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Yep, Normal. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brashear" <dougbrashear@yahoo.com> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:40 PM Subject: [T3] Wacky Mileage > Hello all, > > I normally get about 20-21 MPG (combination of > stop-and-go and highway driving) in my Fastback. Well, > a few days ago I drove the Fastback on a 4-hour round > trip to Delaware and back. When the trip odometer hit > 200 miles, I expected the tank would need > filling...but I still had a good amount of gas left. > After filling up and doing the calculations, it showed > that I got 29-30 MPG on this all-highway trip (with > consistent speeds in the 65-72 MPH range). > > Is this normal? > > Thanks, > - Doug > '73 Fastback > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >