sounds about right to me, taking the back roads and doing under 60mph
sounds just like the conditions that the diesel vanagons were designed
for.  the conditions of the german post office, slow speeds and surface
street travel.  now if gnarlie was a union employee she might be able to
get 41 MPG ;).

jonathan

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Jim Felder wrote:

> A "reasonably" inaccurate odometer wouldn't account for the difference
> in mileage she's getting. Two miles out of a hundred is two percent.
>
> I've been following her comments on the diesel list (over a year) long
> enough to know hers is not just a cursory observation. It's got to be
> how the engine is timed and how she drives it.
>
> I have a westy, the very best I can do in  mixed driving is 350 miles
> per tank.
>
> Jim
>
> On Dec 6, 2004, at 9:02 AM, Hans Achter wrote:
>
> > Gnarlie,
> > On one of those trips could you calibrate your odometer for us against
> > the highway mile markers,
> > over a distance of 100 miles or so would be best.
> > My odometer counts about 102 miles for every 100 on the mile markers.
> > -Hans
> > 87 syncro
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:00 AM
> > Subject: Diesel mileage update
> >
> >> Well Michael, you may be right. I can't find it written down anywhere
> >> so I
> >> may have simply exaggerated. Next trip to Denver I'll measure it
> >> religiously.
> >>
> >> OK, I went to Denver and the mileage IS 39 MPG!
> >> Can anyone verify their mileage is in the range?
> >>
> >> -- Gnarlie
> >>
> >
>
>
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