Date:         Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:33:14 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: Gas mileage
Comments: To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com>
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Mike Miller wrote:

> Hmmm.  I don't think so and I checked some mileage just today and it was on.
> Donšt rightly know how to check further.
>
> But it's a thought I hadn't thought of.

On my '75 it had a cracked gear and was intermittently sticking when it
passed three tenths.  It was a long time before I happened to be looking
at it at the right moment to notice.  Fixed it, and my calculated fuel
economy improved notably. ;>

Anyway, unless you notice that it doesn't seem to show as much milage as
you think it should on drives between towns, it's probably not that.  I
first noticed it when I made a trip from Houghton to Madison and noticed
the odometer said the trip was something like 30 miles shorter than it
should have been.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si