Date:         Thu, 21 Apr 94 11:25:21 EDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         huff@dg-rtp.dg.com (Jerry Huff)
Subject:      Re: gas mileage and range

> 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 1994, Jonathan Dove - VAX Master wrote:
> 
> > What about mileage range?  When I fill up when the guage reaches the red
> > area I get about 250-260 miles.  I then fill up putting in about 12 gallons.
> > My question is how far can one go on a full tank?  I know that it has a 16
> > gallon capacity.  What's with the other 4 gallons.  It it a safety margin?
> 
> In the area of mileage range, it's alway frustrated me that the gauge at 
> half is nowhere near half full.  I've decided that the top of the red 
> area is about 12 gallons for me too and that half is about 6 gallons.
> 
> --
> Gerry
> Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379

This makes me feel better.  As a new Vasnagon owner I am still on my first
tank of gas.  I have put about 100 miles on the van since filling it up the 
first time and the gauge is just above 1/2 full.  Knowing the tank was 16 gal
I was hoping that the guage was not linear.  My commute to work is mixed 
freeway and city.  I am expecting to get around 18-20mpg not the 12.5mpg the
guage was indicating.

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Jerry Huff		huff@dg-rtp.dg.com		(919)248-6277
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