On 9/10/2015 7:51 PM, Stan Shapiro wrote: > What highway speed / RPM do most of you drive at? What is your MPG? Here's more fuel consumption data than you asked for about my '84 Westy with a 2.3L GoWesty engine, installed in 2009, about 62K miles ago: http://www.fuelly.com/car/volkswagen/vanagon/1984/sbw/16898 In the past week or so, I've driven over the Santa Cruz Mountains on CA17 a bunch of times at the speed limit, 50 mph. And up and down the peninsula on the freeways at 65 mph. I was very pleased to turn in 20.1 mpg. Generally, I get 18-19 mpg with that kind of driving. Any significant driving on surface streets can quickly pull the mileage down under 18 mpg. Also, wind. Driving long distances with a strong headwind or crosswind can dramatically reduce the MPG. |
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