Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:34:34 -0500
Reply-To: Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
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From: Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
In-Reply-To: <20030410.200103.280.7.wilden1@juno.com>
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Roger that. Pretty much the same between Houston-Dallas and Houtson-San
Antonio except the traffic has a bit more room to spread out. Between
Houston-Austin and Houston-Corpus Christi traffic stays semi reasonable
because the roads go through so meny smaller towns. I never have been able
to figure out why the road between the state's largest city and the state
capitol runs through every rinky dink sausage factory town on the way. Did
Houston or Austin get first pick on that deal?
Got my all time best gas mileage between Corpus and Houston. Light traffic
so I was able to keep it to 60 and live. Squeezed 21 mpg out of the
1.9l/automatic. That was a good day.
I was going to chime in with my tale of our two day-1200 mile nearly trouble
free trip from Cincinnati to Houston a few years ago but it seems rather
lame in the face of some of the super trips that have been posted. The van
ate the alternator but that would have gone down on short hops eventually.
The engine ran great all the way without ever getting close to the LED. No
stumbles, no complaints.
Malcolm hasn't chimed in with his trip from Cairo to Rotterdam. That was
one of the most enjoyable series of posts on the list that I can remember.
Chuck
on 4/10/03 8:00 PM, Stan Wilder at wilden1@juno.com wrote:
> I don't even know why they post speed limits between Houston and
> Galveston, it's 35 miles of pedal to the metal traffic.
>
> Stan
>
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:42:13 -0500 Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
> writes:
>> Don't let Stan fool you, Dallas is the slower part of the state --
>> in
>> Houston 65 mph is half the recommended speed. Less if you are
>> driving the
>> latest upscale SUV -- Tahoes and Expeditions are considered small
>> and cheap
>> down here.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> on 4/10/03 2:10 PM, Automatic digest processor at
>> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:50:35 -0500
>>> From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>>> Subject: Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
>>>
>>> Remember, 65 is the speed LIMIT -- not the speed MINIMUM.
>>> --------------------- Clip ---------------------
>>> In Texas drivers take that 65 mph to mean "recommended speed".
>>> They only slow to 65 on the service roads and off ramps.
>>>
>>> Stan
>>
>>
>
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