On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> 13-14 in town????? Holy cow!!! Plus the added strain on the braking system,
> plus the higher revs on the engine. I guess that's the price you pay for
> convenience.
>
> Chris.
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> Wysłane z iPhone'a
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>
  Yeah, Sheesh!

  So at Today's Gas prices.. Lessee.....say $3.50 per gallon

   I always get 23mpg with my 5sp inline VW gasser.  Some with WBx manual
trannys claim similar mpg.    I'd be losing 10 miles per gallon if I swapped
it to an automatic.

   I can go appx 350 miles on a tankful if I do the shifting myself.   With
an auto, I would get just  ~ 210 miles on a full tank..

  So I would be filling up 150 miles sooner every tankful,  to save myself
shifting.   I'd need another 11.5 gallons to reach that 350 mile point I'd
be at if I were driving a manual tranny vannie.  11.5 gallons more would
cost me an additional  $40.30 cents to go the same distance...

  Forty extra bucks per tank?   Worthwhile expense?

  I drive about 20k miles per year in my van.  If I swapped over to auto and
got the 13mpg.....I'd be spending an extra $2380 per year!  Wow!  Doing the
numbers is an eye-opener.  I only spend about that, total..gas AND expenses
(~$2000) for 2 months of travel and camping in the desert SW during the
winters...

  That seems a bit expensive. I guess I'll shift for myself.

Plus, there are only 3 stop signs between where I live and my local city,
which I visit, but where I do not live and commute.

  Don Hanson