Rachel:
I regularly get 32-33 mpg (US) in my Diesel DoubleCab in the summer months.
Winter (up here in New England) it drops to 30-31 mpg, due I'm sure to the
winterized diesel.  I am pretty obsessive when it comes to recording my
mileage and fuel consumption.  I rarely drive over 59mph and much of my
driving is mixture of city/hwy, but not really any stop & go (traffic)
driving.  I have the stock 1.6L NA Diesel (very good condition) and 185R14C
tires.

My 7 passenger GL Diesel gets about 26-27 mpg (I haven't run it on winter
diesel yet).  It has a Franken-motor (pieced together form a 60k block with
3 original pistons and one used piston, a 300k turbo head and various
injectors of unknown age and spray pattern), the DY tranny and I run
195/75R14 tires.

What transmission and tires do you run?

Maynard
'86 Diesel DoubleCab
'82 7 Passenger GL Diesel

-----Original Message-----
I just felt extremely compelled to update the group...

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 entity Michael Snow spoke thus:

>>>> I got you beat, at 39 MPG (highway) I get over 400 miles between
>>>> fillups. (1.6 diesel).
>>
>>> Are you sure it isn't*29* MPG?
>> Nope, 39 on the nubbin.
>>
>>> BTW, what is the altitude where you live?
>> I live at 7200 ft, why?
>
> There have been many discussions of diesel Vanagon fuel economy on
> this list and others.  These vans consistently average 25-30 MPG.  My
> personal best, so far, has been 29 MPG.
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