"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message
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JohnKuthe wrote:

It's real quiet here even when there is water running!

We ran the Illinois river (SW Oregon) over New Year's. I would've
written a trip report but didn't have time. On New Year's Eve,
we managed to stay up until 12 midnight east coast time! Which was
9:00 Pacific. The moon was intermittenly hiding behind clouds,
but our backs got cold even with a big fire.

Compared to what RBP was before the Web, anyway!! :-(
RBP is a mere shell of it's former pre-WWW existence. :-(

What do you want to talk about? I'm interested in a discussion
of vehicles with good fuel economy that can carry a lot of gear.


I suppose you'd have to define "a lot," because a car may not be big enough
and you need an SUV, etc., but if a car will do, I'd recommend a Volkswagen
Passat TDI stationwagon. They're full sized cars and the TDI with manual
transmission gets upwards of fifty miles to the gallon. You can drive a
Passat from Michigan to Florida and back on a tank and a half of fuel. The
engines will last 250,000 miles and more if treated properly. The rest of
the car will fall apart around it, but that engine'll just keep on goin...

I have a Jetta TDI, and it's too small. The Jetta wagon would have been a
better choice.

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