Date:         Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:20:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Gail Fitzpatrick <redwood@SPEEDLINK.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Gail Fitzpatrick <redwood@SPEEDLINK.COM>
Subject:      Re: MPG Survey Results
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mstebbins@HOTMAIL.COM>
Comments: cc: Vanagonlist <vanagon@vanagon.com>
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At 09:41 PM 3/23/98 PST, you wrote:
>Thanks to those of you who participated in the Vanagon MPG survey.  Here
>are the results in summary form (You may have to clean up the table a
>bit to suit your email package):
>---------------------------------------------------------
>Summary Results:  MPG
>Automatics:     City    Highway
>   Vans               17.5      19.5
>   Westfalias   16.5    17.4
>
>4 Speeds:       City    Highway
>   Vans                17.4     22.4
>   Westfalias   18.0    20.5
>
>5 Speed Syncro 4WD  City        Highway
>   Vans                 17.3    20.0
>   Westfalias   12.0    17.9
                -- snip --

>  For those who find meaning in the numbers, I am glad to have
>done the work.
>

Hi Malcolm,

I really appreciate this info.  It inspires me to try harder to find out why
i'm getting only about 15mpg [city/hwy combined].  One thing I've been
researching in the Archives is cruise control.  i expect to be doing quite a
bit more highway driving this year than last, and hope that cruise control
could save me some money.  Then, i suppose i could move on to your other
stragegies:  "80 psi in the tires, 40 mph, hook up the propane tank
to the intake manifold....:-)......."  ;^)

Thanks, and good luck on your trip to Winnipeg.  Will be interested to hear
the results,

gail
__________________________
Gail Fitzpatrick
'87 GL Westi, 125k   [Frieda]
Sacramento, CA
<redwood@speedlink.com>