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----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net> To: <gingerd@teleport.com> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [T3] fuel mileage is too good? > > For three months my normal 80% city driving and 20% hwy commute > > has been steady at 22-24 mpg. I then recorded a 25 mpg and then a 26 > > mpg, w/o a drastic change in city/hwy. I've never gotten over 26 mpg > > before today. After a 160 mile hwy road trip to Mt. Hood and back I > > got 28 mpg! The car still runs the same, and the only maintenance > > done was topping off with a 1/2 quart of oil after the 25 mpg fillup. > > What's going on? I'm worried I might run too lean and burn up a > Have you by any chance switched, or has the gas stations switched the fuel blends. Oxygenated gas will get slightly lower gas milage. What I mean by this, is straight unleaded fuel will get slightly better gas milage than ethanol blends, or MTBE blends. But, it does have higher octane ratings. I know that CA is going through a change of fuel blends right now. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org