Date:         Fri, 21 May 2004 09:21:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Jason Kirk <Gojira@ADELPHIA.NET>
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From:         Jason Kirk <Gojira@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas Mileage
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I can't currently calculate my MPG due to a broken odometer. My question
is this: Who the hell cares? Does all of this calculation and discussion
of driving habits make any difference? You get however many miles you
get out a gallon of gas on a given day or in a given traffic situation.
Period. You fill up. You Drive. You fill up again when needed. Simple.



-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Dana Showers
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:00 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas Mileage

Driving habits very much effect MPG.  When I was forced to drive around
55
MPG because of traffic on one tank of gas, my 85 Westy got 20 MPG.
Other
times it gets anywhere from 13.5 - 18 from regular driving with 16 being
average.  This demonstrates the difference in results from driving
habits.

My Parent's 1985 V8 Caprice would regularly get 25 MPG on highway trips.

Dana
85 Westy
01 Beetle TDI
04 Mini Cooper


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of
Daniel L. Katz
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 3:28 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas Mileage


john:

these two things mitigate against optimum milage:

high speed (70 - 75 mph, vs 55 mph)
greater tire flex due to relatively underinflated tires for given psig
at
high altitude.

it would be interesting driving 55 mph and reporting to the list any
change
in mpg.

i have heard "stories" of chevy police caprices with the LT1 engine
doing 25
mpg at a steady 55 mph, but those have much more efficient, high
compression, engines, with a far more aerodynamic body.

dan







On Wed, 19 May 2004 21:07:05 -0600, Klun John <jklun@EARTHLINK.NET>
wrote:

>Hey all!
>
>I gotta brag about this.  My 84 GL with 1.9l was rebuilt by Bob
>Birkholz
(Grand Mesa Imports here in Delta, CO) 3 1/2 years ago.  He rebuilt it
with
German bearings and sodium filled valves.  I've got over 60k on the
engine
now and I use this baby for my daily commute.  I drive 100 miles R/T
daily
on a 4 lane.  My speed is 70-75 and my gas mileage is consistently 24-25
mpg
in the summer and 22-23 in the winter.  Last Sunday, I had to take my
wife
to Glenwood Springs to get some stuff and then commute to work Mon and
Tues.
My gas mileage was 25.99 mpg when I filled up Tues night.!  Even I
couldn't
believe it!  I thought my gas gauge was off...
>
>John