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On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 11:56, Jim Adney wrote: > On 19 May 2004 at 19:34, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > On the subject of mileage; any ideas what I could expect from a dual > > carb 1600 with automatic? I suspect this should be the least economical > > Type 3 in existence. > > >From what others have reported, I would expect you to do better than the FI AT, > so you might get as much as 30, considering your lower frontal area. You need to remember that the AT has a better highway gear ratio than the manual trans. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org