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• Happy Camper: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:44:48 -0700
  ...Mellow Yellow (84 1.9l AT Westy) USED to get 15.5 mpg on the highway. NOW gets 17.6 mpg, at around 70...
• mpg
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 17:08:29 -0700
  ...We've been reviewing the archives and have come to realize we're okay with 13 to 15 mpg in town. We forgot to...
• Re: ATTN: '80-'83 owners
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:50:20 -0400
  ...I use the 050 on my Fuel Injected '81, and get wonderful power, but intown traffic gas mileage of 13 MPG. Timing set at...
• Re: Cash for Clunkers Tally
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:48:10 -0400
  ...New mpg ratings for the sedan run (city) around 24-26 mpg, highway 31 mpg (depending on transmission, there are 4 and 5 manuals...
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:00:26 -0600
  ...140 miles /9.683 gal= 14.46 mpg >trip #2 with o2 sensor dc'd: 140 miles/ 10.316 gal=13.57 mpg > >One...
• Re: Gas mileage / emissions
  Historical mailing list - William Wedenoja
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 18:02:46 -0500
  > I have complained that my 90 Carat 4spd only gets 14 mpg around town with > ac, and about 15 mixed driving w/ac, and...
• Re: Engine Conversion and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:03:52 -0400
  ...The Subaru conversion > averaged 22.7 mpg (10.34 l/100km) and the VW WBX averaged 19.2 mpg (12.25 > l/100km). We...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:55:59 -0800
  ...Like Jim Thompson, I track my gas mileage religiously and my best mileage ever, ever, ever was around 23 mpg (10.2 l/100km...
• Re: WOW! 32mpg aircooled camper on EBAY
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 15:29:15 -0500
  ...1.7 motor gets about 13 mpg. > > Best I ever got in my '75 was 17 mpg. It had a '77 2.0L motor.
• MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:39:54 -0700
  ...Got 16 MPG which isn't what I'd hoped for. Next step is to try a highway cruise. I'll post the results...
• Re: www.fueleconomy.gov
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:45:08 -0700
  ...MPG (city) 14 MPG (highway) 16 Hey, I feel better now. I don't think I have ever gotten mpg that low. Edward
• Re: MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:27:40 -0700
  ...MPG redux > > What about them folks reporting 18-21`mpg? > > Delusional? diesel? deceptive? > > Mike > > >
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:57:01 -0600
  ...140 miles /9.683 gal= 14.46 mpg >trip #2 with o2 sensor dc'd: 140 miles/ 10.316 gal=13.57 mpg > >One...
• Re: Belly Pans for speed or MPG
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 18 May 2008 19:12:21 -0700
  ...Btw........a 2.2 Subaru vanagon.........if it was a 20 mpg vanagon before, it can be up to a 23 mpg vanagon with...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - B
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:12:12 -0700
  ...We get 15-16 mpg city, 18-20 mpg highway in our '87 Westy. Our friend has a pretty new Toyota Tacoma V6 that...
• Re: Mileage question
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:09:49 -0500
  ...Milage question I have gotten average 21.9 mpg for year 2002. Currently am around 19 mpg due to fuel system leak on fill...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Fri, 21 May 2004 10:22:59 -0700
  ...Gas Mileage Driving habits very much effect MPG. When I was forced to drive around 55 MPG because of traffic on one tank of...
• Re: New Beetle TDI Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 10:30:49 -0500
  From my 11 year use of our Vanagon Syncro, I'm getting 15-18 mpg in city and 16-19 mpg on highways. If...
• Re: MPG in the Bostig Conversion ?
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:29:44 -0400
  ...There is also an "economy" tune that you can use that will most likely yield a couple extra MPG. I would guess that "sensible...
• Re: Normal mpg?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:13:43 -0700
  Mr Squirrel, Unless you are a lead foot, that Westy of yours should be getting over 20 mpg on the hwy. Seems like it...
