Date:         Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:54:47 EST
Reply-To:     CMathis227@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chuck Mathis <CMathis227@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: gas mileage
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Could it be that the 300 mile per tank person is using a 22 gallon tank?

The best I've done with my '85 Westy 1.9L/automatic is 18 mpg on the highway cruising in relatively flat country at 60-65 mph or about 270 miles to the tank (but I'm not brave enough to go that far!).  I've heard of non-Westy's getting 22-23 mpg on the highway.

Chuck

In a message dated Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:57:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, Graham Challis <centumg@YAHOO.COM> writes:

<< Hi Jeff, I've had a 90 GL country homes conversion,
P/S, automatic, with 205/70s on alloy rims, since new.
 I don't think I've ever got more than 260 miles out
of a tank and by that time I've pumped in close to 15
gals. - i.e. running on fumes.  I've even coasted into
the gas station a couple of times (once managing to
swipe the side of the van in my haste to get to the
correct side of the pump before momentum gave out!).
I just rejoined the list and didn't see the post you
mentioned, so if someone is getting 300 miles from a
tank I want to find out how!

Graham
90 GL auto country homes camper

> Jeff Palmer wrote:
> >
> > Is there a significant difference in gas
> consumption between 1.9
> > and 2.1l motors?  Someone wrote last week that
> they got about
> > 300 miles on a tank of gas with a 2.1.  I get
> about 350km (210
> > miles) on about 50l of gas consistently with my
> 1.9l (in the
> > summer, its much less in the winter of course).
> >
> > I had been considering moving to a 2.1l model as
> an "upgrade"
> > until there were some questions as to its
> reliability and
> > whether or not the increase in power was worth the
> extra cost.
> > Better fuel economy would be an important factor
> though.
> >
> > They're all the same size gas tank, aren't they?
> >
> > Jeff
> > 85 Westy
> > Winterpeg
>
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
> Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> '72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT


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