Date:         Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:01:43 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: "green" cars (NVC)
Comments: To: AJordans <aljordans@COMCAST.NET>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of AJordans

On the other hand, simplistically and everything else staying constant,
that works out to a "salary" of $4.55 per driving hour,
or $1.52 per clock hour, and 1.8 days of your life used up.
Stress can also be doing 55 in a Vanagon (content) on a 75 mph Interstate.
Depends on if you're on a "journey"....
AlJ.
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> >Think about how much better your Westy does at 55 mph on it's fuel.>
> Think about how much loner it would take to drive across the US...
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I hate to think about a 55 mph trip of more than 125 miles for a weekend
campout.
I've done many 55/60 mph Westfalia trips on windy days when the occasional
70 mph I could reach was a real rush.
It comes down to this; Everybody must accept 55 mph and not abuse it or the
whole thing just becomes road rage between the 55'ers and the 90mph-ers'.
Seems that everybody has accepted the higher cost of going 70 to 90+ mph on
our interstate highways.
We'll never see speed limits lowered below 65 on the interstates.
Recent adjustments from 65 to 70 mph in Texas only meant the signs changed
......... the drivers speed was never effected except in known speed traps.
Possibly designated lanes could help the "Green Cars" to gain a true market.
The "Green Cars" I've seen would leave me terrified if I had to drive beside
an 18 wheeler for more than the time required to pass.
I had many thrills in my MG midget because Soccer Moms and 18 Wheelers lost
sight of me when I was at that prime position lined up at the rear tire of
the Mini Van or tractor.
I simply became invisible to them.

Stan Wilder