Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:18:09 -0800
Reply-To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Government MPG - NOW MILEAGE DROP
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Well...I feel silly saying this, considering the weather faced by y'all up north, but we've had some days in the lower 50's here...maybe that is why my fuel economy has dropped. My van has become a cold weather wimp!
Took me a whole year after moving to Florida to become a cold weather wimp (blood thinning etc)....took my vanagon 2 1/2 years.
Anthony
'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
-------- <VW4X4@VERIZON.NET> wrote: My Syncro does well when warm. In the cold I get worst. I think this
is because
there is no pre-heating of the intake air like most cars have. I've
seen designs
in the VW manual to heat the intake air but , never seen it on a vanagon.
Mark Tuovinen wrote:
>I can easily pull 18-19 with our Westy Syncro(stock 2.1L), of course it has had 3rd and 4th gears swapped out for higher gears. My daily driver Syncro would be doing well to get 14-15 right now, probably does not help right now that it is below `0F outside. Last check I think it was getting 10-11, if I recall it gets 14-15 during the summer. That is strictly in town driving as we take the Westy for road trips.
>
>Mark in AK
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Anthony Egeln
>Date: Friday, February 1, 2008 10:11 am
>Subject: Re: Government MPG ratings site - updated link
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>
>
>>Whoooaaa!
>>
>>They say the syncro gets 14/15, and historically (4 years) I have
>>had 18/19.
>>
>>That is until now...for some unknown reason I've dropped to 16/17.
>>Maybe my van read the new ratings!
>>
>>YMMV, Anthony
>>
>>'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>>
>>"Jack R." wrote: I received a number of e-
>>mails about the link, so I re-posting.
>>http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorSelectYear.jsp
>>
>>It is a little shorter, hopefully it will work, if it doesn't, go
>>to the
>>main site at www.fueleconomy.gov and select "New 1985-2008 MPG
>>estimates"Then choose the year of your 1985 or newer Vanagon...
>>drill down to the
>>compare side by side calculator.
>>
>>Sorry the earlier link didn't work.
>>
>>Jack R.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>Behalf Of
>>Jack R.
>>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:32 PM
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Government MPG ratings site
>>
>>The government revised their MPG ratings, and they actually have a
>>sitewhich provides the MPG for just about every vehicle sold in
>>the US since
>>1985.
>>
>>
>>
>>They do a side by side compare of the new MPG with the old MPG
>>ratings. And
>>provide conversions for every vehicle back to 1985.
>>
>>
>>
>>http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorCompareSideBySide.jsp?column=1
>>8423> &id=8423
>>
>>
>>
>>There are Vanagon's listed as well!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>Jack R.
>>
>>
>>
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