I'm a total gas mileage freak too. 

7 of us recently completed a 120 mile wine tasting tour through the
hilly countryside of northwestern Michigan in Vera, my 1987 Vanagon
Wolfsburg Edition. At the conclusion of the trip I topped off the tank
and determined that under those conditions I still managed to get 19
mpg.

Vera has a four speed manual tranny and 169,000 miles. Bless her heart.

On 5/4/05, LOREN BUSCH <labusch@verizon.net> wrote:
> RE: Gas Mileage w/AT
> My '90 Westy, at 5,000 lbs at the scale, 113,000 miles on it,
> consistently gets 18-19+ on the highway.  I normally cruise at 55-65
> mph.  In town stop-and-go driving I drop to around 14 mpg.  I've had one
> 200+ mile run that ran 22+ mpg and I've never figured out how that
> happened, the same trip later was back to 18 mpg.  My '85 Westy used to
> give me 22-24 mpg but that was a four speed.
>