V8 fuel mileage

[The Balakrishnans]

My wife and I just came returned from a trip from Chicago to Vermont and
back with our two boys.  The car was fully laden, with clothes etc. for 4
adults + some gifts for my sister in VT. We drove our 1990 200 TQWagon.  Got
25 mpg on the highway, averaging 70mph.  The car has over 120k miles on it.
Oil level did not change a bit from beginning to end.  The car drove very
well.

We had done similar trips in our 1985 MB 300Turbodiesel.  It did not do much
better than 25 mpg.  Perhaps the newer TD's are better and more efficient.
I know they are quieter and smoke less.

BTW, VT is strictly Subie country, but I saw more Audis this time than I did
2 years ago.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: <JanDebL at aol.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: V8 fuel mileage


> We got ~22 mpg (fillup to fillup, not nonfunctional dash gauges) on the
> only Expressway trip we've taken in our '90 V8Q.  That was about 300 miles
> @ average 80 mph.  That's two to three mpg less than I routinely get with
> my 200q20v on the same trip.  My wife drives the V8 an a daily rural
> two-lane commute (loves passing 2-3 cars instead of one at a time in her
> previous 4Kq) of about 15 miles and gets about 20 mpg per tankful, which
> includes stop-and-go town errands, etc.  If you want good mileage in a big
> Audi, get a 5Ktq.  I routinely got 30 mpg at 70-80 mph highway and 26 in
> mixed rural/town driving with mine.
>
>
> At 09:19 PM 04/06/2001 -0400, JanDebL at aol.com wrote:
>
> >Several times a year I run across a nice V8Q 4 sale.  What fuel mileage
can
> >be expected?
> >Yeah, I know, my mileage will vary.
> >TIA, Jan
>