Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:28:32 -0600
Reply-To: Birkenfeld Jeff <BirkenfeldJeff@JOHNDEERE.COM>
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From: Birkenfeld Jeff <BirkenfeldJeff@JOHNDEERE.COM>
Subject: Re: Thanks and advice for top (safe & sound) cruising speed
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I omitted some info from my original post that as Jay pointed out, would not
equate vs my mileage statement:
I drive from SW Missouri to Dallas TX (415 miles) 4 times a week, not 4
roundtrips a week. This puts me at about 1660 a week. I only drive this
run in the summer and the rest of the time this van mostly sits. My summer
runs range from 2nd week in June through late August. This puts me at about
16,000 miles per season or 48,000 miles in 3 yrs.
Thanks to Jay for running a calculator to this equation and suggesting an
exaggerated tale. There's always another side to any story.
My position is to simply state my experience with running the auto trans at
a given cruising speed on a particular vehicle.
revised submission: When I drive my van with auto transmission, I drive it
75 all day long (give or take the occasional small town slow down)-about 8
hour trip totaling 415 miles one way, 4 times a week for 10 weeks.
JB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay L Snyder [SMTP:Jay.L.Snyder@usa.dupont.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:16 AM
> To: Birkenfeld Jeff
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Thanks and advice for top (safe & sound) cruising speed
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> Your numbers don't add up. 8 hrs. @ 75 mph--that's 600 miles one-way.
> Then what, you turn around and drive 8 hrs. back? That two tanks of gas
> each way, 1200 miles a day? 4 days a week, that's 4800 miles a week. In
> 10 weeks you'd have racked up your 48,000 miles. Three years, that's
> 750,000 miles. Exaggerate much?
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> Birkenfeld Jeff <BirkenfeldJeff@JOHNDEERE.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on
> 02/20/2002 10:05:05 AM
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> Please respond to Birkenfeld Jeff <BirkenfeldJeff@JOHNDEERE.COM>
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> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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> Subject: Re: Thanks and advice for top (safe & sound) cruising speed
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> >I also can't say I would recommend cruising at
> >75 all day long in an automatic Vanagon.
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> >Chris.
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> I drive my '89 automatic 75 all day long-8 hour one way trips 4x weekly.
> Have been for 3 years and 48,000 miles of the 93,000. YMMV
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> JB
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