Re: [T3] Wacky Mileage

[Russ Wolfe <russw@classicvw.org>]

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

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