In a message dated 98-05-18 23:51:07 EDT, broom-sr@SWBELL.NET writes:

<< It is also true that I got great diesel mileage, It is embarrasing when
 a man in a wheelchair can pass me on the street, going uphill, into the
 wind, and he is using only one arm going backwards! >>

i have to agree...i was once the passenger in a '81 diesel westy, going
uphill, 15mph tops,  with a trail of unhappy motorists behind us...

just for fun, i got out and ran up the hill faster than the van - which was
practically redlining...

chris