On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Lawrence Johnson wrote: > I drive a 1986 Syncro Westfalia, use 91 to 93 octane gasoline, drive 100 > km/hr = 63 mph. > My consumption is 14.5 litres/100km = 19 mi/imp gal = 16 mi/US gal. > > According to a report from S.Africa, 14.5 l/100km is normal at 100 > km/hr. Any other Syncro drivers have better/worse results? > > Larry Hey Larry, Because of the price of gas here in PGH. PA., this is a very big topic to me. My Syncro just reported a 16.8 MPG. Now my 2 wheel drive Vanagon is never less then 18.5 MPG. Maybe you could gather everyones fuel milage and report back to the list? I think everyone would be interested to no that I, (on a very strange trip got almost 30MPG out of my 2WD.
Eric Zeno
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