On a recent trip to the hill country I got 18 mpg with the AC in the rack
the whole trip and the hills of death. Normal flat land driving with it up
there I get around the same maybe 19 with a tail wind.

Owen Brand
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom ring" <taring@TARING.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: Help With 110 Volt A/C BTU Requirement Sought

> Sounds like a job for velcro, fabric, plus some modern adhesives.  I like
it.
>
> Anyone have any idea how much windload/mileage loss an AC unit sitting up
there
> would entail?
>
> On 28 Jul 2003 at 21:59, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>
> > Stick it on the front luggage rack with a few blocks of wood to set the
> > height and let it blow into the front opening. A curtain of some sort
>
> tom
>
>
> ------
> Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
> 85 Westphalia GL Albert
> 96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
> taring@taring.org
>
> "It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a
turn
> fast
> and come out dead." Stirling Moss
>