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Old 02-24-2009, 07:20 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alohaspirit View Post
that list is great, thank you

although there are still people who make higher/lower claims

i was hoping some would chime in
Not that this is what you are looking for but the older 5cyl Dodge Sprinters with the Mercedes diesel in the SMALL configuration not the high top type or the extended or the HD but just the uncommon vanilla manilla bottom configuration would give

28mpg highway without much trying

Thus far except for an odd Toyota I have never seen any of the Minivan offerings get real good mileage, most top out in the mid to lower 20's (even with effort)

Although if you are willing to mess with a pre 1984 vehicle the old Sambars in both the 360cc and the 550cc were in the 30-50mpg area some are called Subaru 360 sambars. (think Mystery Van)

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