The MPG sweet spot is 45mph.

I found that out when I had to drive for hours in a downpour one day.  My
'88 Wolfy automatic got 28mpg at 45mph.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:14 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Increasing fuel economy/decreasing con$umption

Bravo!

I've always thought that the "sweet spot" in a vanagon is around 55
mph. The handling, fuel consumption, road and wind noise, and just
over all quality of the driving experience are much better at the
lower speed in a vanagon, IMHO.

-Jarrett

On May 23, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Don Hanson wrote:

>
>  So I reduced my highway/freeway speeds down to 55 max for these
> past two
> tanks and my fuel consumption dropped, as we discussed onlist last
> week.  I
> got another 1.5 mpg on both tanks at the lower speed. (one free trip
> into
> town, per tank)  Thinking about it, I've decided to revise my
> driving to the
> lower speed/fuel consumption.