[meteorite-list] Question about western USA
From: Arizona Keith <arizonakeith_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 31 16:02:37 2005 Message-ID: <003201c507d8$2c7f0760$6401a8c0_at_Keith2> Hello List and Robert Got back last night from the Tucson show, will be posting photo soon. I drove my S-10 Vortex V-6 Blazer 229 miles round trip from Tucson, average speed was 85+ mph, I used 11.2 gallons of gas. That's 20.4 mpg, thats's also with about 20 miles of Tucson city driving and I was flying pass those out of state cars driving slow in the left lane all the way, you can ask John Gwilliam, I scared the %$#* out of him. I also drove to Brenham Kansas last year to hunt meteorites with Ground Penetrating Radar and got over 22 mpg, I was crusing then. So my average is over 20 mpg highway for your info. My best to Pierre on his trip. Keith Vazquez Chandler AZ PS had a great time at the show! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com> To: "'Pel? Pierre-Marie'" <pierremariepele_at_yahoo.fr>; "MeteoriteList" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:14 AM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Question about western USA > Hi Pierre, > >> As I'm preparing a 3 weeks long trip to the western >> states (California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada), I'm making >> a budget and would like to have your help on the >> following point. I'll be renting a Chevrolet Blazer SUV >> and would like to know the average price for a fuel load >> (it consumes 22MPG I think) or the price per gallon of >> fuel. Maybe some list members have the same vehicle or >> a similar SUV ? > > I drive a Nissan Pathfinder which gets better gas mileage > than the Chevy Blazer -- for predominantly highway driving, > I get between 21 and 22 MPG. I doubt the Blazer gets better > than 19. Your mileage will be slightly lower since you'll > be doing some dirt-road and lakebed driving. I'd assume > about 17-18 for the Blazer on average. > > Gas prices vary quite a bit by state and within each state. > ARCO and Chevron tend to be the cheapest in southern California, > where you can find 87 unleaded (fine for the Blazer) for right > around $2/gallon. It's maybe ten cents cheaper in southern > Nevada. Northern Arizona is cheaper still -- perhaps $1.70 to > $1.75/gallon. Don't know about Utah; according to Martin's > link, gas in St. George (southwest Utah) can be had for around > $1.85. > > People in our country like to complain about high fuel prices, > but anyone who has spent time in Europe or the UK knows that > our gas is quite cheap by comparison. --Rob > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Mon 31 Jan 2005 04:02:26 PM PST |
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