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Subject:Re: Trip statistics
From:Bruce Todd
Date:Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:44:44 -0700

How may dash taps or pats along the way?

BT

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:

> 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
>

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