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Yahoo Message Number: 13242 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/13242)

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From: gablerwh@...>

Yeah ... I remember those '50s cars. They were distinctive from one another, but I also remember overheating at the "thought" of a hill, inefficient 6V systems, flooded carburetors, frequent tune-ups and oil change/grease jobs, vacuum wipers that slowed down when climbing a hill, brakes that faded, lousy fuel mileage, 10,000 mile tires (if you were lucky), generator instead of alternator, etc, etc. No thanks!
Automotive-wise, they were NOT "the good old days." Give me an anonymous looking jelly bean car that I can drive coast to coast without even checking it mechanically before I leave home. Oh wait ... I have TWO of 'em!
The ironic part is that the only way they'll go cross-country is behind our Country Coach as a toad.

Dick (& Geri) Campagna
'98 36' Intrigue #10571
Mfd: 11/97

Yahoo Message Number: 13264 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/13264)

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Dick,

Do you also remember when motorhomes got 12 mpg. That was back in 94 before the government made the engine manufacturers rework the diesel engine to electronic with emission controls. We followed a friend in 96 with our new Safari with a Cat 3126 and the friend had a 94 Safari with a pre electronic Cummins engine. same hp, same size coach, same speed for 3000 miles. He averaged 12 to 13 mpg, we averaged 8 to 9 mpg. Thats what you also get from goverment regs. I worked in the oil industry for 35 years and in the 80s the government had us burning dirt to clean up old gas station sites at $90 a ton and then they used the dirt in asphalt. So they put oils right back into the dirt And we wonder why prices keep going up

Bill G.. 2005 Magna #6425.