Date:         Wed, 28 Oct 1998 17:59:07 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas Mileage
Comments: To: Jim Fritz <jfritz@DECORAH.K12.IA.US>
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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Jim Fritz wrote:

>                       RE: Gas Mileage                              10/28/98
> Does ANYBODY else on the list get this kind of mileage?  I'm in total agreement with Bud about the process vs. the event but I didn't think Westys were able to get mileage like that.  If so, I'm doing something __seriously__ wrong in the way I'm driving.
> Jim
> Budding Rose wrote:
> >Josh- I consistantly get 23 to 26 MPG- 84 Westy - I drive between 55 and
> >65 and at that speed I can relax- let the rest of the world go by and
> >arrive rested and relaxed and not too far behind the "fast drivers". Of
> >course in traffic it is diminished.
> >I believe the pleasure is in the trip- not the first to arrive-- the
> >trip is a process - Arrival is an event- and you are in deep doo doo if
> >you dont know the dirfference. Drive carefuly. Bud Yandell
>
> James L. Fritz

    Your right It's mostly in your driving. I once got 30 MPG, by
following a truck going 35-45 MPH towing my other car, on open highways.
No wind, going real easy on the gas, on easy roads. Did this for a
total of 200 miles and had over a half tank of gas left. I thought
my gas gauge broke.

                          Eric