Date:         Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:44:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas, milage, etc (was Air Engine)
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
In-Reply-To:  <48101814.20202@charter.net>
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Have you gone off your meds or something? I remember the Carter years.
Mortgage rates of %12, car loan rates at %18, all time high gas and oil
prices. Yep those were fine days. I really enjoyed the gasoline lines
and rationing. I had to put spare tanks in my VWs so I could get by
without spending several hours a week in line and so I could save money
buying more from the cheapest stations. Back then we were modifying our
VWs to get the best fuel economy we could. People tried everything
including any kind of snake oil offered. I do wish car companies had
spent much more effort on improving the MPG of all vehicles instead of
focusing on cup holders and 0-60 times. A diesel Vanagon is the way to
go for best fuel economy. It is possible to get around 30 mpg in one if
driven right. Even upgrading the weak original motors with a
dramatically improved later VW diesel engine does not reduce that by
much and some actually increase it.

Mark

John Rodgers wrote:
> I know this fuel thing is disturbing to everyone, and we can all see how
> it can wreck the economy. But the thing that really gets my goat is that
> back in the day - Jimmy Carter got the country on the right track.
...........