[Vwdiesel] Diesel VW Fuel Economy
Val Christian
val at swamps.roc.ny.us
Sun Mar 7 22:28:54 EST 2004
> I have the same car and get 39mpg period. Drive it hard, drive it easy,
> let my
> wife drive it, 39mpg. The only difference is with A/C it might drop to 35 or
>
> in the winter it may drop to the low 30's but I've never hit 40. Then
> there's
> Nate!. : P I've been having an injector miss at idle for several months
For what it's worth, I do mostly highway with limited city driving.
I get about 45-48 year round. A tank or two in the 30s in the
middle of winter, and a few in the low 50s during the heat
of summer. That's the 91 Jetta. The 03 Jetta does a little
better. For example, last year I did a round trip of 2300
miles. Nominally, at the low 50's. 55 peak tank reading,
when driving the BlueRidge on I-81. There's too much error
in filling a tank to bank on just one filling.
The 03 handles untreated fuel better in the winter.
Val
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