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Date:         Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:23:32 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 55 to 65 mpg in a diesel vanagon?
Comments: To: Paul & Becky Oliver <oliver8@TDS.NET>
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NO! The diesel Vanagons do pretty well at around 30 mpg in stock form.
They are painfully slow with a stock horespower rating of less than 50
hp. Plenty of people upgrade them to larger VW diesel engines and VW
turbo diesel engines as well. This along with gearing changes allows the
diesel Vanagon to cruise comfortably at 65-70  mph but the fuel economy
goes down as the speed goes up.


Mark
current owner of 2 running diesel Vanagons,
past owner of 4 other running diesel Vanagons,




Paul & Becky Oliver wrote:


>I saw a vanagon on ebay that the owner claims gets 55 to 65 mpg. It has a diesel engine? Is this possible?
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>Paul
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