Re: [T3] Could it work?

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

<x-flowed>Probably not triple - our Golf (Jetta?)  TDi wagon gets 40mpg (US), but it's 
heavier than a Squareback, so you might get 45 though.  You would need to find a 
nice light one - not usual with diesels.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "will puntarich" <wakethedead177@yahoo.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Could it work?


> I have found many air cooled diesel engines, but non are ment for auto's. The 
> fact is with gas going up and bio fuels being so readly available and free. It 
> wouldnt be a bad thing to have a type 3 or type 1 converted to run on bio 
> diesel. The cars are so light so imagine the mileage. I remember when my Dads 
> Fastback was on the road( its rotting in my backyard, we got rear ended) it got 
> about 30 mpg. You could triple that with bio fuels, no?

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