Okay all! I'm gonna brag a little here about my fuel economy. I got my my Baby (84 GL) back in Oct. I've already told you all about it in previous posts. I did have a problem with the odometer not working so I bought one from Chris Turner (thank you very much Chris) and installed it about 3 weeks ago. Until then I estimated my mileage and figured I was getting about 20 mpg. Since I've installed the replacement speedo/odo, my mileage is running about 22.8 mpg. This includes 1- 105 mile round trip (highway 65-70 mph) and the rest are short 14-20 mile round trippers into town (55-60 mph), 2 miles round trip to the mail box daily (35 mph) etc. The engine is a 1.9l wbx totally rebuilt (probably puts out about 85-87 hp) by my fantastic mechanic Bob Birkholz of Grand Mesa Imports here in Delta, CO (shameless plug). He restores/rebuilds VW cars/beetles, vans, and works on some Japanese vehicles as well for a living. In fact I bought the van from him in Oct. So what can I say... ;-) Terry Kay wrote: > Fuel Economy? > Ba, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!!! > I'm lucky to be getting 10mpg. city driving. > I know what it is too---the throttle positioning switch--have to take > time, rip it out and replace it (Later model 85--single switch buried > under the throttle body.) > I remember both my older, no,computer, carburated Bugs, getting one hell > of allot better gas mileage than this bottomless money pit! > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ||-(())----(())-| > > Terry 85 GL |
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