What kind of fuel mileage do you get?

[James Hanson]

I own an '87 4000CS Quattro.  I get 20-24 in the city, and about 28 on
the highway if I drive nicely.  If I drive like I usually do, I get
18-20 in the city, and about 26 on the highway.  Driving from Seattle to
LA, I got about 26 mpg (going pretty fast the whole way). Car has about
210,000 miles on it, and definitely needs help in some areas.  Decent
gas mileage nonetheless.

Thanks,
Jim

Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:

>On good ol' California RFG II fool I tend to get mid-teens around town
>and low twenties highway. Does not seem to matter if I am driving the
>4kq, 5ktq (1.8 bar mods), or ovloV 850 turbo wagon--they all get within
>a couple MPG of each other it seems. Of the bunch the 4kq gets the best
>city mileage and the 5ktq the best highway. Much like the reliability
>and handling department, the ovloV 850t comes in DFL of the trio.
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>The days of cruising an '87 5ktq Avant at 80 for hours on end and
>getting near 30mpg are a distant (pre-RFG II) memory. 4kqs I had back
>then also got really good mileage. I'm happy when I see 15 city and 24
>highway out of the ovloV, but my quattros don't do much better either.
>All three are I5 engines of similar displacement (2.2 - 2.3L). The ovloV
>is a slushbox always driven in "sport" mode FWIW (so called "econ" mode
>gets worse mileage--go figure). Also, FWIW, the ovloV has a new o2
>sensor, new head (don't ask), and they all have passed CA smog within
>the last year and are running well.
>
>Mike Veglia
>Motor Sport Visions Photography
>http://www.motorsportvisions.com
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