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> Well I worked from Kilometres per litre and converted by a factor of, 1.61 > Km/Mile and 4.546 L/ Gallon (I don't know if it is imperial or not as I > grew up with metric). I am thinking of having the speedo's face done with > km's as well cos of the fines (the cops don't believe me when I tell them > "But Officer........But I WAS only doing > 60.........But................But....(asshole)" > > Carl >DăP -Original Message----- > From: Dave Hall [SMTP:dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 10:39 PM > To: Type3 (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [T3] Gas milage > > I guess those would be Imperial gallons; they are 25% bigger than > the US gallons (20 fluid ozs to the pint, rather than 16). Your > figures are pretty much the same as my experience. 34 mpg (Imp) for > fast touring (65 - 75 mph motorway driving) with around 30 mpg in > town driving, on the twin carb; maybe a few less on the FI (I drive > it a bit harder). > 30.8 mpg (Imp) is about 25 mpg (US). > > The Type 3 is about 25% heavier than the Beetle. > > Apologies if you have already converted the figures to US gallons, > Carl. > > Dave. > UK VW Type 3&4 Club > www.hallvw.clara.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Van Tonder <vtondc@RANDREF.CO.ZA> > To: Type3 (E-mail) <type3@vwtype3.org> > Date: 04 December 1998 06:30 > Subject: [T3] Gas milage > > > >Hi all > > > >Jim, I have recently measured an average of 30.8 m/g for the past > month with > >my "new" motor (1200 miles now). > >The old, now deceased motor gave me 28.5m/g at 280K > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe