11mpg and you PASSED?

Pretty hard to believe!

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Buck" <NBuck4149@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: acceleration with air cooled

>    Thanks for your experiment. I just passed smog with flying colors (no
> small matter for an '81 here in California) so now I can turn to the
related
> (I think) of gas mileage and acceleration. Eleven mpg seems a bit low. I
am
> investigating the transmission kickdown now. Doesn't seem to be one.
>     By the way, the '64 Chevy pickup with the 350 small block and 350 TH
> tranny took 8.3 seconds to get to 60. Still have to get the '63 bug out.
What
> fun!
>