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Subject:Re: High Altitude
From:Todd Francis
Date:Thu, 26 Feb 1998 17:43:49 -0800

Kenyon Fairey wrote:
>
> Although this is a "late" response to the 'high altitude' thread of last
> week, I did want to make a few comments on the topic.
>
> 1) In our '91 Westy when we traveled west during the summer of '96 we
> found that we got GREAT gas mileage at the Denver (mile high) and
> further west altitudes. An increase of at least 2-3 mpg.
>
> I took my 85 Westy back there a few years ago and found the same thing. When we got to a high altitude the mileage went up a lot. When we came back down the mileage returned to normal.
Todd Francis           Ridgefield, Washington USA
'86 Westy Syncro
'91 Tristar

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