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Toby Erkson wrote: > I just did my first mileage computation for my Lightsider and it's > 18.8mpg. The driving was mostly city but some high-way thrown in -- > small stretches getting to The DDB, like a couple miles to and fro. > > Is this okay? What should I expect for pure city mileage? Highway? > I'm looking for real world numbers, not the ones I can find in my > Bentley ;-) > On the trip back from picking up my Fasty, which was 200 miles, I got approx 25 mpg, and this is on a car whose tune up state is undetermined, has brittle and rotted vacuum hoses randomly (including one of the 2 hoses on the vac advance on the dizzy being totally broken in two), and caught major traffic on the Jersey Turnpike for about 25 miles. Average speed was 65 mph, with a few runs at 70-75. I think with a tuneup and some other TLC, 28-30 mpg is not unreasonable to attain, of course, highway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~