Matthew Pollard wrote: > What a very relaxing trip. We played tourist for a few days, canoed a > bit, shot 6 rolls of film, and relaxed. The bus ran great until i lost > all power and was billowing smoke on some backroad in the middle of > nowhere Montana... To make a 200 mile story short, once i cut the oxygen > sensor wire, it ran pretty good (18 mpg). After 500 miles of driving like > that (and looking for any auto parts place in little backwoods towns) we > found and installed an oxygen sensor and got just under 24 mpg (!!!!!!!!) > for the rest of the trip :-) And that is with a canoe on the roof! That canoe made Vanagon far more aerodynamic and improved mileage! Leon 85 Subwagen Westy > > > Email me for details... > Matthew > > Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death > Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" > University of Idaho > www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > > On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Matthew Pollard wrote: > > > well, we are rolling out in the morning for a week of, well, nothing. We > > are heading across on hwy 90 to the northern entrance of yellowstone. I > > gotta be back at work on the 6th... that gives us 10 days. > > > > We drive an 84 metallic blue vanagon w/ bra on front and aluminum canoe on > > top. Allows too. > > > > Cheers! > > Matthew > > > > Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death > > Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" > > University of Idaho > > www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > > |
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