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Date:         Mon, 20 Nov 95 19:20:35 EST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         jag@cs.rochester.edu
Subject:      2 month trip, first 1500 miles.

Hi vanagoneers, loafers and splitties!

We have just done the 1500 miles long leg from the cold notheast to the pleasant south. Right now I'm typing from a terminal room at the U of Miami, Coral Gables. I'm attending a conference at nearby Biltimore hotel. Have to stay there through tomorrow to give my talk, but after that we are taking off with the Westy, trailer hobie and canoe to the Everglades NP. and further exploring in Florida and the keys.

The trip down was relatively uneventful. We waited out a snow storm at home, and left Thursday last week. Arrived in Miami on Saturday 48 hours later. Surprisingly the little diesel doesn't seem to mind hauling the trailer and boat. I was so encouraged by its willingness so instead of driving the whimpy, flat expressway (90 to 81 to 95), we drove rte 15 through the mountains of Pennsylvania. That worked fine too, although I wished I had a another gear between 3 and 4. We drove a moderate 55 on flat ground and 35 to 45 uphill on third gear to keep the temp down. Milage was around 24mpg the first 1000 miles, and increased to 26 in Florida. This could be either due to Floridas flatness, or maybe they don't have winter diesel here. Without trailer and boat milage is around 29mpg.

The higher load on the engine increased the oil consumtion though. This could have turned nasty, as I was only checking on my regular 1000 mile intervals, and once the level had gone a good bit below min. I never lost oil pressure so I hope things are ok. Now I'm checking every 500 miles, and things seem ok.

/Martin


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