I don't know how much this will help, since I have a bostig conversion...

But I routinely get ~ 15mpg local roads and 19mpg highway miles. I've
been told that I'm on the low end of fuel economy and that should be
19mpg - 21mpg.

Even before I made the switch my mileage never got about 19mpg in my
2.1L water cooled.

I'd love to see actual data on the 25mpg people. I hear of them but it
seems more like a pipe dream to me.

Cheers,
Harry

On 11/23/2012 07:06 PM, J B wrote:
> We just got back from our trip to San Jose. Was planning on going to a pre-Thanksgiving meet organized by VWCamperFamily which was close by but unfortunately couldn't make it - maybe next year.
>
> Anyway, I had a question as to fuel economy and what I should be getting.  I have read anywhere from 18-25mpg is normal for the air-cooled campers but the best I can get is in the low 17's. This trip got 14.2 with one tank and that was mostly highway at 55-60mph, and the best only 15.5mpg. (81 air-cooled westy)
>
> Also updated my blog, please feel free to take a look
> http://1981vwcamper.blogspot.com/
>