Finally a subject on which I may be able to get some sympathy.  Well, maybe
not on this list, but...
Gas prices on the island of Hawaii (east Hawaii that is) are at
$2.00/gallon... premium is $2.20 or more.  West Hawaii (Kona/Kohala) is at
least .15 a gallon more.

It ain't cold here, but we pay for it!

Mick Kalber
89 Syncro Westy "Daddeo"
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
808-935-5557
808-935-0066 (fax)
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer <ncc876@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: gas prices

> At 4:40 AM -0500 4/19/01, Max Wellhouse rearranged electrons to say:
>
> >Unfornately this gentleman has been conditioned to think that $1.29 is
cheap
>
> Here it is going for about $1.70 a gallon, perhaps a bit more since I
> last drove past the station. I last paid about $1.50 a gallon for 87
> octane to fill my Golf. The next day it had jumped by 20 cents a
> gallon -- and I had to fill just about the entire tank (I'd let it
> get close to redline.) Ouch! Though part of it is the reformulated
> gas we use here -- St. Louis has smog problems -- that's still more
> than last year.
>
> One alternative that is available is to purchase a car that is built
> for 87 octane rather than 89 or 91. I could have had a 1.8 turbo Golf
> that has significantly more power, but I chose not to buy it because
> of the high gas prices of the time (which weren't as bad last year as
> they are this year.) The 1.8T is supposedly higher-mileage, but
> real-world reports on VWVortex' Golf 4 forum have shown that this
> isn't always true. Same goes for a local friend who owns a GTI VR6
> (same car, two doors)... though some of the lost mileage may be due
> to, ah, spirited driving. A lot of the folks there like to brag about
> street races they won -- come on already...
>
> Many of the high-performance cars out there require more than the
> minimum 87 -- the Toyota Avalon requires 89, for example, while VW's
> own VR6/1.8T require 91. Some people on the Vortex even feed them 93.
>
> But how many people, especially recent dot-com millionares (before
> AMT... I'm *so* glad we didn't take any stock options!) think of
> that? Now they're stuck with higher-performance vehicles that take
> premium fuel...
>
> By the way, I'm plenty happy with my "2.Slow" Golf. I've trained the
> adaptive automatic to be more aggressive with its shifting pattern,
> and it works just fine for my driving style.
>
> ObVanContent: What sort of gas can I expect to need in the '90 westy,
> for both the 1.9 engine it'll have at first and the 2.1 that'll
> probably go in later?
>
> P.S. - Got out of the car at work this morning to discover a Golf II
> idling nearby and got cheerfully waved at by the owner. Ah, VW-love.
> :) There was a vanagon westy around for a bit, and a yellow old
> Beetle, but I haven't seen either of them in a while.
> --
>
> -----
>
> Jennifer - ncc876@yahoo.com
> ... knee-deep in the hoopla ...
>
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