Wow, Jim, 27 mph!  And I thought my van had trouble getting out of it's own
way!   Gas at the Crescent Park Chevron at the top of the hill here in
Beautiful BC was $114.4 a litre when I drove past five minutes ago.  A litre
is almost exactly a US quart, and the dollar is at about $1.23, meaning
approx $3.90 a US gallon.  We have been seeing a buck a litre all spring and
summer, and we're happy to drive nothing but VWs and to work locally. When
we lost a rod bearing in Oregon, it cost half of what the U-Haul truck
rental was to feed the mighty V-10 that towed Dixie home.  Seeya, Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or
"parts vanagon"

> >
>
> Funny, isn't it, how one day your position makes you a soldier-hating
> liberal communist idiot, and the next day *poof* you're a visionary...
> like the morons who predicted $3.00 gasoline this year. We'll be
> wishing for 3.00 gasoline soon.
>
> I'm driving my diesel around happily getting 27 mph. I imagine I won't
> be so happy the first time I have to fill it back up. I had to put 70
> miles on it today and I felt every mile as I watched the odometer click
> over. Tomorrow I have to drive 200 miles in my gasser--that is going to
> hurt, but I need the capacity as I am picking up a load of books. Then
> next week I have to deliver those books to various places around the
> state... hundreds of miles!
>
> I work in a home office like the original poster, but that's not
> helping me at all right now. You can't haul many books on a bicycle
> either.
>
> Jim
>
> > here is an excellent set of articles explaining the
> >
> > vulnerabilites of the area [ written 3 years ago....:O(  ]
> >
> > It may possibly give a heads up to what to expect in the coming
> > weeks... :O(
> >
> > http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf?/washingaway/part1.html
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > From: David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
> > Reply-To: David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
> > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:40:05 -0400
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car
> > or
> > "parts vanagon"
> >
> > Yeah I filled mine up the night before last and am not driving
> > anywhere unnecessarily...I
> > am fortunate to work from home...not sure how anyone that commutes
> > could do
> > this...trying to stay home...share rides...pick up stuff from the
> > store for
> > Mom when we go....almost like the way it should be normally...I like
> > this
> > exercise...
> >
> > Too bad it took a tragedy like this to force it upon us instead of
> > making
> > the conscious decision to save resources because its good
> > stewardship...
> >
> > Dave
> >
>