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RE: Fuel mileage





My roccs have always gotten crappy mileage....combination of living at
5000ft and a heavy right foot.  Typically 20 in the city and 25-30(best)
highway...

Now my Golf TDI.....first road trip I took I averaged 50-55mpg going 80-85
mph :-)

Eric


On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Fry, Larry wrote:

> Miles on a tank of gas?  
> What is a tank of gas?....13 galUS?  13.5?  12?  How many of you run your
> tank until it's empty?  THAT'S a "tank of gas".  Miles per gallon is the
> universal, precise way of stating fuel mileage (or kilometers/liter).  
> 
> That said, all you featherfeet, ...what are your mpg's?   I've gotten as
> high as 33.1 on a 12-hour (80-85mph for literally hours at a time) run from
> San Diego to Salt Lake City. Then, this year on the identical trip (except
> about 40degrees F. warmer), the 'Roc and I got only 30mpg.  The 'Roc is a
> stock 16V with 190K miles on it.
> 
> Larry  sandiego16V 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa Lutman [mailto:llutman@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:41 PM
> To: pbureau@home.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: Fuel milage
> 
> 
> I must be doing something wrong... if I'm lucky, I'll get 400 kms out of a 
> tank. Hmmm... new O2 sensor, plugs, 94 octane gas, etc as well. Think I need
> 
> to check into this!
> 
> Lisa
> Vancouver, BC
> 
> 
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Eric
Westminster, CO

76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
80 Scirocco (Parts car turned Daily Driver, mine)
81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
84 Scirocco Automatic (SOLD)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)

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