Their gas William. Mine gets 24 on the highway, in the mountains, with the AC on. Gotta love the Audi 5 cyl 1995 EVC for that reason alone. BTW: its a automatic too. Sean Garrett 1981 Westy (his) 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers) sean.garrett@asu.edu
> -----Original Message----- > From: developtrust [mailto:developtrust@COX.NET] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:53 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon and Cognitive dissonance > > > I still only get 15 MPG. How do you get 23 MPG? Is yours gas > or diesel? > > William > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alan barber" <barb2375@BELLSOUTH.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:41 PM > Subject: Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon and Cognitive dissonance > > > > Hey, drive whatever you want to drive for whatever reasons. > > > > If you're trying to be logical, the orginal literature for > the Vanagon > > listed interior room as being 201 sq ft. Guess what? The > short wheelbase > > Eurovan has 201 sq ft according to the latest literature. > > > > I like the Eurovan. I drag race motorcycles and it gets > used extensively > for > > driving long distances to the tracks towing a 1 ton trailer > and all kinds > of > > people and crap on the inside. I can still use it to > commute becase the > > thing gets 20 mpg in mixed city driving. None of my old > Westy vans ever > got > > 20 mpg on the open road. Ever. On the open road at speeds > more appropriate > > to modern driving (80-85 mph) I still get 23 mpg. > > > > Seat 7, sleep 4, get decent mileage, tow a reasonable size > trailer, and > > provide a safe, reliable, comfortable trip to work or > halfway across the > > country. I've had this thing less than a year and I've got > 20k miles on > it. > > It's the first car I've really *liked* since I bought the > 78 Westy back in > > 82. > > > > Az > > -- > > AH#56 > |
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