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Subject:Re: Subiegon/Vanaru Gas Mileage
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:19:09 -0600
---- Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> '91 GL
>  About 2 mpg better with the Subie EJ22 than with the wbx.  19 or 20
> mpg vs. 17 or 18
>   I try to cruise at about the same speed on the highway (71 or 72
> mph), but accelerate much faster with the Subie.

So, I get 19-23 mpg on the highway with my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with 2.1 waterboxer engine.  Does that mean I'd get better than that with a subaru replacement?  Of course, I drive the camper as it was built to drive, at 60 mph on the highway.

mcneely