Date:         Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:19:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel econmy and VW Camper Family
Comments: To: J B <jbever@excite.com>
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84 Westy - stock 1.9L, manual trans 135K miles gets 20mpg consistently.

You may find interesting:  90 VW LT Florida (10ft tall, 6000lbs) 2.4TD 5
Speed gets 18mpg with a dying injection pump, was seeing slightly better in
Germany when it was working properly.  (19-20mpg)

Jason



On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 7:06 PM, J B <jbever@excite.com> wrote:

> We just got back from our trip to San Jose. Was planning on going to a
> pre-Thanksgiving meet organized by VWCamperFamily which was close by but
> unfortunately couldn't make it - maybe next year.
>
> Anyway, I had a question as to fuel economy and what I should be getting.
>  I have read anywhere from 18-25mpg is normal for the air-cooled campers
> but the best I can get is in the low 17's. This trip got 14.2 with one tank
> and that was mostly highway at 55-60mph, and the best only 15.5mpg. (81
> air-cooled westy)
>
> Also updated my blog, please feel free to take a look
> http://1981vwcamper.blogspot.com/
>