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In response to "This is like something out of a Coen Brothers movie. -- (link)" by Reagen

So being generous, it is roughly 2600 miles from Maine to Mexico. A '67 Skylark gets roughly 14 mpg. So they'd need to have 185 gallons of gasoline -- (edited)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Mar 8 '19, 13:34

to make that trip. As long as they had about 9 gallon "jugs" they could have done it with 21 jugs. Of course, 9 gallons is ALOT

and at roughly 6.3lb per gallon, that's 1165 lb of gas or 0.5 tons

Methinks their plan had a few flaws :)

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Also, gas in Canada is considerably more expensive than in the US, but might seem cheaper to these morons since it's in litres rather than gallons. -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 13:49 1
- I guarantee that was the "thought" process. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 13:52
These two are apparently semi-famous in the area, having previously gone "missing", but were just hanging out in the bush. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 13:47
based on the 21 jugs line, I'm guessing they had 105 gal - Reagen Mar 8, 13:45 1
- are 'jugs' a standard size? I have two gas cans for the yard stuff, they are 1.5 and 2.25 gallons, I can't see 21 5 gallon canisters fitting in a car -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 15:00

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So being generous, it is roughly 2600 miles from Maine to Mexico. A '67 Skylark gets roughly 14 mpg. So they'd need to have 185 gallons of gasoline -- (edited)

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