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Subject:Re: [WetWesties] Gas Mileage
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:09:08 -0700

Once I got the cause of my low gas mileage in my 84 auto solved (15 mpg,
average, cause was funky ECU) I now get about 19 mpg highway, even in the
mountains, 17 mpg city.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 9/26/2009 10:38 AM Loren Busch wrote:

> Just took another look at the gas mileage stats for my long trip.  Overall,
> for just over 3,600 miles, was 17.84 mpg.  But with segments as low as 15
> and as high as 21.  The interesting part was the three days running around
> Yellowstone.  In my '90 heavily loaded Westy w/automatic I was running 18,
> 19, 20 mpg for that three days.  And that was a lot (maybe most) of the time
> in 2nd gear because of the constant up and down as we drove the 'loops'
> around the park.  And a lot of backtracking because one part of one loop was
> closed and we had to backtrack a lot.  But with a speed limit of 45 mph.  So
> guys and gals, if you want to save some gas, slow down.
>
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