My neighbor used to brag about the mileage he got on his new car.  I
went out each night and added a quart of gas to his tank!  I don't think
I can afford to do that now.  Gas was only 50 cents a gallon at the
time.  He took it to the dealer twice trying to figure out why his fuel
economy dropped (when I stopped adding gas to his tank!). :-)

Doug in Calif wrote:

>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
>
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