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Date:         Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:56:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gas Mileage Improvements?
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Should gas mileage get worse as the engine gets old?
Anthony'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)


At 05:58 PM 7/20/2010, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>> I have a 91 GL Auto with approx 188K miles.  I tracked a recent tank
>>> from
>>> empty to empty again.  I put in 14.4 gallons and got 218 miles out of
>>> it.
>>> This equates to only 15.14 mpg.  A/C was off majority of time. This
>>> sucks
>>> worse than I thought.  These are a mix of highway and city miles.  Can I
>>> get
>>> some suggestions on improving this, please?
>>>  Michael in San Antonio
>>> P.S. No engine conversion suggestions, please.  Thanks in advance.
>>> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>>> 73 Beetle
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