Date:         Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:15:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
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Do you have a better suggestion?

Regarding 30 mpg wasserboxer: if it's unbelievable, don't believe it. I
would assume either it's really a turbo-diesel or that the reporter made a
typographical error.  Pretty simple, really.

Yes, it's self-reported. And it's probably reported off the vehicle's
odometer. Until someone buys me and installs for me more accurate sensors,
that's what you're going to get. It's much better than anecdotal
information. ("Karl's friend tells me Karl gets 35 mpg in his TDi Syncro.")

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Mcneely
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 7:01 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT

The problem with Fuelly is that mileage is all self reported -- sort of like
Consumer Reports reliability reports, which are developed from owner's
reports.  When there are a large number, something relative may work, but
there are no controls that would make the data really believable.  What do
we make of a report of 30 mpg with an unmodified Vanagon waterboxer?

mcneely

---- Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
> Gas mileage questions? Want to know what's 'normal'?
>
> http://www.fuelly.com/car/volkswagen/vanagon
>
> Create an account and do your bit to determine what's normal for a
> 20-30 year old vehicle.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
> > As promised, I'd check my in-town gas mileage when I filled up the
> > tank
> > again and report back.
> >
> > I don't normally check  fuel consumption except when on camping trips,
> > those are highway miles. I get about 18 to 21 mpg depending. My in-
> > town
> > mileage is considerably worse and I have a light foot. Got 12 mpg on
> > this last tank.
> >
> > --
> > Rocky J Squirrel
> > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> > Bend, OR
> > KG6RCR

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David McNeely