I've been driving the 2L bus daily to and from work, around 130 km round trip. It is almost all rural roads, and I sit around 90 km/h in the 100 zones. She is a stock 2L microbus, and I get around 10L/100km in fuel efficiency.
I can't help but think I should get a lighter, more fuel efficient runabout.
So, how economical can I get with a stock beetle or type 3?
I am keen to restore another air cooled, and this sounds like a good excuse, though it would have to be a lot better than 10L/100km to make it worthwhile.
1500S ·
The type 3 isn't much better than that with a stock 1600.
DH
Bizarre ·
When i take my 75L 1916 Dellorto'd bug to Bathurst and back i get about 7.5-8L/100kms
What you are getting out of the kombi is pretty good.
I had a Mk4 1600 golf and got 10L/100 in city bumper to bumper or on the open road
Get a 1300 SP iin an earlt beetle s you want real economy
sander288 ·
yeah but frugal isn't always as much fun... but in all honesty the 1300 SP does alright on fuel, long trips it gets down to around 6.5L/100km I think I worked out a while back
alien8 ·
I get 100km/8L in my 1600 Dp with ict's.I am not driving like a nanna and thats a mix of Hway and city driving. I guess thats about normal economy for a 1600 Beetle when your sinking the boot in.
The two more litres/100km your using is, what, about $2.70 more expensive/ 100km. Your only paying about $18 more at the pump than me to travel the same distance in your working week. Thats about $850 /year.
Yeah thats a good excuse as any to buy a another VW me thinks.
Phil74Camper ·
10 L /100 km is not to bad for a 2-litre Kombi. Mine does a little worse than that, because it lives mostly in Sydney traffic and it's an auto.
My old 40-hp 1200 Beetle used to get around 9 L/100 km in town and as little as 6 L/100 km on country trips. The 2-litre Mk3 Golf auto I drive now does about the same, with three times as much power and in much greater comfort. That's technological development for you.
Yes for good economy, stick to a 1200 or 1300 Beetle, but a 1500 will be only slightly less economical and has a better power reserve and is a little more modern.
zayus ·
Considering your Kombi, has a carby, short gear ratios, and is shaped like a box.
10 litres/100km, sounds pretty good.