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• Re: TDI conversion thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:23:46 -0700
  ...A gas New Beetle will get 24 mpg in town while mine gets 40 mpg. At 70 mph mine gets 47 mpg while a...
• Re: So what's the most efficient speed to cruise at?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 May 2019 15:18:07 +0000
  ...When I travel around 60 MPH I get 21 MPG, it drops to 17 MPG at 70 MPH. Note, I have a well tuned...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:49:46 -0500
  ...Since 65mph yields about 20 mpg, 130 mph would give > what, about 5 mpg? Maybe even less since the rpm would be so high...
• Re: Recent Touring Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:38:31 -0700
  ...His fuel mileage in US gallons is 20.2 mpg. This drove me nuts when I first got my Golf, because in Canada, all...
• Re: Poor gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:26:22 -0500
  ...David, I get over 20 mpg regularly; I (averaged 20.22 on recent 5k+ miles trip, with some legs at 22. The entire trip...
• RE: fuel mileageWOW!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Nov 94 8:50:19 EST
  > > Average around town in Imperial Gallons 18mpg > Highway in Imperial gallons - 24 mpg > Bestever 25mpg > > (The difference between a US gallon and an Imperial...
• Bosch Platinum plugs and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:06:45 -0300
  ...On my recent trip from Halifax to Lennoxville, Quebec 3,235 kms (2,010 miles) I got 24.2 MPG (or 9.71 l...
• Re: VW V-8 engine - Moved to Friday Topic
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:12:00 -0800
  ...It seems a lightly loaded larger engine would > get nearly the same mpg as a highly stressed small > engine. I seem to recall the...
• Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:13:32 EST
  ...I can't remember specifically, but I think the MPG going was 19, MPG coming back was 26. Or something like that. Of course...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:51:50 -0400
  ...Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI We don't need wbxs, subies, or zetecs... Now's a great time...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:08:04 -0800
  ...I looked at it again, and it does look like it could be MPG. That would be cool to have. On Nov 21, 2007...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:01:41 -0500
  Myles, My bone stock 1.9 with 178,000 original miles on it gets 15.8 mpg. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL- (Delilah...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:04:56 +0000
  ...18.43-23.04 mpg. '83.5 1.9 ltr. GL running empty. Avg speed, around 68 mph. All interstate driving. 50 - 75 mph...
• gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Justin Wolfe
  Mon, 21 May 2001 10:22:18 -0400
  ...I'm currently getting 13 mpg around town. 84 westy, not loaded with gear. thanks justin
• Re: The 150 MPG carbureter exists!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:31:57 -0400
  You7 missed the point man.....It is humor to save us from not being able to heat our homes or drive our cars, not...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 17:05:21 -0600
  ...It has a waterboxer rebuild (110K miles at time of >>>> installation) and now has 155K miles. >>>> >>>> I averaged 18.76 mpg (much worse coming...
• Re: Cash for Clunkers Tally
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:35:34 -0400
  ...Combined city/highway mpg of 17 mpg. So, it qualifies (must be under 18 mpg combined city/highway). Dave Mc On Mon, Sep 28...
• Re: VW Rep visits my Eurovan....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:09:23 -0400
  ...U.S. mpg) Highway: .63 l/mil (37.5 U.S. mpg) Mixed: .75 l/mil (32.5 U.S. mpg) I want one...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Sep 2015 09:24:35 -0400
  ...Highway driving 1990 Carat - rebuilt WBX - 27x8.5 R14 General AT2 - 40psi Front, 45psi Rear fully loaded for long trip - average 20 mpg on...
• Re: 2.1wbx into 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 13:56:26 -0800
  ...I just finished a 1500 mile trip for business and fun, got 19 mpg. Better would be better. And now that the ambient temperature...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:42:31 -0700
  ...So if it works I should get between 22-25 MPG(I hope).. Phil
• Re: mileage revisited
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 17:50:41 -0500
  ...In my '86 syncro my mileage drops a good 2 mpg. It's consistantly done this the last couple of years. I get 18...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:12:56 -0800
  ...I have a 1989 vanagon GL > camper and just today calculated my MPG to be 13.4 and that seems low > compared to the...
• Aerodynamics for MPG
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:18:08 -0400
  This is part 2 in my aerodynamic MPG ramblings (Yes, I've already slowed down and got 600 miles out of the last 12...
• Here's a Vanagon you can get married to.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:33:02 -0600
  Hey crew, here it is, MOTORIOUS. A plain Jane but eat your heart out, 39 MPG on the freeway! http://www.gnarlodious.com/Vanagon
• Friday - Bumper Stickers
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:17:14 -0500
  ...beat up your honor student" One that I am going to make for my 01 TDI New Beetle... "45 MPG, How about you?" Dana
• Gas mileage, fueling problem, propane pressure
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:03:27 -0400
  ...Gas mileage wrote: <<I have averaged about 25 mpg in summer and about 20 mpg in winter. Difference has been due to oxygenated fuels...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:15:17 -0800
  ...Every bulletin board > I'm > on there is a certain percentage of members who post very impressive MPG > numbers. I am an enthusiast which...
• A/C and why?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Thu, 01 Dec 94 08:25 PST
  ...In my '81 'falia (when I first bought it in '86) I would get about 2 mpg w/ A/C on (well maybe a...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 9 Jan 1997 16:07:19 -0800
  ...Now my mileage has improved dramatically but is still only >about 16 mpg around the city? > Only 16 mpg around the city? In a...
• Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 07:33:16 -0500
  Thanks to all that responded to my question on a reasonable MPG that I asked yesterday. From what everyone said I will assume that...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:10:25 -0400
  ...Take my Syncro, for instance...former WBX at 16 mpg, now gets 28 mpg AND has far more power. On Fri, 22 Jun 2007...
• Re: Hypermilers...
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:11:43 -0400
  ...Put simply, 19 mpg is not justified in > this era. > > Sure, it feels good to drive. But aren't all the Hummer drivers saying...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 19 May 2004 21:30:29 -0700
  ...It ran like a top! it did not do better than 17 mpg at any speed. Are you sure you are not running 60...
• Re: mpg
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 00:04:08 -0400
  ...for 2 years, and all winter in the Oklahoma flatlands for 2 > years, and the mpg is consistently higher in the mountains, although she...
• Re: Mileage ?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:08:17 -0600
  ...I get 22 MPG or so. >Sometimes close to 23 other times just above 21. When I run the air >conditoning it stays about...
• mileage
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Sat, 06 Jul 1996 22:26:39 -0700
  ...My newly-acquired '82, whose engine was rebuilt about 3,500 miles ago and runs well, achieved an alltime high of 11.5 mpg...
• Rough idle poor mileage 85 westfalia
  Historical mailing list - mark scarborough
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 19:16:11 +0000
  ...Along about this time, fuel mileage dropped from about 18+ mpg to about 16 mpg. Anyone have any suggestions? Mark
• Re: vwdieselparts.com
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:21:53 -0500
  Boy, that makes me feel even better about the $2350 I paid for my 82 diesel (ASI conversion, 185k miles, 29 MPG)! Yee-haa...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:25:16 -0400
  ...Say your Vanagon gets 16 mpg. :::16x6 would be 96. If you owned a toyota prius, got 40 mpg and only :::carted two people...
• Re: 25 MPG Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:45:42 -0400
  ...An 85 Westy is higher than the later years, so I'm not sure if that is better or worse for MPG, my guess...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:51:39 -0330
  ...And getting as low as 15.5 mpg on one > tank, most segments 16-17 mpg. Then on the way home no rush and...
• Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 19:23:57 -0700
  ...I get about 18 to 21 mpg depending. My in- > town > mileage is considerably worse and I have a light foot. Got 12 mpg...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:39:24 -0700
  ...I noticed on a 65 mile trip I am now getting 16.5 MPG that's up from 14.5 MPG. Thanks for all...
• Re: Coffesions of a speeder what kind of gas milage do you see at 75 MPH
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 18:51:19 -0800
  That is in line with what I see when traveling at those speeds. ('88 Westy 2wd) My best ever mpg was 20.6 worst...
• End of trip....Report westie for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 01:02:02 EDT
  ...Best mileage 25 mpg from ID through Yellowstone to Greybull SD. Worst was with the A/C on with a 25 mph side/front...
• Re: Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Wed, 28 May 2008 17:53:16 -0700
  Hi Rob, for the fun of it ( very telling to ) what is your miles per dollar ? just divide your mpg by what your fuel...
• Re: Interesting MPG numbers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:04:23 +0000
  ...Interesting MPG numbers On 26 Mar , 2020, at 12:09 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Unfortunately on a Syncro tank service includes trans removal. Not...
• Re: EV Screens
  Historical mailing list - Drew B. Farenwald
  Tue, 25 Mar 97 13:16:21 EST
  ...How does Dan Hebert get 22.5 mpg on his much heavier camper > while we can never break 21 on our MV? Is it...
• Re: FW: abandoning gurus
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:48:19 -0600
  ...Perhaps you can direct me. > > My '82 Vanagon camper suddenly went from 19 mpg to 10 mpg. Injectors > checked ok, compression, etc. > > What could...
• Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Klun John
  Wed, 19 May 2004 21:07:05 -0600
  ...My speed is 70-75 and my gas mileage is consistently 24-25 mpg in the summer and 22-23 in the winter. Last...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:07:37 -0400
  ...cruising speed and MPG I forgot to mention that according to my speedometer I was doing 70MPH average speed. I was moving at the...
• Re: Was: Steenkin TDI/engine conversion/global warming..Now, off topic..
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:28:39 -0400
  ...The real problem is urban planning or the lack thereof, not the mpg rating of any one vehicle in particular. Which consumes more petroleum...
• Re; Petrol Digestion
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 17:55:55 -0500
  At best, around town, I get 15 MPG, and on the highway,18. 85 GL, Automatic. The engine has been tuned, filtered, and even...
• Re: Acetone
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:23:52 -0600
  ...In 40 years of automotive engineering development, is it "funny" that cars get the same mpg now as then? Why? John Aircooled.Net Inc.
• does gas tank leak mean loss in mpg?
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:00:06 -0600
  No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2/280 - Release Date...
• does gas tank leak mean loss in mpg?
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:49:06 -0600
  No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.2/280 - Release Date...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:24:54 -0400
  My Westy, as currently configured, is available for test drives/mileage verification. I will pay for the gas. Located in Stroudsburg, PA. John
• I are mades it
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:16:35 -0700
  ...In those Bad Old Days 15 mpg was the best I got. Then I got the wheels aligned which bumped me to 17 mpg...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 4 May 2005 10:18:54 -0700
  ...I have taken to mumbling when people ask me > about the gas mileage, so that 16 MPG sounds something like 26 MPG. I > carry...