On Apr 7, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Mike Elliott wrote: > Final report. I finally had a chance to take a longer trip more > representative of the sort of driving we do when camping, a 300- > mile round > trip from our home in Carlsbad, CA to Joshua Tree, CA. > > Mellow Yellow (84 1.9l AT Westy) USED to get 15.5 mpg on the > highway. NOW > gets 17.6 mpg, at around 70 mph. This improvement was due to wheel > alignment. Really! Wow! Congrats! Mr. BZ-what kinda mileage did you get on your tires? > > For all the other things that I investigated, see > http://camping.elliott.googlepages.com/poormileage > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR |
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