• Re: Diesel mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:06:21 -0700
  ...These vans consistently average 25-30 MPG. My >> personal best, so far, has been 29 MPG. > Well Michael, you may be right. I can...
• Mileage at altitude - responses/experiences requested
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:40:18 -0500
  ...I have noticed many posts where people have said things like: "I normally get 19-21 mpg - except when I was in Colorado, when...
• Reasonable MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:43:54 -0500
  What would be the expected MPG for both a 1968 VW bus and a 1986 VW Vanagon? The '68 is standard trans with stock...
• Re: mpg on 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Thu, 15 Jun 1995 06:22:01 +0000
  ...Mileage on my '90 Syncro Westy is fairly consistent at 23-24 mpg (imperial). We don't use the van in town, so my...
• Re: Does AC Affect MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:49:10 -0600
  ...Does AC Affect MPG? > > they all say the same: > > http://www.whatcar.com/news-special-report.aspx?NA=217592&EL=3144038 But what about...
• Re: mpg on 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jun 1995 12:56:41 -0700
  ...Before just a few months ago I always measured about 19.5 mpg for my 84 vanagon. I had a new set of tires...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 20 May 2009 01:08:51 -0700
  ...8.5 solo, 7.5 pulling the Vanagon. > > Now two Vanagons getting 17 mpg would be 8.5 mpg combined. So a 39" motor...
• Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon and Cognitive dissonance
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:53:16 -0800
  I still only get 15 MPG. How do you get 23 MPG? Is yours gas or diesel? William ----- Original Message ----- From: "alan barber" <barb2375...
• Re: MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:07:07 -0400
  ...I am sure in my case that experiences with 18+ mpg is delusional. It's a delusion caused by a fuel sender and gauge...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 08:39:13 CST
  ...He said he usually got about 15 MPG going 60-65, 13 >MPG if > 70 mph. In the city he said it got about...
• Fuel economy--the real sweet spot!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 23 May 2008 11:09:25 -0700
  I once cruised through a large, flat, wildlife park in Oregon for about 100 miles in my '84 Westy, and got 36 mpg at...
• Mileage question
  Historical mailing list - John Bates
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:05:45 -0400
  ...Milage question I have gotten average 21.9 mpg for year 2002. Currently am around 19 mpg due to fuel system leak on fill...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Thu, 5 May 2005 06:01:12 -0700
  Mixed driving on 1980 Westy(loaded)in and out of city, average 19-20 MPG Running high test 91+, less MPG 17-18 using...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:02:36 -0500
  ...Most mpg mileage improvement depends on driving habits and conditions. Getting lower MPG at low elevation in the summer couls mean a bad sensor...
• Re: Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:43:22 -0700
  ...The database reads 27.5 mpg instead of 26.5 mpg; WHOA, better'n I thought. I am using a database program I found...
• Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - jdd
  Sat, 26 May 2007 00:12:21 -0400
  ...or 24.24 mpg Imp on 91 oct and 8.245 km/li or 19.71 mpg U.S. or 23.29 mpg Imp...
• Re: Why don't AT's have a drain plug?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 03 Mar 95 10:31:16 CST
  On Fri, 3 Mar 95 10:21:09 CST <stevie@tekgen.bv.tek.com> said: >Speaking of automatics, what's the reliability and MPG...
• Re: Normal mpg?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:33:08 -0400
  ...Seems like it must be running a bit more rich than > normal or? My 84 was very consistently getting 19 mpg city and topped...
• Re: better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 15 May 2008 21:14:36 -0700
  ...So corrected miles and MPG are actually closer to 589.13 miles and 17.45 MPG. But I like the uncorrected numbers better :). *I...
• (Fwd) MPG Survey Results - a repost
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:54:00 -0400
  Here is a repost of my 23 Mar 1998 MPG survey, with a few minor editorial changes. It's in the archives, and now...
