With OK highway mileage and poor city mileage I would look at shift points,
cold engine driving (he's in a smallish town), and evidence of a piano in
the bay.

Karl Wolz

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Robert Fisher
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:48 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT

All I can get is E10. I'd be willing to go with the idea that your low
number may be due to environmental factors beyond your control, but I'd
still look for mechanical/electrical culprits (misadjusted brakes, etc.)
IIRC there was a thread within the last couple of years that compiled a
pretty exhaustive list of those things. Hell I wouldn't doubt that Scott by
himself posted a pretty exhaustive list of those things. : )

Have you ever driven anybody else's auto Vanagon? I've always thought it
would be interesting to compare the feel of two different but similar vans.
It could be that what any given one of us takes as normal from our
experience with our own vehicle is actually abnormal performance.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Just checked -- the Chevron station where I normally gas up in town is
> selling E10 -- 10% ethanol.
>
> So my in-town gas mileage figures are lower than they would be if I were
> to be using undiluted gasoline.
>
> The question is whether the savings that would accrue due to using
> undiluted fuel would offset the cost of the fuel. I need to visit a
> couple gas stations in town listed on pure-gas.org and see what they
> sell their stuff for. And add in the cost of some Techroline fuel
> injector nozzle cleaner to make up for what I'm used to getting from
> Chevron.
>
> The research, it goes on and on, doesn't it?
>
> Oh - for the gadget-obsessed, and I'm certainly one myself, I find that
> a pencil and notebook suffice for doing the higher math of dividing
> miles by gallons to determine mpg. And I'm barely numerate.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 09:07 -0500, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
>
> > Ten percent ethanol knocks my mileage down about 15%.  I try to avoid
> >  it, following VW recommendations.
> >
> > >
>  > >
>
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> > >
> > > As promised, I'd check my in-town gas mileage when I filled up the
tank
> > > again and report back.
> > >
> > > I don't normally check  fuel consumption except when on camping trips,
> > > those are highway miles. I get about 18 to 21 mpg depending. My
in-town
> > > mileage is considerably worse and I have a light foot. Got 12 mpg on
> > > this last tank.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rocky J Squirrel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
>

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Cya,
Robert

'87 & '86 Auto GLs

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