3 weeks ago I nearly ran out of gas on my way back out of Yosemite on HWY 152 at Los Banos. The gauge was bottomed out. When the needle passed bottom edge of the red zone on the gauge I was still 12 miles from the next gas station. I thought I blew it and would have to pull over waiting for who knows what aid would come to rescue me. Fortunately I made it to a gas station. The bill was $56. I pumped 14.1 gallon of gas into the gas tank. The gas mileage of the trip was 21.5 MPG. That included going up to and coming back down from Yosemite with nearly a full tank of gas. A full tank of gas in 1984 was around $10 only. David --- J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > <I'm just > 'shocked' that I can put over $40 in a VW bus... I'd have been more > shocked if I'd have had to pay for that other 6 gal too.> > > > > Get used to it-in a few weeks that $42.00 will seem like a bargain! After Natural Bus next > weekend I probably won't be venturing further than 50 miles from home in the Westy for the rest > of the summer. Jeff > |
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