Hmm... We get 15-16 mpg city, 18-20 mpg highway in our '87 Westy. Our friend has a pretty new Toyota Tacoma V6 that gets 17 or 18 mpg. And that's a "high mileage" pick'em'up. What do hummerz get ... 7 or 8 mpg if that? What do soccer-mom vans get? I don't think it's much higher than wot we get. I think we're already better citizens! I agree with taking care of the maintenance, but my motivation is to take good care of our Esme so she'll continue to take good care of us.
B&S '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal On Sep 29, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Al Knoll wrote: > With all the talk over bad polluters, and the half truth that some > not all > of our beloved road divas are among them, perhaps we need to > consider making > our vanagons better citizens. > > As a start, to reduce total pollutants measured in pollutants per > mile, just > drive it fewer miles. This is the simplest solution. > |
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