I want it to be fun-
That part is guaranteed. I'm still having 100% pure fun after 10.5 years as a daily driver.
safe for my 2 ½ year old-
It should be as safe as any other SUV of the same size.
& get about 20 mpg-
These are some of my old posts about my own mpg-
I've always gotten 19-20 mpg in the summer and 17.5-18.5 in the winter. I don't drive it like I stole it. Your right foot is probably the biggest factor in mpg on a mostly stock VX.
I've always gotten 17.5 to 20 mpg. Summer has been my high mpg season and a couple weeks ago I got 19.11 mpg. Then I did a 50K spark plug change and got 19.26 and 19.14 mpg.
This week with new plugs after 9K miles I filled up and drove 304.6 miles. It took 15.44 gallons to refill, so that comes to 19.73 mpg. I guess it could be the summer fuel mix, but whatever it is, I like it.
I'm on vacation this week and I'm doing a lot of driving, so I've been checking my mpg. I'm getting the same mpg as Roger.
Tuesday and Wednesday- 326.6 miles on 16.55 gallons=19.73 mpg.
Thursday- 244.2 miles on 12.23 gallons=19.97 mpg.
Friday- 260.6 miles on 13.09 gallons=19.91 mpg.
I still get that mpg with 229,000 miles on my engine. I've cracked 20 mpg a couple times recently. A couple others have seen around 21 mpg at times. I think after my engine gets broken-in at 300,000 I'll see even a little bit better mpg.
Mark Griffin (a VX lifer)
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