Hans,
In a little notebook I record each fuel purchase--date, mileage, cost
and gallons bought. This is handy in my GT with its erratic fuel gauge,
and in my TD. TDs do not have a gauge, relying on a light to come on at
three gallons remaining.
So, estimating my fuel consumption in each car to be about 25 miles per
gallon, I can estimate the distance before running out of fuel. The
reset odometer in the GT is useful for keeping track.
This fuel tax discussion fits here, as the original reason for keeping
this notebook. At one time, a motorist could deduct from Federal taxes
the cost of State gasoline taxes. Keeping a book was the way to document
the fuel purchases. That tax reduction is long gone, but it's a habit
now, and it is in that book that oil changes and other maintenance
records can be kept.
Bob
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:00:16 -0400 Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com writes:
> Hi listers,
>
> As my fuel gauges sender still is faulty and I'm driving now and
> then, I'd
> like to know how many miles I can do before to fill the tanks again.
> Yes I'm planning to fix it, but no time now.
> Netter is to enjoy driving while the wheather still is nice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans (still in Frankfurt and fearing the road blocks tomorrow.....)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Enrique Claure [mailto:spanlab@ceibo.entelnet.bo]
> Sent: donderdag 14 september 2000 1:16
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Its on the road again
>
>
> Hi list, picked my car up from the Weber tuning guy. Remember 50Buck
> an
> hour? well it took him 4 hours that includes: Tuning the weber,
> degreeing
> the cam, adjusting the valve, repositioning the exhaust, changing
> the fuel
> pump and putting a nice chrome tip on the muffler. All came out to
> 225U$
> ouch! Rolando Bass Werner and his son are built like Arnold
> Schwaznegger
> HUGE (they are actual body builders) so no space for bargaining :-)
> 'They
> are real nice guys and have done a pretty good job.
>
> As they warned me the low end of the car is not to good but once it
> speeds
> up on the high way its real nice and hauls ass. I kinda like it. My
> tach is
> still flipping all over the place so can anybody tell me how many
> RPM are
> about 50MPH on 4th gear flat road? Thanks, Enrique
> SPAN Inc HeadQuarter
> PO BOX 6524
> La Paz Bolivia
> South America
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