[T3] Invasion weather looking PERFECT!
Soren Jacobsen
snj at blef.org
Tue Jun 17 22:15:08 PDT 2014
On Jun 17, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> Might be a bit hot for the western caravan tomorrow, but remember. your not
> in KANSAS anymore! ;-)
> I might prefer Kansas to 3 1/2hours in a car with no Cruise control, no
> Gauges and an AM radio!
Only 3-1/2 hours? When I took my 6V '65 Variant around the country for 2.5 months last year, you may recall that I had no radio whatsoever. All those 8+ hour driving days weren't so bad -- you get to work on your singing voice, and cruise control just encourages dangerous driving habits ;)
> I did 30mpg in the Crate Sunday in a mix of highway and secondary road
> driving, no stop and go but that's still significantly
> Higher than the 71 would have done. I wonder of the SP heads get better gas
> mileage?
I get consistently great mileage from the 1600SP in my '65. 31MPG if there's no significant stop and go. This isn't just a tank or two -- over the past year and a half (23,000+ miles) it's held steady. Then again, I drive at 55MPH whenever possible. My Bug, with its 1385cc SP (and considerably less weight to it compared to the Variant), does 32. With conservative driving and a well-tuned engine, you ought to be able to push past the expected 28MPG.
Soren
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