Date:         Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:20:42 -0800
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: TDI fuel savings
Comments: To: "Robert A. Alexander" <satcong@vol.com>
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At 01:13 15/01/1999 -0500, Robert A. Alexander wrote:
>David - Uh, let me get out my calculator!  Let's see, I think there are
>3.78Liters/US gallon?  29.9cents/L in B.C.?  That's, uh, $1.13/gal, BUT
>Canadian dollars are different than US dollars, eh?  Uh, I have no idea
>what the conversion is, but I've heard that if I bring a US Dollar into
>Canada, I get MORE than one Canadian Dollar in exchange!  Now, you've
>confused me with the 49.9cents/L in Quesnel, which looks like $1.89/gal
>Canadian?  JEEZ, when are you guys going to convert to the "Euro"???

Currently it is ( +- $0.01 )  CDN$1.50 = US$1.00

This makes the Quesnel gas US$1.26 per gallon and the Chiliwack gas US$0.75
per gallon... keripes!  That IS cheap!

>All I know is that I can fill me Vanagon tank with 93 octane for about
>$1.00/gal-US which means gasoline is cheaper than when my grandfather
>managed to get his Ford back in 1912, all things considered!  Have you
>asked any of the European Tribesmen just what they are having to pay for
>93 octane juice?  I'm ALL for burning up Middle Eastern oil and keeping
>ours for our private use when the Sheiks' run out.
>
>BOB - WA4RRN
>'85GL
>http://www.jbs.org


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