That type of fuel consumption seems excessive.
I have a 65 beetle that used to give 35+ to the gallon.
Tim

"Bill Berckman" > wrote in message
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> Some interesting or not so interesting trivia. The Aircooled Beetle gets
> around 26-28 miles per gallon. I looked up what the mpg is on a New
Beetle
> with a 4 cyl and manual trans at http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ The New
Beetle
> only gets 24 mpg in the city. Maybe that 1930s carburated aircooled
technology
> is not that bad after all. )
> Bill Berckman
> 67 Beetle
>
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