My last trip was about 580 miles round trip (about 100 miles is city driving). Speeds between 60 and 70mph. I usually go the speed limit. Average 16mpg. About half the trip was with A/C on. Carrying a Packasport 90XP on top. Audi 2.5L 5-cylinder. At 60mph; 3550rpm, 70mph; 4000rpm. -Dick Wong- 78 Scirocco Original Owner 87 Vanagon GL Syncro 2.5 (Blaze) Third Owner 12 Golf TDI Original Co-Owner
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Stan Shapiro Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 7:52 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Highway driving A newbie question to you all--
I have a 2.2 WBX gowesty engine, 1990 Westy, Automatic, with Generat AT2 Grabber 215/65/16 at 44 pounds I usually highway drive at 63 mph, 3400 RPM, and average about 20 MPG. Is that about right?
What highway speed / RPM do most of you drive at? What is your MPG?
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