Date:         Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:55:59 -0800
Reply-To:     Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
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From:         Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas Mileage
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>At 02:25 PM 10/28/98 -0500, Jim Fritz wrote:
>                      RE: Gas Mileage                              10/28/98
>Does ANYBODY else on the list get this kind of mileage?  I'm in total
>agreement with Bud about the process vs. the event but I didn't think
>Westys were able to get mileage like that.  If so, I'm doing something
>__seriously__ wrong in the way I'm driving.
>Jim

I don't know how different it is for a non camper Vanagon but I find it
very difficult to believe that any Westy consistently gets 25 mpg (9.4
l/100km), unless it is being towed or is on the back of a flat bed truck.
Like Jim Thompson, I track my gas mileage religiously and my best mileage
ever, ever, ever was around 23 mpg (10.2 l/100km).  This summer I averaged
20 mpg (11.75 l/100km) but did a great deal of highway driving.  For lots
of lead footed city driving my mileage goes to 17 mpg (14.0 l/100km).
For those