have you noticed

[powerskipper]

Has anyone noticed what I think could be named something like
“POWER HUNGRE MOB”
That if there are expensive/ big engine/ thirsty boats in the Marina then the car park has big engined/expencive /thirsty cars too.

Now some detective work needed here, do said thirsty boats belong to said thirsty car owners and are the owners as thirsty as there boats and cars or both.

Following this track to sailing boats. I am told, do not need to fill up more than once a season, therefore do have cars that are not thirsty, but the owners I have been told and judging from things posted here, Do seem to be a thirsty bunch, Would they be trying to compete with the thirsty boats and thirsty cars but instead of burning it in engines they consume it themselves, or do they just buy noisy thirstier cars and being in said cars then need the peace of sailing to stay sane.

Any one any thoughts on this and does it make sense
No offence is meant by this to any one, just curious


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[syd]

If driven carefully, my four litre motor gives quite a good return on fuel. "Hic"

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[Dave1258]

V6 boat.......V6 Motor.............nuff said!

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[powerskipper]

Am I seeing a pattern here!

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[Talbot]

sailing boat, - diesel car (6cylinder). Get my kicks on a 1 litre motor bike!!!

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[BrendanS]

Hmm! Me, V6...and V6 /forums/images/icons/blush.gif

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[Forbsie]

Boat - 1.6 diesel
Car 2.8 Petrol

Both broke. /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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[powerskipper]

ar ar ar but think of the fun to be had when they are mended.

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[Forbsie]

That's if me boat's still there. Broke the drive coupling again outside the pub on Sunday and left it there. Checked it tonight but worried that someone's going to break into it.

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[powerskipper]

Could you put one of those motion sencers alarms that bark on it, mite help, but then mite have the RSPCA on your door step, hope its ok and you get it fixed soon.

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[StuDryden]

Hmmm good point,

boat - 2 x 2.8 V8's
car - 2.0 turbo (wish was the same as the boat but cant have everything)

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[martynwhiteley]

I think you've only 'arrived' when your boat (in feet) is bigger than your telly (in inches).

My Toshiba's 42", so I've a good way to go with trading up the boat before I reach my goal!

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[jhr]

Car = 3 litre V6

Boat = 5 litre V8

The car has a trip computer, which amongst other things will show you contemporary - rather than average - fuel consumption. By dint of putting my foot down whilst going uphill in third, I have managed to get this figure down to about 6 mpg on a couple of occasions, but never quite into the 3 mpg territory that I can effortlessly achieve at 3500 rpm on the boat. Of course, this is all puerile, and I really shouldn't be looking at the dashboard when I'm going uphill under maximum revs, but it's a bloke thing, innit?

I was being told off about my gas - guzzling car the other day by a painfully eco-principled friend. I didn't have the heart to tell her the consumption figures for the boat.

And yes - I am very, very thirsty, though a bottle or two of good Burgundy can usually hold it at bay for a while.

;o)


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[duncan]

Car 3.0 TD
Boat 3.54 TD
Both straight 4s
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[BarryH]

Car V8 'bout a pint a cylinder, which by chance is about the same as I can drink if I'm really pushed and maybe just maybe still stand up, well ok then maybe not!

Boat 24 valve, which as it happens is the same amount of bottles held in a crate of Waggledance. Which I've tried drinking and failed miserably.

Yep I can see the pattern, we're all piss heads!

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[PhilF]

twin 3.6 diesels, single 3 litre petrol

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[Moose]

Boat = Straight 6, 6.3litre diesels 1mpg and top speed 33kt's
Car's = Straight 6, 3litre diesels 46mpg and top speed 149mph

What a difference!

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L' Moose

 

[Col]

V8 5.7ltr car / 2X6 cyl Diesels boat#1 / 2XV8 petrols boat#2
900cc bike / 5hp Briggs & Stratton lawn mower / 35cc chainsaw..................
....................Think I'll stop now!!

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[whisper]

Boat - 2.4litres Straight 4 - 150 hp - 5/5.5mpg
Car - 2.3litres Straight 5 - 250 hp - 26mpg
Bike - 6Units - Bent 2 - 0.5hp on a good day - 10mpg(of sweat).

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[jfm]

Ooh the car sounds interesting Col, what is it?

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