I had asked Rob Kinnan this same question in Madison. They did not have all the numbers, but they think there were about 1200 long-haulers. I asked if gas prices had an effect, his response was that gas has gone up only 15% over last year. So if you stop to think about it, it is really not a big increase. I had two friends from Phoenix drive their cars out and they came in way under their budget for gas. What might change is more and more fuel injected cars. My one buddy has a fuel injected car and was getting about 21 mpg. Which is not bad at all. My other friend has a carbureted engine, making just under 500hp and got 18 mpg. There isn't that much difference between those numbers and some of our daily drivers.
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