Kim,

One of my favorite challenges.

Hey ... One has to assume one's self.

So far on this roadtrip of 40,000 miles and ~2600 gallons of fuel,

On two occasions, my persoanl best record is 18.9 gallons into the
Syncros 18.5 gallon tank.

Sure some will say the gas pumps were inaccurate,

but I prefer to think I was just very calibrated on the actually
capacity of the platform.

BTW ... I have yet to run out of gas before reaching the pump.

Larry Chase
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What: North American Road Trip
How: RoadHaus - 1990 White VW Westfalia Syncro
Today: Florida

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Date:    Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:31:24 -0500
From:    Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject: Things that irk me on my Vanagon

Okay, so I needed gas on one of my Syncros. I was in a hurry (of
course), but the gas gauge was reading below empty.

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Trickle, trickle. Final (!) cut off is at 18.58 gallons. Hmm. On my 18.5
gallon Syncro tank.
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