On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Andrew Fox wrote:

> Forget compact car, it is'nt burning gas at full size van standards
> either.  My 98 Ford E-150 gets 20 mpg on the highway with a 4.2L V-6 and
> 6000 lbs vehicle weight, compare that to my 4,000 lb, 2.1L Vanagon which
> gets 16 mpg on the highway with a 2.1L gutless engine.

Part of it is, no doubt, the age.  I used to have a '90 Ford E150.  It got
19 mpg highway when my dad bought it with around 80,000 miles on it.  By
the time I was driving it, with 160,000 miles, it was getting 15-16 mpg
highway and much less around town.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si