2500 Cummins questions
From : us24fun
Q: the 47re suck made by dodge but the 48re is not made by dodge its should be a much better tranny. on mon 22 mar 2004 155418 gmt michael lankton mlankton@spymac.com wrote well after spending the last week scouring usenet and various diesel forums on the web i am much more informed but would still like to hear from some cummins owners. 1. is it true that the 04.5 models are reporting decreased fuel mileage over previous models 2. is the 48re the answer for someone who wants auto or is it just a quick and dirty hack to the 47re and still bound to fail prematurely 3. i run 104 miles a day commuting to and from work 90% highway miles at 65-70 mph. am i apt to see good mileage and long engine life with my usage 4. is it worth the extra money for me to go diesel over a 1/2 ton gasser my logic is that as many miles as i put on it the diesel will pay off in terms of better fuel economy and longer engine life. the only towing i will be doing is hauling a boat to the lake on weekends. 5. how big are the discounts on last years models when the new models hit the lots i intend to wait until the 05s come out. will i be able to get a deep discount on an 04 this fall or will the difference be negligible and i shuld opt for an 05 with whatever improvements that entails over the 04s im sure i will think of more questions but in the meantime thanks to any and all who throw in their $.02. .
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From : us24fun
the 48re is made by a company in mich cant remember name american something.o with higher gears 3.55 auto you will get about 23 mpg or more if you dont horse it. i get over 21 mpg with 4.10 wish they were higher on 04 apr 2004 205504 gmt hattmakr@aol.comnospam hattmakr wrote us24fun grtbigone@yahoo.com writes the 47re suck made by dodge but the 48re is not made by dodge its should be a much better tranny. be nice and tell the good man who you think makes the 48re. aw .
From : hattmakr
has been very stable. its currently rather low in value compared with the euro. the saudis are stuck with a low value currency. but that is only valid if they buy primarily from other countries that have a stronger dollar. theyre still stuck with low value dollars no matter who they buy from for a given barrel of oil. thats why they raise the barrel price. to get more value. i agree with the get more value part but if they buy american goods then the value of the american dollar has the same value regardless or how it stands up to the euro or any other currency. where clearly not in the article that you posted. like i said the price drop leveled off when deregulation occurred yes in the document i quoted. elig and crandall 1998 study determined a 13% decrease within 2 years and 30% drop 10 years of dereg as measured in constant 1993 dollars i think. big deal it was dropping at as high of a rate prior to deregulation. dropping due to aircraft type changes not due to regulation. lol yes it was. you seem to have this idea that the airlines were forcing the cab to reduce fairs but it was the other way around. the cab was forcing the airlines to reduce its prices because the jets cost much less per passenger mile to operate and the airlines had to stay within cab limits. all the studies ive pointed you to some 6 or 8 i think on three different sites found *real* reductions in fares over what the regulated fare would be. but they were all from a highly conservative viewpoint. you dont like the heritage foundation so you probably also wont like the cato institute either but they say closely similar things in a series of reports listed at http//www.cato.org/research/regulatory-studies/airline.html. the cato institute is probably more right wing then the heritage foundation. just look at its banner in the upper right hand corner. it is obvious that anything found here will be leaning way to the right so what is the point of looking at any of the links. i already know what they are going to say. and the economic encyclopedia too and economists at various educational facilities educational facilities have both liberal and conservative people working at them. i am not saying that they are dead wrong what i am saying is that they are making assumptions without facts. perhaps it is nothing more than to increase the american confidence in our system after the fall of the ussr. but this is only an estimate because they have no idea what the truth actually is. it is not that they are lying there is just no way to know. 10-18% is a huge range and it could have just as easily been 0. they know what the rules under various regulatory scenarios. they know the price of labor and the price of fuel and the rates of inflation. seems to me they can make a pretty good estimate. but an estimate based on no facts is just a fantasy regardless of how many people believe or agree with it. and if they really cant then i dont see how anyone could say things would be better if regulated either. i didnt say that they would. i simply dont know and neither do they but being economists they would rather go with the principles of our economic system. again these are the findings of individuals and i am not saying that deregulation was a bad thing but as you said when deregulation first occurred the prices went up. exactly what consumers were benefited by that and if it were not for the competition from newer lower priced airlines they would have stayed that way. from my readings of miscellaneous sources it seems general agreement that deregulation resulted in lower air fares by allowing airlines to make decisions based on real supply-demand forces. it was also good for increasing air travel volume. it is things like this and the air safety bs that make the whole argument a load of crap. in what valid way did deregulation have anything to do with it the chart clearly shows a constant and increasingly upward movement in air travel prior to deregulation and there is not a single fact supporting that would change. however there was a sharp decline immediately after deregulation and a reduction in the rate of clime thereafter that to me indicates that if they were not regulated to begin with the number of people currently flying would be much less and that is backed up by your very chart. where deregulation might not have done so well is in the area of service both on the plane and to various low volume locations. which would indicate a negative to the customer. there also seems to be some real debate on safety even though the number of air fatalities have dramatically decreased during deregulation. that is nothing more than coincidence in the time line and once again no facts to back this claim up. when things like this are said anyone with an ounce of common sense no i
From : hattmakr
us24fun grtbigone@yahoo.com writes the 47re suck made by dodge but the 48re is not made by dodge its should be a much better tranny. be nice and tell the good man who you think makes the 48re. aw .