I've seen 12-14 in town if you drive short distances and go up a lot of hills, especially with automatics.

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From:         Danny <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Reply-To:     Danny <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Date:          Mon, 25 May 2009 08:27:51 -0700

>I get 13.5 mpg city and 15 highway, my van weighs 4800 pounds (westy)�its a 1.9 L with 4000 miles since rebuild
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>Danny
>'84 Westy (Vanny)
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>--- On Mon, 5/25/09, Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:
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>From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
>Subject: gas mileage city vs. highway
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Date: Monday, May 25, 2009, 1:34 AM
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>Hi all,
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>I'm getting exceptionally bad gas mileage on my van of late.� I'm not sure
>if something is wrong with it, or if it's because I have ONLY done short
>urban trips in the past few months - never more than maximum five miles, and
>more often only two or three, and always on streets with lights and stuff.
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>Has anyone ever tracked what their gas mileage is under those conditions vs.
>under highway conditions?� I'd expect it to be worse than highway driving,
>but not as much worse as it seems to be.� I seem to be getting around 12 mpg
>- compared with 17 or 18 as a rule on highway driving.
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>Joy
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