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Subject:Re: Trip statistics
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:44:31 -0700

Not one. 

Karl Wolz
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> On Aug 27, 2015, at 5:44 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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