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I put about 35k miles on my car in a year... partly for work.
Before I had to drive a lot for work it was around 20k mls a year. I used to drive several BMW 3 series and have changed over to TDIs. My current Octavia (33k$ car EX VAT). 
get's between 36 mpg (going +- 100 mph on cruise control on the Autobahn) and 45 mpg (going 60 mph on the ordinary roads around town). 6 speed auto (DSG), 140 (DIESEL) hp, so 0-60 in under 10 sec, nice low end torque (put's you in the seat from 1200 rpm on - but then runs out of breath at over 3000 rpm, but in combination with that quick 6 speed not much of an issue - becomes evident at over 115mph though), still 135mph top speed,... Of course it could be faster but it's not what I'd call "slow" either. To return to the pulling situation: By accident, my team just made a season's plan. 18 events, 11k miles - and we're lucky to sit right in the middle of it all. Diesel at the pump today: (1.54€ / liter) = 7,74US$ a gallon.... Floating Finish - the German Tractor Pulling Web Show and EU Live Streams: [www.youtube.com] |
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might be interesting info on top:
Our semi gets about 7.5 mls per gallon, hauls a 9900lbs and a 7700 lbs mod - total weight of 75,000 lbs when going on tour: 
1998 Mercedes Benz Actros, got 800k miles on, V6 engine (yuk), 13 years old, chip tuned to around 490 hp,... Floating Finish - the German Tractor Pulling Web Show and EU Live Streams: [www.youtube.com] |
Sascha y'all need my long nose Peterbilt to haul the wagon... would look a lot cooler, only gets around 6.5 mpg, but is turning 725hp to the rear wheels 
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"Compare the fuel prices of europe versus there economy with ours there economy is worst than ours"
Ok.. let's do it: GDP Germany 
Unemployment (red Germany, blue USA) 
That's the economy were I come from - better than ever, never had more people employed than now...and that's with gas at 8,35$ a gallon (sucks big time) and the average hour of labour costs 37 US$. There is areas here by now, where unemployment is at 1 % and you can't get anybody to work, costing you less than 60 $ an hour. Damn east germany is still a mess though... Now, where is the relation? I can tell you ... check China's GDP in relation to the fuel price. Floating Finish - the German Tractor Pulling Web Show and EU Live Streams: [www.youtube.com] Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2012 11:31AM by Sascha. |
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Who teaches the CNC mechanics and how does it work in the US?
Here the companies usually "hire" kids from school after 10th grade for a 3 1/2 year apprenticeship where .. in case of a CNC mill operator go to school for two days a week learning nothing but metal and programming and for 4 days a week are in a special workshop where they go through 1 year of "metal basics". Bascially means getting your hands bloody with saw, file and fire for 6 months, then slowly getting to the simple power tools. Then in the second year it slowly starts with little manual machines and making the first parts (for the trash). After they have the manual ones figured, then in the third year they get into real life programming and producing (usually still for the trash) and are slowly led towards the up to date machinery. In the last half year they finally get into the "real" company and start to help out and learn in the production. After final exams and test - then after 10 years of school and 3.5 years of "job education" at a very low wage they can then call themselfs a "CNC machinist". If they want to go on, they can do another 2 years of theoretical school to become a "technician" (pretty similar to a Bachelor engineer) or after I think 5 years of working in the job can do one year of a very practical school to become a "Meister" (who can run a departement of the production and / or teach others). Another possibility would be to finish the job education, go to school for one more year for your subject and then go to a "university of applied science" and get you Bachelor or Master in engineering. Typical (small) "educational workshop" in a German company 
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