<VV> Vairs and ACTUAL fuel used

[Bill Hubbell]

You might want to ask Smitty how much he paid for gas going out to Portland 
and back, towing his trailer.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>

>
> Just for the heck of it, it would be nice to have a ball park figure on 
> how many miles per year is the "average" of all licensed Corvairs.  Maybe 
> two numbers would be needed, one for those which are actually driven and 
> another for ALL - whether driven or not.  A survey of this group (VV) 
> might or (more than likely) might NOT be an indicator - so I really don't 
> know how to go about calculating that number or collecting the data.
>
> Personally, I feel that I probably am in the upper %tile in terms of 
> annual (actually driven) Vair mileage at something around 12,000 (some 
> years have been a good deal higher than that).  But, I don't know that for 
> certain.
>
> Really, the point I'm trying to get to is that a (very?) great many Vairs 
> likely go less than 1,000 per year.  So, the conversation about various 
> fuels and other fuel saving or fuel cost saving methods fall on quite a 
> few deaf ears.  If you are burning 50 gallons per year at $1.50 and the 
> price doubles to $3.00, it now costs an extra $75.00 PER YEAR to drive 
> your Vair to those places you normally use it.  SO WHAT!
>
> I could list at least a dozen Vairs that I know of locally that would have 
> a hard time proving 1,000 miles in 5 years.
>
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>
> Later, JR