can you translate that auto trans gas 2.1 fuel milage figure to  miles per
US gallon ?
be interested to see what that # is.

and the syncro one too of course.
scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "pedro dos santos" <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:30 PM
Subject: Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!

> Hi volks
>
> I have an interesting situation where I can actually have a pretty acurate
> gaz consumption comparison.
>
> My syncro presently has the same 2.1 engine and tires that were in my
> automatic vanagon! I can actually make a good comparison. The engine
> transplant happened with 296,000 km on the engine this past february. So
> here is my numbers:
>
> - In average, I made 13 to 13.5 litres for 100 kilometers for my vanagon
> automatic westfalia (it's actually a passenger van with all the camper
> stuff transplanted, including pop-top).
>
> - In average, I made 14.75 to 15.25 litres for 100 kilometers for my
> syncro passenger, manual of course, air cond not connected, 7 passenger,
> no camper stuff, no pop-top transplant.
>
> My way to calculate is to keep all the receipts, and to write on each one
> the actual kilometres of the vehicule, and also the kilometers of the trip
> odometer that I put to zero at each fill up (the one I use to calculate).
> Per example, i calculated on my syncro:
>
>
> 415.2 km         100 km
> ---------  X   ----------
> 61.048 l         X litre
>
> So I calculate 61.048 X 100 = 6104.8 divided by 415.2 = 14.70 litres per
> 100 kilometers.
>
>
> Pedro
> north shore of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
> 1991 vanagon westfalia conversion (TDI ALH automatic)
> 1989 syncro "rustbucket"
> ex 1986 panelvan partsvan
> ex 1985 doublecab project