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Subject:Trip statistics
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:20:32 -0700

We got back to hot and sunny Phoenix from our month-plus journey a couple
days ago. Phx to PNW to Glacier to PNW to Phx with several side trips.

The numbers:
6720 miles; 152.7 miles/day; 198 miles/fill; $2.981/gallon;357 gallons;
Three most expenisive fills were in Cal; trip avg.: 19.27 mpg!

Had no mechanicals to speak of; the following are more maintenance items
than disasters:

Had the gas tank resealed by George at Porbug in Edmonds, WA (thank you,
George). Should have been done a couple years ago, but started smelling
serious fumes on our way north. Verified fumes were not in the engine
compartment and lived with it for a couple days.

The ECU or hall sender overheated in Las Vegas rush hour traffic. PITA, but
fixed itself after cooling while parked on the median for a half hour.

The odometer failed north of Las Vegas, so the last three entries were
calculated by GPS/Rand McNally.

Overall, had a safe and enjoyable trip with no major problems. YAY!

Karl Wolz