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Subject:Re: Gas Mileage Improvements?
From:Jim Arnott
Date:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:43:53 -0700

On Jul 20, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:

> I have a 91 GL Auto with approx 188K miles.  I tracked a recent tank
> from
> empty to empty again.  I put in 14.4 gallons and got 218 miles out
> of it.
> This equates to only 15.14 mpg.  A/C was off majority of time. This
> sucks
> worse than I thought.  These are a mix of highway and city miles.
> Can I get
> some suggestions on improving this, please?
>

Drive 55.

My A'wagen gets nearly 20 mpg at 55 and nearly 16 at 70.

The diesel Westy gets... nevermind.  You don't want to know.

Track your mileage and add to the knowledge base at http://www.fuelly.com

Jim