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Date:         Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:04:55 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Happy Camper: MPG
Comments: To: Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <47FA4170.1070807@gmail.com>
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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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