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On 5 May 2006 at 9:44, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: > Speaking of long-distance driving and recording gas mileage, I still > have my hand-written notes from 1995 when I drove my 412 wagon (L- > Jetronic) from Midland/MI to San Francisco, San Diego and back. I > went north through the UP, crossed it to Duluth and joined I-94 in > Fargo/ND. Straight shot west to Seattle, then I-5 South to Grants > Pass and US-101 to San Francisco. My best tank yielded 24.5 mpg, and > the worst just under 20. In total 3045 miles averaging 22.25 mpg. And > the gas was averaging about $1.30/gallon. Do you recall what kinds of speeds you generally maintained? From your mi/gal figures, I'm guessing that you were moving pretty quickly. > It looks like I might be doing a true ocean to ocean cross-country > trip in July, from Salem/OR to just south of DC. This would be to > purchase and drive home a 1976 Porsche 914, coincidentally a 1.8 > model which has the exactly same engine that my 412 wagon has, plus a > catalytic converter. Too bad it's not a 2.0L. I never liked the L-jet 914s as much as the D-Jet. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~