Personally, I drive mine 55-60 mph, get 26-28 mpg from my 1985 Westy, and
35-36 mpg (US gallons) from my 1982 diesel Vanagon. If I want to drive fast, I
drive a fast car, not a big van! I don't think they are properly geared to
drive so fast (80), but that's my thoughts.
Greg

Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> wrote:
Yep.  And it'll do it all day long, too!

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad" <groch@WORLDCHAT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: How fast should a 1.9L go??

> Just wondering about how fast my van isn't.  I can get it up to 70mph on a
> good day (ie. pancake flat and no wind). Anything over 70mph puts me
around
> 3800-3900RPM. This is the only Vanagon I've owned and the only one I've
ever
> been in. Should my van be running at those RPM's for the aforementioned
> speeds????

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