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Date:         Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:08:17 -0600
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Re: Mileage ?
Comments: To: Mark Keller <kelphoto@ISLANDNET.COM>
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One must make certain one is not mixing Imperial gallons (Canadian gallons, about 20% bigger, seriously), with US gallons, when one makes comparisons.

Marshall Ruskin>I have a 1991 Carat WLE automatic with a Canadian rebuilt with 80,000 miles. >I'm in the land of 90K per hour, so that about 55ish. I get 22 MPG or so. >Sometimes close to 23 other times just above 21. When I run the air >conditoning it stays about 1 to 2 MPG lower. > >If all I do is drive in the City I get 19 MPG regardless of what is on or how >much load. > >We normally have the two kids and my wife and I, and most time the dog. So >our payload is around 700 lbs. The title says the vehicle's weight is 3425 >lbs. I run 205 Firestone PR 440's. Not a tire I'd buy again, not round >enough for me. But my milage was the same with the last set of tires too. > > > >Bill wrote: > >> We don't do better than that with our '81 auto Westy. 14 is about it. >> >> At 01:44 AM 12/29/99 EST, Charles Hokanson wrote: >> >Are all these numbers for manuals? I am only getting 14+ in my automatic. >> >Charlie. >> > >> Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Censorship is the assassination of ideas. No matter how well-meaning its >> proponents may be, they are more dangerous to us than any outside enemy. >


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