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Bill Schwab Bill Schwab is offline
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Default Why use heavy oils in gearbox?

Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote:
Wes: We are driving a 2003 car that if it ever gets below 40mpg at 80mph,
I'm going to start checking it over. Recent trip to Oklahoma and return was
done with the speedo showing 80 in all the 75mph zones even in head winds.
The worst we got was 47mpg. However you can't buy a new one of these in
California. The VW Jetta TDI would have to be degraded to get down to
35mpg.


I don't get it: it sounds like you are exceeding that now?? Just
curious how silly they are getting.


We have a few J*ck*asses in California.


No offense to you, I keep hoping that they will finally cause a local
economic meltdown and _maybe_ the rest of the country will wake the hell
up before it's too late (if it's not already).


Bill