Sentences with phrase «gallons of gas so»

I've saved around 3,500 gallons of gas so far, compared to the non-hybrid that I drove before.

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The halcyon days of the three - sport athlete are as gone as the one - dollar gallon of gas, and even playing two varsity sports is asking a lot, so tell your dad to chill.

But the script accuses Higgins of being «so detached from reality that while families in New York are forced to pay more than $ 3.70 a gallon, Higgins has been in Washington supporting big - government policies that lead to higher gas prices and restrain the production of American - made energy.»

Those modifications include stop — start (idle - off) systems in which the engine shuts down when the car is stopped during driving; low rolling - resistance tires (which are harder and thus less flat, reducing friction); variable valve timing for engines, which increases gas consumption efficiency; and fuel economy computers or displays to encourage eco-driving, such as such as those in the Toyota Prius, which show miles per gallon averages for that moment, hour, week or month, or when riding downhill, so that drivers are more aware of how their driving impacts fuel efficiency.

However, if the age difference is so great the memory of rotary phones, Michael Jackson and gas under $ 2 a gallon is completely foreign to her, then you best pause and take a step back.

So now the tank has 6 gallons of 6 - month - old gas, and 5 gallons of fresh gas.

I fill the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C with 10 gallons of gas — almost its full freight — and Jon takes the wheel so I can eat a bag of jalapeno potato chips.

Even so, compared with an Audi A4, the GS is about 200 pounds too heavy (at 3710 pounds) and comes up at least three miles short for every gallon of gas it swills (at 19/27 mpg city / highway).

The fuel tank is so big (26 gallons) that most of the gas stations have a limit of 20 gallons, and I need to fill my tank in two steps.

So for three - quarters of a tank (6.9 gallons), you will end up paying approximately $ 20.70 if gas stays at $ 3 per gallon.

No one wants to spend $ 30,000 and find themselves throwing money away at the gas pump, so we've compiled a list of the cheapest vehicles that get 40 miles per gallon (combined) in order from most expensive to least expensive.

Handles beautifully, smooth, comfortable ride, cool interior, very quiet, amazing acceleration and so far, at 1,500 miles have put 1 gallon of gas.

Even better, if a driver is conscious of when the car switches from electric engine to gas, they can manipulate the output so as to get even better miles per gallon.

At an average of 15,000 miles a year, with gas prices at $ 2.40 a gallon, it'll take you five and a quarter years to make up for the $ 2,500 investment in the diesel engine, so you're really not buying it for the cost savings.

Other variables to consider include estimated resale value, insurance premiums, anticipated maintenance, actual cost of fuel, what kind of price you can get from a dealer, and the value of not having to stop for gas as often — both versions have a 17.2 gallon tank so the ES 300 h will need to refuel less frequently.

And out at the pump these days, it gets you six gallons of gas or so, which won't take you very far.

I can see $ 9.99 as being a reasonable price for a new release that would hold for a few months and then fall to perhaps $ 5.99 or $ 6.99 for a year or so before leveling out at right around the price for a gallon of gas - presently about $ 3.99.

Avis had an option to pre-purchase a tank of gas (so we wouldn't have to refill) at $ 2.17 per gallon.

And then, even if her second act as president was to open up every single viable region around the nation, all of Alaska's coastline, the entire Gulf of Mexico, and so on, she'd still only manage to bring the price of gas down a few more cents per gallon — and that's after a few years of exploration, development, and distribution.

So, while a gallon of ethanol - blended gas may cost the same as regular gasoline, it won't take you as far.

To understand why the Volt could be so important to two once dominant institutions that have hit hard times — General Motors and the United States — all you need to do is visit your nearest gas station, where a gallon of unleaded now costs an average of $ 3.64.

In order to get the bioreactors efficient enough to produce 10,000 — 20,000 gallons of fuel per acre per year they need CO2 at many times atmospheric concentration which is a piece of cake if you capture it from power plant or other industrial exhaust gases but not so easy getting it out of the air.

AP debunks Obama on gas mileage claim: From the AP: OBAMA: «We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas» — THE FACTS: «Not so fast.

So, burning two gallons of gas in a moving truck will net about 39 pounds of CO2; five gallons in your passenger car, on the other hand, nets 97 pounds.

It is a disparity that may not be so apparent in the Northeastern states, where families generally earn more, drive shorter distances or have better access to public transportation.Benefits of Mule Power But with gas approaching $ 4 a gallon, T.R. and Danny Raymond, two farmers on a 40 - acre farm in McMinnville, Tennessee, have now switched over by modifying their equipment to shift the weight equally between two mules.

So, if you can get 10 miles on less than a gallon of diesel, the carbon emissions will be less than gas; if the 35 percent efficiency upgrade holds (depending on your truck, how big the load is, etc.), then those 10 miles would produce about 14 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions — less than the 19.4 produced from burning a gallon of gas.

The startup had pitched an ambitious plan to build super inexpensive three - wheeled vehicles that could achieve up to 84 miles per gallon — an eye - popping figure, even more so in the era of $ 4 - a-gallon gas.

So, for upcoming Realtor open houses, rather than a bottle draw or sushi, you might want to consider a gallon of gas!