Date:         Tue, 3 May 2005 16:49:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1986 Vanagon GL Auto - Mileage
Comments: To: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
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Clearly impossible!

I did average better than 19 MPG over a 10.000 mile trans-continental 
journey in 2001... that was in my 85 westie (1.9L, 4-spd manual trans). 
Needless to say, there was lots of highway driving, and the engine was 
freshly tuned and timed before I left.

Tim


At 01:22 PM 5/3/2005 -0700, jbange wrote:
>At 11:12 AM 5/3/2005, you wrote:
>>For the auto it was still 15 city and the hiway dropped to 18 and the avg
>>stayed at 16.  Most auto vans around here that I have seen donšt usually see
>>the 18.  It is usually 17 on the hiway.
>
>Strange. Well, when I put my Boston Bob engine in this weekend, I shall 
>endeavor to keep the mpg down to 17 so as not to upset the applecart! The 
>very last long, flat stretch I drove on that original engine was from near 
>Yosemite to Bakersfield, CA , 144.7 miles on 7.45 gallons = 19.39mpg, and 
>previous averages sat closer to the mid 18's. Now that I know that was 
>impossible, I'll probably never be able to reproduce it!
>
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"