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The early Notches get better gas mileage, lighter and more aerodynamic. Still that seems a bit high, unless your at altitude or cruising at 55 for long periods. So its not just me whose foot gets heavier with age eh? Keith > > > really jim? i get 30-34 in my notch with carbs and 1904cc. i figured the FI should get 30ish... > > Really. I've never gotten more than 27 unless it was downhill and/or a > tailwind. It depends a LOT on your speed, however. So as my foot (and > everything else) has gotten heavier, my mileage has gone slowly down over the > years. > > Last summer, however, I had to finish a couple hundred mile trip on a bad tire. > I slowed down to 50-55 and saw the mileage come back up to 27, a figure (and an > average speed) I had not seen in years. > > How fast were you driving when you got 30-34? > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >