[Healeys] Car stuff - not Healey

[Alan Seigrist]

Josef -

Of course an average German makes 5 to 10 times the income of a Czech
or a Slovak, so I can assure you the pain of petrol is relatively much
higher here than in Germany, esp. those unlucky enough to live off of
their Communist pension.

Enjoyed seeing the Bone Church (Beinhaus) in Kutna Hora, I am now in
Eastern Slovakia.  Will complete the upgraded BN1 hubs at my father in
law's machine shop on this trip.

Alan


On 6/17/08, Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com <Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com> wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> Here in Europe the cars need to do this mileage, otherwise they are not
> bought. Our family car, a Renault Scenic Turbo-Diesel (Similar size to the
> Focus), does around same mileage, but it really hurts to pay $11 for the
> gallon here in Germany. Czech and Slovak Republics and Austria have very
low
> prices for petrol here in Europe.
>
> Josef Eckert
> Koenigswinter/Germany
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: healeys-bounces+josef.eckert=t-systems.com at autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces+josef.eckert=t-systems.com at autox.team.net] Im
> Auftrag von Alan Seigrist
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Juni 2008 07:46
> An: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Betreff: [Healeys] Car stuff - not Healey
>
> I'm in the Czech and Slovak Republics right now and we rented a diesel Ford
> Focus station wagon (they call it a Combi) and did 500 kilometers in it
> (incuding stop and go traffic in Prague), fully loaded (5 people plus
> luggage), the thing had tons of power, was very fast, and -
>
> got 38 miles per gallon.
>
> That included doing about 200 km on the freeway at 75 miles an hour.
> That's almost as good as a Prius.
>
> I tell you the fact that gas is $7 a gallon here is almost irrelevant when
> you get mileage like this.
>
> Alan
>
> --
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>


--
Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8