• Re: MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:07:20 -0700
  ...Shorter than > stock tires will generate more miles on the odometer than are really > traveled thereby skewing the mpg to the high side as...
• Re: thread on underpowered?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Thu, 21 Apr 1994 9:51:07 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I've gotten 22 mpg on a mix of > highway and 17-19 mpg on just city driving. I'd like to know how...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 19 May 2009 09:31:08 -0400
  ...Think of it as the best mpg motorhome that was ever made. Check the mpg on motorhomes some time. Even with diesel engines they...
• MFA
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Aug 94 11:19:26 PDT
  ...gauge, ambient temp gauge, mpg calc), from an 85 GTI to my vanagon. My question is: Is the little vacuum sender adjustable? and if...
• Re: mpg on 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Sergio Derada
  Thu, 15 Jun 1995 14:54:20 -0500
  ...Prior to it, I used to get 17 to 19 mpg, but after this recall it went to about 13mpg. Many have tried but...
• Re: lousy mileage
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 08:13:33 -0800
  That's only about 4%, or .7 mpg at 17 mpg. Not inconsequential but not the difference between good and great gas mileage. JMHO...
• Re: 55 to 65 mpg in a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:23:32 -0800
  NO! The diesel Vanagons do pretty well at around 30 mpg in stock form. They are painfully slow with a stock horespower rating of...
• Re: chill out andy!! LOL..:<) Re: '86 full Westy for sale...$2000...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:28:28 -0800
  ...No one who owns one claims 30 mpg. 22 mpg is typical. Not much better than a gas vanagon and much worse than a...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - monte merrick
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:55:47 -0700
  well you knopw, i dont mean to sound like a downer or something - but 24, 26 mpg of gasoline aint much better, if you...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:05:15 -0700
  ...A few observations: - Taking the average of the averages, I get 14.6 MPG in 3rd and 16.85 MPG in 4th. This suggests...
• Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:05:19 -0700
  Darn I'd really like getting 30 mpg in my syncro. I guess I have to move to Canada. Mike On 8/21/06...
• Re: mileage revisited
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:50:42 -0500
  Sean Bartnik wrote: > 175 miles I had used 11.065 gallons of gas, whihc comes out to 15.85 > mpg! That's awful! I...
• Re: Cash for Clunkers Tally - Please keep to vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:23:14 -0600
  ...New mpg ratings for the sedan run (city) around > 24-26 mpg, highway 31 mpg (depending on transmission, there are 4 and 5 > manuals...
• Re: reasonable mpg?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Aug 1994 19:58:33 -0600 (CDT)
  ...huff@dg-rtp.dg.com (Jerry Huff) ] ]> will self said: ]> >...I drove about 65 mph and got 22 mpg. Coming back, I drove between...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 21 May 2004 09:45:53 -0700
  ...Gas Mileage Driving habits very much effect MPG. When I was forced to drive around 55 MPG because of traffic on one tank of...
• Re: What kind of Gas Mileage is one to expect??
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:01:19 -0600
  ...In city driving it gets 15 to 18 mpg, highway it gets about 20 mpg. If I go 55 or 60 mph on the...
• Re: Synchro Power? 5 Cylinder!
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:01:45 -0800
  ...and got 17 MPG. I am happy with it so far and this weekend I am towing my boat to Baja with it. Mark...
• I am almost ready to shoot my vaagon!
  Historical mailing list - gcarcher
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:31:26 -0800
  ...Yet, the MPG has been declining over the last two months - down from 18 mpg to 11.5 mpg. No fuel leaks. new Plugs...
• Re: gas mileage a tad low
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:01:11 EDT
  ...Crossing Kansas and South Dakota at 75 mph plus with a/c we were getting 18.8 mpg. When my wife drove, a little...
• Re: Aerodynamics for MPG
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:00:45 -0600
  ...Bob claimed significantly improved MPG as a result. http://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/subaruvanagon/photos/browse/912a Beautiful isn't it? Gracias...