This sort of bottom line thinking is a disease in this
country. We've been conditioned from birth to put
everything into dollars and no sense. The key is to
use LESS fuel.  If everyone used 25% less not only
would the price decrease--for you bottom liners--but
we would be less reliant on foreign sources. Diesels
also have the option of running a largely renewable
fuel such as biodiesel. Some intrepid souls are even
making their own biodiesel or running waste veggie oil
rung from the arteries of junk-food junkies.

Emissions are an issue, but many modern TDI's have
catalytic converters and are very clean--especially
compared to anything from 1982. I'm looking into
running a "cat" on my TDI if I can find the proper
unit and some room for it. Biodiesel also makes for
cleaner emissions.

Tom

--- Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Ok- SO everyone is saying they want a Diesel -in
> your Vanagon.
>
> Diesel sells in the Seattle area for $3.12 a
> gallon right now.
>
> I use regular gas @ 2.72 a gallon.
>
> I get about 24 mpg if I drive under 60 mph.
>
> Your Diesel Vanagon gets 30 mpg, or about a range
> of 480 miles per tank.
>
> My gas Vanagon gets 384 miles per tank at 55 mph.
>
> My full tank of 16 gallons costs $43.52.
>
> Diesel tankful costs $49.92
>
> Diesel saves $6.40 and gives about 48 extra miles
> for that cost.
>
> If I fill a gerry can with $6.40 in gas, I can
> extend my range to 432 miles.
>
> SO even at the price 0f $3.12 a gallon, you still
> can get an extra 48 miles over the gas .
>
> 48 miles , $6.40 in savings , each tank.
>
> $50.00 a tank- sounds cheap , doesn't it?
>
> When I got my Vanagon in 1995 it cost only $17.00
> to fill the tank.
>
> How do they afford it? The world , that is?
>
> Robert
>
> 1982 Westfalia
>
>
>
>
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