Date:         Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:35:15 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: coping with fuel prices
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> In keeping with the Friday spirit I have decided to share my way of living
> with the cost of fuel.
> I now have as my daily driver a 87 toyota corola FX.(crusty) ... 32mpg in
> the
> city.  It accelerates better than the van. ; )  Even the A.C.  works.


Yeah,I gotta say there's no way I would have been able to keep my cranky ol'
Vanagon if our other car wasn't a 94 Honda Civic. Vaguely uncomfortable, no
character at all, but it gets 30+mpg and asks nothing but oil changes and
tires. Well, it needed belts once and a new radiator, but those were
incredibly cheap and i changed 'em myself. My only complaint is that it took
2 hours to weasel three belts onto that engine because it's shoehorned in so
tightly. Radiator only took 10 minutes though. 2 bolts (on top!), 4 hoses,
and it pulled right out. Something not quite fair about a car that makes it
easier to change the radiator than to change the belts...
--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"