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Russ, look on the bright side: If you work out the fuel consumption based on 2 1/2 vehicles, it's a very respectable 25 vehicle miles per gallon in the worst case, and an amazing 38mpg at best! Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "russw" <russw@classicvw.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:38 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Eastern Invasion Caravan snip > I don't want to hear about your gas mileage. :( j/k. Going out, when I > was running with you guys, I was getting about 22mpg, with a SUV, > running 70mph. When I left you people and kicked it up to 80-85 mph, I > dropped to about 19 mpg. BUT, coming back, was a different story. > On one tank of gas, I only got about 10 mpg, 15mpg was the best I got on > the way home. But then I was towing a 1400 lbs trailer, with 1 1/2 bus's > on it. Dead Man's Pass between Oregon and Idaho, on I-84 was clear down > to 2nd gear in the trans, and turning 4500 rpm. It took me 3 days of > hard driving to get home. > -- > russw <russw@classicvw.org> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~