>to carry a couple extra gallons for those unexpected windy days in
>Wyoming when you misjudge and your consumption goes through the roof and
>you're sweating bullets wondering if you'll make it to Little America or
>not.  Nothing more, nothing less.  I don't plan to make regular use of
>the extra, i.e. extending range--I'd rather just pull into the station
>and fill up.  I go 200 miles, and stop whether I need it or not, but
>there have been days when 175 seemed impossible due to headwinds, etc.,
>and I'm just trying to avoid a call to AAA.

Ben, I am glad to hear you say this about Wyoming. I love the place, but I
get the worst gas mileage there when driving my van, than any other place,
or so it seems. FWIW, I know exactly what you mean about not being able to
go very far due to the headwinds or whatever. In fact, several years ago,
I came way to close to running out of gas when I felt I should have been
able to go another hundred miles. That is when I decided to sign up for
AAA.

Nice to know its not just my van :-)

Regards,

John