I have a 96 Olds 88 LS that I use as a business road car. It will go 500 miles of non stop highway on less than 17 gallons of gas. Drives my passengers crazy. Not bad for an old guy. Jim 84 westy (needs a new engine)
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Allan Streib Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 3:23 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Buick V6 powered Vanagon The GM 3800 V6 is supposed to be one of "the 10 best engines of the 20th century" I know of a lot of people who think those are really great engines. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL "Matthew Snook" <matt@SNOOKSBAND.COM> said: > My Dad loves those cars. Swears he's getting over 30 mpg all the time > - he puts in a lot of miles every year. He keeps a lookout and buys > them whenever there's a good deal, like $800 for the whole car. Gives > them to whichever of his grandkids is needing a car, or whatever. If > the sedan gets > 30+, what would a Vanagon get? :) > > Matt |
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