. :wink:

chadhargis · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 5:41 pm

I just assumed it was understood that we were superior. I mean, come on, similar performance and better economy. Sounds better to me.

Cowcatcher · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 6:15 pm

chadhargis wrote:

I just assumed it was understood that we were superior. I mean, come on, similar performance and better economy. Sounds better to me.

Drove the gasser 600 miles first....CRD BETTER PERFORMANCE!!!!! :lol:

Goglio704 · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 6:52 pm

chadhargis wrote:

6. Clatter really irritates fast food drive through workers when they take your order

I always try to be nice to anybody who has a chance to be alone with my food. :wink:

Most lines I hit are long enough for the Jeep to have cooled down anyway.

BVCRD · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 7:10 pm

#19. The smell of fumes from the power servise burning your nose hairs in the morning. Reminds me of funny cars at the strip.

msilbernagel · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 7:26 pm

Ok...

#20. The smell of used vegoil burning your nose hairs in the morning... I'm running on a blend of used vegoil from a local pizza chain! :-)r

#21. More power, better mileage
#22. Cute vehicle

BVCRD wrote:

#19. The smell of fumes from the power servise burning your nose hairs in the morning. Reminds me of funny cars at the strip.

oldnavy · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 7:38 pm

chadhargis wrote:

6. Clatter really irritates fast food drive through workers when they take your order

Hey you should try it in our MB, it's an IDA engine. Think Ford PowerSmoke, these old MB's really rock. :wink:

gatorator · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2007 11:56 pm

BiodieselJeep.com wrote:

14. Geeking out over mileage calculations
15. Gloating over mileage calculations
16. Getting offers to buy it on-the-spot
17. I love the smell of Biodiesel in the morning, it smells like...victory.

I figure with the difference in the price of Diesel to regular gas and my 26mph highway I am getting the equivalent of 40 miles per gallon in a gas engine.

BiodieselJeep.com · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 10:53 am

gatorator wrote:

I figure with the difference in the price of Diesel to regular gas and my 26mph highway I am getting the equivalent of 40 miles per gallon in a gas engine. :D

Hey, that is a cool way to think about it! But how to figure that out exactly? I guess that dollar per mile calculation someone did before. Lessee. Assume 25 mpg (seems average on this list) at $2.80/gallon diesel =8.93 miles per dollar of diesel in the libby CRD. Gas Libby 4x4 Automatic gets 19 mpg (better than average from what I hear, but lets be nice) at $3.15/gallon of gas = 6.03 miles per gallon of gas.

That gives you a half again (1.48) advantage per dollar spent on fuel!

>>edit: true<<

That's like 37.5 mpg! >>>edit: so very WRONG, how come nobody caught my faulty logic? Are you all as senile as me? I can't get my good mielage to count TWICE. Can only multiply my mpg by the ratio of gas price vs diesel price. So it is really only 28.1 equivelent.<<<<

The correct braggin rights formula is just:

CRD MPG * (Gas$/Diesel$) = bagging rights equivelent = miles per gas dollar gallon

dgeist · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 11:00 am

BiodieselJeep.com wrote:

But these prices and mileage numbers vary from place to place. Here's the formula to calculate your local "gas car equilelent miles per dollar":

"CRD MPG" = Your CRD ave mileage
"Gasser MPG" = What mileage a gasser automatic 4x4 libby would get if you drove it
"Gas$" = what people pay for gas around you
"Diesel$" = what you pay for diesel

(CRD MPG^2 * Gas$)
Gasser MPG * Diesel$

= Your Gasser equivelent MPG

AKA your bragging rights

Now include the stoichiometry for differences in bio mpg and power output in relation to driving style

BiodieselJeep.com · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 11:26 am

dgeist wrote:

BiodieselJeep.com wrote:

But these prices and mileage numbers vary from place to place. Here's the formula to calculate your local "gas car equilelent miles per dollar":

"CRD MPG" = Your CRD ave mileage
"Gasser MPG" = What mileage a gasser automatic 4x4 libby would get if you drove it
"Gas$" = what people pay for gas around you
"Diesel$" = what you pay for diesel

(CRD MPG^2 * Gas$)
Gasser MPG * Diesel$

= Your Gasser equivelent MPG

AKA your bragging rights

Now include the stoichiometry for differences in bio mpg and power output in relation to driving style

Don't get me started...once I get in full geek mode, it is really hard to stop until I have a beer and a couple of episodes of Battlestar Galactica to calm me down....

skywarn · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 11:50 am

NICE!!!! another BSG FAN!!!!

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