John,
I have to say,
That is hard to believe.
I had a 85 with a 1.9 that I personally rebuilt the engine all the way down to the crank with new fuel injectors to boot. It ran like a top!
it did not do better than 17 mpg at any speed.

Are you sure you are not running 60 series tires?

If its truly doing what you say,

Congratulations that is I believe somewhat unheard of in the vanagon community.

Doug

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Klun John 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:07 PM
  Subject: Gas Mileage

  Hey all!

  I gotta brag about this.  My 84 GL with 1.9l was rebuilt by Bob Birkholz (Grand Mesa Imports here in Delta, CO) 3 1/2 years ago.  He rebuilt it with German bearings and sodium filled valves.  I've got over 60k on the engine now and I use this baby for my daily commute.  I drive 100 miles R/T daily on a 4 lane.  My speed is 70-75 and my gas mileage is consistently 24-25 mpg in the summer and 22-23 in the winter.  Last Sunday, I had to take my wife to Glenwood Springs to get some stuff and then commute to work Mon and Tues.  My gas mileage was 25.99 mpg when I filled up Tues night.!  Even I couldn't believe it!  I thought my gas gauge was off...

  John