18 Sep
2007
18 Sep
'07
5:11 p.m.
On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 15:04 -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Petrol. Switching to the same model of car but a diesel engine would
reduce that to about 20 gallons.
Mine would use a lot more fuel than that. I think the last time I had
to move my collection it was something like 10-12 times that amount, for
only a part of my collection. Plus most of my machines don't fit into a
car. I need a 53' tractor-trailer. (Or segmented lorry?) And, even
then, it takes more than one load.
I *think* I could fit at least one 40" rack into the back of my car.
Possibly two, side-by-side. Previously I've fitted approximately 750kg
of kit into the saloon version. In fact a picture is worth 1000 words:
http://www.gjcp.net/cxes.jpg
When I picked up a load of stuff from Matt London a couple of years ago,
I went down in the silver one (didn't have the white one then), with the
back seat removed. The entire car was filled, leaving me just enough
space to drive (and even then only if I didn't want 1st or 2nd very
often). One thing that will always stick in my mind is the creaks and
groans as the hydraulics took 30 seconds to lift off the floor...
Gordon
> Hmmm.. A new way to define ones collection - by
the space it takes up! :)
Hm. Mine takes 30 gallons per hundred miles to move.
Of gas or diesel? 