[allachie9]

Beautiful shots Dave, as always.
Wow Ed, that's some machine you've got yourself there !
What size engine ?

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by allachie9

Beautiful shots Dave, as always.
Wow Ed, that's some machine you've got yourself there !
What size engine ?

Thanks Alan. It sports a twin turbo 2.7L V-6, which seems tiny for a truck, but it puts out 325hp, and 375 lb-ft of torque, which is considerably more than my old 4.6L V-8 did in my last F150, and can propel this 4,800 lb. beast to 60 in 5.7 seconds.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Thanks Alan. It sports a twin turbo 2.7L V-6, which seems tiny for a truck, but it puts out 325hp, and 375 lb-ft of torque, which is considerably more than my old 4.6L V-8 did in my last F150, and can propel this 4,800 lb. beast to 60 in 5.7 seconds.

Wow. You'd leave my C300 in the dust. Impressive.

[allachie9]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Thanks Alan. It sports a twin turbo 2.7L V-6, which seems tiny for a truck, but it puts out 325hp, and 375 lb-ft of torque, which is considerably more than my old 4.6L V-8 did in my last F150, and can propel this 4,800 lb. beast to 60 in 5.7 seconds.

Wow - that's impressive performance.
What are you guys paying per gallon at the moment ?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by allachie9

Wow - that's impressive performance.
What are you guys paying per gallon at the moment ?

We're almost to the point of being paid to gas up.

Out here in the cornfields we're at $1.50/gallon for regular and just over $2/gallon for premium. Rumor has it that some states are or will soon be seeing sub-$1/gallon prices.

While it's cool to tank up for $20, the subsequent tanking of the energy sector is killing my retirement accounts. I'm saving a little in the short term and losing a bunch in the long term.

[Itsed65]

Still around 2.50 in California. We usually have the most expensive gas in the country, minus outliers like Hawaii. Truck has a 36 gallon tank, so when gas DOES go back to 3.50-4.00, it could be painful

[M_Six]

Well I broke the cardinal rule and spoke of our low gas prices, so of course they jumped 26 cents today. Regular is now at $1.79/gal. Still quite low, but a big jump from morning to afternoon.

[Itsed65]

Harrier in the Grass by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[allachie9]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Well I broke the cardinal rule and spoke of our low gas prices, so of course they jumped 26 cents today. Regular is now at $1.79/gal. Still quite low, but a big jump from morning to afternoon.

Still amazing prices though guys.
Over here we're paying quite a bit less than for a few years, but still way, way more than you.
diesel and unleaded petrol are both around £1 per litre or 4.50GBP per gallon.
I reckon that's around 6.23USD ! ! !

[allachie9]

Let's get back to pictures, that other subject is just tooooo painful !

This colourful little aircraft was flying around here today. A Cessna F406 (according to Google).

Marine Scotland by Alan Butterfield, on Flickr

Operated by Marine Scotland it provides additional cover for the fisheries protection fleet.

[dcstep]

Great Blue Heron Flies In by David Stephens, on Flickr

Clipped a wing slightly. I was shooting ducks and other small birds with 700mm when this big guy came flying in.

[Itsed65]

I hate it when that happens. Seems anytime I mount the TC, all the birds know it and fly right at me

Another nice one!

[Itsed65]

Speaking of 700mm

Northern Harrier #25 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[ShopVac]

Originally Posted by Rodny

Great pictures guys!!!
its been a while for me.
Sunset in Costa Rica.

Nice picture

[ShopVac]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

The latest mobile photoblind. Not as sexy as an M car, but this one works for going to Home Depot and can haul my power chair too!

Guess you didn't learn about posting non-BMW cars to this site

I actually looked at getting a Raptor before going with the Audi...just couldn't justify a lightly used 60K+ truck when I could have picked up an M4 for similar prices. Would have helped me in getting to my job sites...but, that's what the Jeep is for. Needless...that new Raptor coming out is sharp (as is yours)!

[M_Six]

Love the GBH shot, DC.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Love the GBH shot, DC.

Thanks Mark.

[allachie9]

One from this evening.
We had a beautiful clear early evening here, so I went up to the lighthouse to get a shot of Orion at dusk.

Orion at Dusk by Alan Butterfield, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by allachie9

One from this evening.
We had a beautiful clear early evening here, so I went up to the lighthouse to get a shot of Orion at dusk.

Rich colors and super sharp. Love it.

[dcstep]

The eagle actually missed on this pass, but I like the talons-out pose.

Untitled by David Stephens, on Flickr

A bit OOF, so I didn't post it on Flickr.

[ShopVac]

Just want to note that others started first...

[M_Six]

Beauty, Alan.

Killer "pose" for the eagle, DC. Damn shame it's a tad OOF. I'm still envious. When the local eagles fish, they seem to want privacy and do it waaaaay out of range.