gasoline prices/fuel economy

[Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)]

The 24 mpg is about as bad as I get  - around town, short trips, not even
getting the car warmed up. If I'm really lead footing it continuously, It'll
drop down to 20.  On the highway I easily get 28+ and that includes getting
into boost sometimes.  Averaged combined driving is around 25.

I have actually gotten over 38mpg on a continuous stretch of cruising at a
relatively constant 50-70mph.

Interesting the newer ones aren't getting much better economy than the the
older 5000 turbo quattro.

Ben
'87 5kcstqw
'85 4kcsq - lighter car, but not better gas mileage - 18-20mpg around town,
26 highway.

[Took a quick trip to NYC and back in my S6 avant...*very* happy to report
that despite average speeds of 75-80 (for offroad use only, of course), I
averaged 24 MPG. Not a lot of time spent deep in the boost...just good
long-legged motoring.

I would expect that one a true economy run, I could get the mileage up to
27, 28, maybe higher.

24 MPG, btw, is a full 50% better than what I was getting in my last vehicle
(a '99 Range Rover 4.0 SE), and even better than the Range Rover before that
one...so I'm a happy camper. Boston-NYC-Boston is now a stop-free trip,
helping elapsed time as well. In the Rover I'd have to fill up at the
turnaround.

Dunno what we're getting in the A6, will figure that out at some point (if
my wife ever cleans the car out <grin>)

Both are running Mobil 1, which in my prior experience adds a mpg or 2.

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant]