Oops! Forgot to mention an important factor. I usually drive at 115-120 km/h on highway. Or 71-75 miles per hour.

Pedro

--- On Thu, 8/14/08, pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: pedro dos santos <pedrokrusher@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!
> To: "pedro dos santos" <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 5:04 AM
> Hi Scott
>
> At the bottom of the page of this web site you can convert
> liters per 100km, to miles per US gallons:
>
> http://www.milesgallon.com/converting_miles_to_kilometers.php
>
>
> And the resulst are:
>
> - 18.094 to 17.424 MPG (13 to 13.5 liters per 100
> kilometers) for the 1991 vanagon westfalia automatic, with
> 296,000 km (183,926 miles) before removing the engine.
>
> - 15.947 to 15.424 MPG (14.75 to 15.25 liters per 100
> kilometers) for the 1989 syncro passenger , air condition
> not connected, with 125,000 miles (201,168 miles) on the
> body (the syncro is from Vermont).
>
> Pedro
>
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/13/08, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> > Subject: Re:      Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption,
> with same engine and tires!
> > To: "pedro dos santos"
> <pedrokrusher@YAHOO.COM>, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 10:09 PM
> > 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