Date:         Sat, 24 May 2008 02:20:41 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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From:         Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel economy--the real sweet spot!
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
In-Reply-To:  <48379DA5.1040707@charter.net>
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I think the nice mix is to have a motorcycle and a vanagon to average
out both the consumption, and the yearning for G's with the ability to
really travel/roadtrip and/or carry anything you'd need.


All one needs in life is a vanagon and a motorcycle.

One goes fast,
one goes slow.

One carries much,
the other not so.

Need for speed, need to be freed.
For this they both do share.

Consuming at nineteen or fifty,
they both are nifty,
their roles not split, but paired.


Jim Akiba

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:46 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> There are some radical vehicles ut there that get phenomenal gas
> mileage. But they all go slow. Remember the post not long ago about the
> schools contest to come up with a vehcle that would ge 1600 miles to a
> gallon? I think the kinds had one go 1200 miles or so to a gallon. That
> is 1200 - not just 12, but 1200.miles per gallon.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL driver
>
> Max Wellhouse wrote:
>>
>> I had an old Garrelli moped(before it got stolen) back in the late
>> 70's.  It would do 30 mph wound out with it's little 50cc motor and
>> roller bearing crank.  I took it on a 90 mile round trip on the
>> highway once and used .47 gallons of gas.  That's over
>> 180mpg.  Lately, I've really been missing that old moped.  Even back
>> then it retailed for like $700.  It would fit inside my 71 bus for
>> river running shuttles too.
>>
>> DM&FS
>>
>> At 01:09 PM 5/23/2008, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>>>
>>> I once cruised through a large, flat, wildlife park in Oregon for
>>> about 100
>>> miles in my '84 Westy, and got 36 mpg at an average speed of 35 mph.  So
>>> there you go!  Wind resistance is the real mpg killer in the Vanagon,
>>> so the
>>> slower the better.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Stuart
>>
>>
>