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On 3 Mar 2005 at 13:19, 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 ;-) I would expect low 20s for mixed driving like this. It will be lower if you do a lot of short trips in cold weather, and higher if you have the discipline to hold it at 55 on the highway for hours at a time. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~