On 8/2/06, Allen Hill <route66rider@knology.net> wrote: > What would be the expected MPG for both a 1968 VW bus and a 1986 VW Vanagon? > The '68 is standard trans with stock motor and the '86 is also a stock > motor, but with an automatic trans and A/C. > I have an '90 auto and I max out at 20mpg on long trips where I drive slow (60-65mph). When I make only short trips "around town" with occasional 25 mile dashes down the freeway at 75mph, it sits in the 14-16mpg range. I only recently got the AC working, but from what I can tell so far it seems to knock about 1mpg off running full blast. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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