I'm getting 22 mpg on an "87 westy, up recently from 20 mpg, for strange and mysterious reasons!

Peter Carrie
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Jim Fritz <jfritz@DECORAH.K12.IA.US>
    To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
    Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 11:32 AM
    Subject: Re: Gas Mileage
    
    
                      RE: Gas Mileage                              10/28/98

    Does ANYBODY else on the list get this kind of mileage? I'm in total agreement with Bud about the process vs. the event but I didn't think Westys were able to get mileage like that. If so, I'm doing something __seriously__ wrong in the way I'm driving.
    Jim
    
    
    Budding Rose wrote:
    >Josh- I consistantly get 23 to 26 MPG- 84 Westy - I drive between 55 and
    >65 and at that speed I can relax- let the rest of the world go by and
    >arrive rested and relaxed and not too far behind the "fast drivers". Of
    >course in traffic it is diminished.
    >I believe the pleasure is in the trip- not the first to arrive-- the
    >trip is a process - Arrival is an event- and you are in deep doo doo if
    >you dont know the dirfference. Drive carefuly. Bud Yandell
    
    James L. Fritz
    Director of Bands
    Decorah High School
    100 E. Claiborne Drive
    Decorah, IA 52101
    319-382-3643
    FAX 319-382-3107
    jfritz@decorah.k12.ia.us

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