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Ive found recently that modern Gas, here in the US anyway, it very problematic and wont give you the gas milage you used to get... especially the winter blends. My 87 Golf with straight CIS will not start and idle properly hot, for the first 20 seconds or so, because of vapor lock in the fuel lines. It wasnt a problem in 87 but it is now and its not a problem with the injections system. Ive also found that my 61 Merc outboard wont start as it used to 10 years ago, needs more choking now. and again... I rebuilt and properly adjusted the carbs, and finally concluded that its the gas! KEith > > Re/ Mileage for a 72 T3 FI being acceptable at about > > 22 mpg, that's a sort of relief...though the idea of > > VWs being "good on gas" is from an earlier time, I > > suppose, relative to 60s and 70s Belchfire bombs. > > VW gas mileage suffered a lot as the engine displacement went up in the 60s and > the emissions controls came in. > > > It seems that such cars may not be up to contemporary > > urban area highway levels because of the speed thing. > > Modern cars on 65 MPH highways go 75 and 80+ > > routinely, thus making a 65 or even 70 mph VW almost a > > stand-still obstacle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~