[ot_caving] Gas mileage.

2008-07-21 Thread Fritz Holt
I am switching this string to OT as Bill Steele reminded that it is a stretch to consider this topic caving related. The linear savings is a little deep for me but there may be a non-hybrid car or two that averages 40 mpg city and highway. I seem to have read recently that VW produced a small

Re: [ot_caving] Gas mileage.

2008-07-21 Thread David
Both Volkswagen and Mitsubishi had a small diesel truck back around 1984. Mitsu's was available with real 4x4.They were hard to find. Does anybody know somebody who owned one? I believe they had a reputation for being slow, un-reliable and noisy. You certainly don't see them

Re: [ot_caving] Gas mileage.

2008-07-21 Thread Terry Holsinger
VW Diesels have been on the US roads since about 1981 and getting around 40-45mpg the whole time. They have not been popular with the masses mostly because they are diesels (i.e. they smell, are noisy, vibrate, hard to find fuel, cost more, and are slow). In the recent years VW (and Daimler)

Re: [ot_caving] Gas mileage.

2008-07-21 Thread Don Cooper
Has anyone else suspended their disbelief long enough to look into some of this Water For Fuel business? The last one I looked at talked about 'using your battery to seperate the water into HHO which is THREE times more powerful than gasoline' I mean - I've been told I shoot ideas down before

Re: [ot_caving] Gas mileage.

2008-07-21 Thread Don Cooper
I think this is CRAP, but apparently not everyone thinks so - http://www.gas4freebonus.com/?id=G5888003 -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone else suspended their disbelief long enough to look into some of this Water For Fuel business?