Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:12:12 -0700
Reply-To:     B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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From:         B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
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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.
>