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Date:         Thu, 26 Feb 1998 17:43:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Francis <tbf@PACIFIER.COM>
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From:         Todd Francis <tbf@PACIFIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: High Altitude
Comments: To: Kenyon Fairey <kfairey@OIT.UMASS.EDU>
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Kenyon Fairey wrote: > > Although this is a "late" response to the 'high altitude' thread of last > week, I did want to make a few comments on the topic. > > 1) In our '91 Westy when we traveled west during the summer of '96 we > found that we got GREAT gas mileage at the Denver (mile high) and > further west altitudes. An increase of at least 2-3 mpg. > > I took my 85 Westy back there a few years ago and found the same thing. When we got to a high altitude the mileage went up a lot. When we came back down the mileage returned to normal. Todd Francis Ridgefield, Washington USA '86 Westy Syncro '91 Tristar


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