my '82 van, stick shift, gets a miserable 10-11 mpg in the city (s.f.)
and 19-21 on the freeway. apparent reason for the lousy city mileage is that
it spends most of its time in slow-moving stop-and-go traffic, rarely
getting into even 4th gear. art

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> There are mileage stats in the Vanagon archive from an informal survey a
> bunch of us listees responded to a couple years ago. From vague
> recollection 20 mpg was fairly mainstream for nearly any four-banger
> (air, wbx, I4, etc.) Some folks claim 23, 25, etc. I've been pleased
> with 20-23 in our 2056 cc air-cooled Westy.
> G. Matthew Bulley