Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:50:41 -0700
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Yes! It's working great! All-time best MPG..
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No jinxes man. Just good maintenance, sensible driving ( I presume)
and an engine worthy of your Vanagon.
Way to go!
Neil.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
> Just rolled in from a long day's tour of the SE corner of the Cascade range
> in my 84 'topless' camper with the inline four 1.8l rabbit motor.
> I've not done a highway trip since early spring, but I have done eminence
> and a few minor mods. I changed the plugs (they had about 30k miles on em
> and were all perfect color range, but they'd eroded away to have about 40
> thou. gaps) I also replaced my tranny fluid with new Redline synthetic,
> added a 'chin-spoiler' made from ABS garden edging, emptied the water tank
> (unless I am planning on camping) and cleaned or changed all the filters.
> I've been getting 24+ mpg around "town" if you call my local "town" (I do)
> though it is not city driving, by any means.
> I went via interstate (84)to Portland and almost up (I-5) to Olympia,
> headed to a bike race...But it was raining hard and even when it's dry, a
> bike race has enough suffering, so I bagged it. I filled up and headed
> east, between Mt Adams and Mt. Rainer on some small paved forest road I'd
> never traveled before..Then across White Pass to Yakima ("The Palm Springs
> of Washington" according to their sign) I got in a nice warm bike workout
> behind Naches, Wa. then headed for home across Satus Pass, back into the
> Gorge. On the one full tank I got during the trip, mostly climbing
> switchbacks and a little regular highway, I got my all time best so far fuel
> economy of 27.87mpg. The motor seemed quite happy, kinda sounds like a
> Mexican Taxi or a Honda Crotch-rocket motorcycle, with it's little
> high-winding inline four and it's magnaflow SS muffler.. It will be
> interesting to see what the rest of the trip mpg comes out.
> Exactly what a bus is supposed to do perfectly....it did.
> Don Hanson
> (I am typing this with my toes, legs and everything else crossed...hoping I
> didn't jinx myself by saying how good it is..)
>
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Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco
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