Time to leave the oil darkened ages an transcend into the solar age! I bet
one could devise some Solar panels on a vanagon that would complete a Horse
worth of power even without any battery or diesel backup generator!

I need a small differential to replace my motor and transmission with an DC
electric one I have! AC Electric would be even better, but I cant afford
that right now!

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> I remember when $ 2.00 would buy 8 gallons of regular, in 1968 in Denver.
>
> and that would provide an all day trip to tops of mountain passes on
> forest roads and back.
> for two bucks !
>
> I like to measure it in miles per dollar too..
> if we are getting 20 mpg ..
> at  $ 4 per gal ...
> that means 100 miles takes 5 gallons.
> 5 gallons costs 20 bucks..
> for ....only 5 miles per dollar.
> At my local southern oregon price of $ 4.25 I must be getting only about
> 4 1/2 miles per dollar sometimes.
>
> and with the common  'cars' around here ..  big pick-up trucks ..they
> might be getting 3 miles per dollar. Ouch.
>
>
>
> On 5/18/2012 11:11 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
>
>> I remember when I could drive to work all week for less then $13.00!
>>
>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
>> www.stir-plate.com
>> www.towercooler.com
>> www.kegkits.com
>> www.grow-sun.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.**COM<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>]
>> On Behalf Of
>> Rob
>> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:32 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Gasoline $$ :-(
>>
>> On the way home from work last night I stopped for gas, had $13 in my
>> wallet. That put 3 gallons in my bus @ $4.259 ea...
>> Sad times but still glad gas is available.
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> becida@comcast.net
>> Western Washington State, USA
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