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7.8 miles/gallon, sound right?
| Denny Graham | 08/12/2007 6:35 PM | |
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| 4ontheFloor | 08/13/2007 2:50 AM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/13/2007 3:23 AM | |
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| 32fire2 | 08/13/2007 10:24 AM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/13/2007 2:07 PM | |
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| 64fleetside | 08/13/2007 2:26 PM | |
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| Packrat | 08/13/2007 2:46 PM | |
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| p.j. | 08/13/2007 3:52 PM | |
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| littlebuddie | 08/13/2007 4:29 PM | |
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| dale937 | 08/13/2007 4:34 PM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/13/2007 7:43 PM | |
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| waldo53 | 08/13/2007 8:13 PM | |
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| 4ontheFloor | 08/14/2007 12:47 AM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/14/2007 2:01 AM | |
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| bigmacdaddy | 08/14/2007 2:15 AM | |
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| p.j. | 08/14/2007 2:57 AM | |
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| littlebuddie | 08/14/2007 4:49 AM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/14/2007 6:00 AM | |
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| p.j. | 08/14/2007 8:21 AM | |
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| dale937 | 08/14/2007 12:39 PM | |
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| hotshoe36 | 08/14/2007 5:01 PM | |
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| Brendan M | 08/14/2007 10:15 PM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/14/2007 11:33 PM | |
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| 4ontheFloor | 08/15/2007 1:59 AM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/15/2007 12:52 PM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/30/2007 3:29 AM | |
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| patrick66 | 08/30/2007 6:20 AM | |
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| Denny Graham | 08/30/2007 11:24 AM | |
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