Brent,
Our average of 20.6 mpg (US gals) over 1395 miles was in our Syncro Westfalia
shod with Yokohama LT 195/75 R14 tires. Harry Yates suggested this tire for
Syncros and he was right. BTW where is Harry these days.

Half of the trip was in rolling hills on paved country roads across the bottom
of the Finger Lakes NY and then diagonally down to Westies in the Woods at
Stokes State Forest NJ. We had a small amount of stop and go driving in
Allentown PA but the rest of the trip was mostly on interstates returning up the
the Thousand Islands on the Saint Lawrence River.

I generally keep the revs at about 3500 and rarely go much over 4000 the
exception being in hilly country where the long range between 3rd and 4th gear
seems a mile wide. My driving style in the Vanagaon is not aggressive (saving
that for our MR2 T). I don't get much return from driving aggressivly in a
fully-loaded under-powered Syncro Westfalia.

Larry

Brent Christensen wrote:

> WAIT A MINUTE - are we talking miles per *imperial* gallon???  Or are your
> tires under-sized?  Are Canadian miles shorter than US miles?
>
> Either there is something very mysteriously wrong with my Syncro's systems,
> or your numbers are out of whack.  I average about 16-18 on trips with
> average speeds of about 65-70 mph.  (And I thought that was pretty darned
> good for a 4WD camper) This is with stock-sized load range C tires.
>
> The engine runs beautifully, no stumbles, funny smells, lumpy idle, or any
> other tell-tale signs of problems that would cause bad mileage.  I can only
> DREAM of getting 20+ mpg in a Syncro Westy!