"Montblack" wrote in message
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("Jim Burns" wrote)
Our trip to KYIP was really a bargain as far as fuel costs are concerned.
Driving distance would have been 956 round trip. In our gas guzzler
Tahoe it would have cost $231 for gas and taken 18 hours. The Aztec used
100 gallons during 4.6 tach / 5.0 hours hobbs costing $380. Yeah, I
know, most trips don't require that you drive around a lake But when
you can instead go over it, it sure is nice!

1000 miles
20 mpg
50 gallons x $3/per
$150

956 miles
24 mpg ...on road trips, in the '94 Grand Caravan (3.3 Six).
40 gallons x $3/per
$120

It looks like (Tahoe) vs. (23-24 gph) is costing you an extra $100 for
every 1,000 miles driven @ $3/gallon prices.

You have got to get one of these used minivans. :-)


Montblack
I live in Oregon. A trip to the coast from here is about 100 miles, and
by air 41. I can't go round trip(KRBG-KOTH-KRBG) in my Honda in 7 gallons,
but I can in a C-172. Trip time on the ground is about 2 hours, in the air
about 25 minutes. Granted this doesn't happen often, but around here, the
roads follow the streams/rivers.

Al G