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Date:         Wed, 9 Dec 1998 22:37:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Art McGinn <amcginn@ARACHNID.MICROWEB.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Art McGinn <amcginn@ARACHNID.MICROWEB.COM>
Subject:      Re: Air cooled mileage (revised)
Comments: To: YauMan Chan <YauMan@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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 ouch-ouch-ouch....  my 82 vanagon gets 12mpg in city (sf), 20-21mpg on
freeway; no known problems (except, of course, mileage....)  art


-----Original Message-----
From: YauMan Chan <YauMan@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Air cooled mileage (revised)




>>>> "Philip Hanson (Volt Computer)" <a-phanso@MICROSOFT.COM> 12/09 1:14 AM
>>>
>--  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --
>Vanguards--
>I want to take some serious steps to improve the gas mileage of my '80
>aircooled Westfalia.  The best I have ever gotten is about 17mpg.
<clipped>>
>>>>
>
>Ouch.. that must hurt.  My 4.5 Litre 8-cylinder monster Infiniti gets on
average 18.6 MPG (that's 7.83 Km per Litre in the spirit of our new Canadian
host!)
>
>My 87 GL watercool use to get 26mpg when it was new.. now it is hovering
about 23mpg for city driving.
>
>Yau-Man Chan
>87 GL
>
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