Advice solicited on dealing with VW

[Steve Marinello]

Stock...no bodies.

Ed Kellock wrote:
> Also, stock wheels and tires and/or tire size?
>
> No bodies in the trunk?  ;-)
>
> On 5/3/07, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>   
>>> The EPA fuel economy estimates are just numbers.  It says all over the sticker to just use that as a comparison.
>>>       
>> I was going to mention that, and that the way they are calculated they
>> are pretty much always too high.  They are considering a new method, to
>> get something closer to what owners can actually expect.
>>
>>     
>>> What mileage did you expect?   Running 75 mph with oxygenated Houston gas probably is not how the EPA calculated fuel economy.
>>>       
>>> As I noted in an earlier email, the new GTI has been getting lousy
>>> mileage.  The stick is rated at 23/32 mpg and probably 98% of the 4500
>>> miles on it have been early morning/early afternoon commutes to avoid
>>> Houston traffic.
>>>       
>>> In any case, a high of 24.8 mpg, usually around 23.4, and a most recent
>>> of 21.9 mpg.
>>>       
>> Which does seem too low.  My old 90Q gets that, and it's only rated for,
>> I think, about 26 highway.
>>
>> Other questions, of course - AC on?  I don't know how it works these
>> days (with aerodynamics and all), but AC used to cost at least 2 mpg.
>>
>> And as Richard mentioned, how are you calculating it?  Miles to tank
>> fills divided by gallons used, or something like a trip computer?
>>
>> --
>> Huw Powell
>>
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