why does my car get bad gas mileage

Asked by garnerscott May 13, 2014 at 03:45 PM about the 1968 Volkswagen Beetle

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My VW Beetle gets horrible gas mileage

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Charles answered 6 years ago

VWs get lousy gas mileage. They rarely get over 30mpg (exception, deisels) even the new 2018s get lousy gas mileage.

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