Once I got the cause of my low gas mileage in my 84 auto solved (15 mpg, average, cause was funky ECU) I now get about 19 mpg highway, even in the mountains, 17 mpg city. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR
On 9/26/2009 10:38 AM Loren Busch wrote: > Just took another look at the gas mileage stats for my long trip. Overall, > for just over 3,600 miles, was 17.84 mpg. But with segments as low as 15 > and as high as 21. The interesting part was the three days running around > Yellowstone. In my '90 heavily loaded Westy w/automatic I was running 18, > 19, 20 mpg for that three days. And that was a lot (maybe most) of the time > in 2nd gear because of the constant up and down as we drove the 'loops' > around the park. And a lot of backtracking because one part of one loop was > closed and we had to backtrack a lot. But with a speed limit of 45 mph. So > guys and gals, if you want to save some gas, slow down. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > PICTURES! http://picasaweb.google.com/wetwesties/ > > To leave us: wetwesties-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Calendar of events: http://www.wetwesties.org/calendar.htm > > For technical resources: http://www.wetwesties.org/links.htm > > Please conserve bandwidth and clip quoted material in your posts. > Include only the information that is relevant to your response. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > mailto:wetwesties-digest@yahoogroups.com > mailto:wetwesties-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > wetwesties-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > |
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