Date:         Mon, 06 Nov 1995 08:14:04 -0700
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From:         Dieter Dworkin Muller <dworkin@village.org>
Subject:      mileage over the years


Robert.Tommaselli@ska.com wrote:
:   Just bought my 95 EV Camper in march. [...]
:  The gas milage is ok. I figure it gets 16~18 city and 20 highway.

Does it strike anyone else as odd (or amusing) that my thirty-year-old
get-that-polluting-piece-of-junk-off-the-road-you-hippie microbus gets
better mileage than a brand-new van (it seems like the numbers Herr
Tommaselli quotes are typical for any of the major manufacturers'
vans)?  My last fill-up (yesterday) came out dead on 22 mpg (US
measurements).  This is with a mix of city and highway driving, mostly
with either some cargo or passengers.

Bemusedly,

	Dworkin

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