[Vwdiesel] Project Bondo Golfy-fuel mileage 1.6L NA Golf??

[Smith, Michael]

Well, I can't post pix (attachements) to the list...for those that
asked....It just looks like a regular car with 1 Liter of bondo spread
around and sanded. Mostly on the
edges of the fenders and bottoms of doors.  A little by the bottom of the
windows, front, drivers side and passengers side.  Otherwise, you'd never
know it was rotten.
I have yet to do a final sanding and primer/spot paint yet.  If I end up
keeping it, I may do a proper body job and full respray next summer, but who
knows.

My old 88 Jetta 1.6L Turbo diesel (w/ 394k, rebuilt @ 300k) got me 49MPG
imperial hwy/city every time.  I never did feel the turbo increased HP or
Torque at all, even though I had boost guages in line and a remote solenoid
to turn off the small pressue line to the spaceship and everything.

I am hoping (praying is more like it...ha ha) there won't be too many
repairs needed to get this car roadworthy and that I could get mid 40's MPG
I would be happy.

This has been a NB car all its life and we layer the roads in salt here. Its
unreal.  (we do get a LOT of snow) There are virtually NO 1980's cars on the
roads here AT ALL and you'd be lucky to find anything pre 93/94 as they are
all rotted away.  For 1999/2000 cars to show rust here is quite common.

Mike in NB


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [SMTP:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of James Hansen
> Sent:	Friday, November 19, 2004 2:51 AM
> To:	VW-Diesel List
> Subject:	RE: [Vwdiesel] Project Bondo Golfy-fuel mileage 1.6L NA
> Golf??
> 
> hmmm.
> Our Passat routinely gets 52/63mpg  (US/Imperial) with my wife driving it,
> and my Golf gets barely 38/45mpg .  Passat is 1Z tdi, and golf is 1.9td,
> both 1997.  wish the golf was a tdi too.  doing a 4 hour trip in the
> Passat
> at an average speed of 155kph still gets 45/53mpg. That's quite likeable.
> My 1.6td Jetta (89) would vary quite a bit as the heat was turned up quite
> a
> bit.  If I managed to keep my foot out of it, I could get 40/48, but that
> was on a pretty sedate trip.  Driving style had a lot to do with it in the
> td 1.6 it seemed to me, more so than with the others.  On my 1.6na, you
> could hold the pedal to the floor all day and still get 50 imp out of it.
> That was at a breakneck speed of 120kph, 125 on descent. It was impossible
> to use more and not leave a huge soot cloud behind...  One thing I do
> know,
> the golf needs some lookin at when I get time.  That's too poor even for
> my
> lead foot.
> -James
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces+jhsg=sasktel.net at vwfans.com
> [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces+jhsg=sasktel.net at vwfans.com]On Behalf Of Matt
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 12:19 AM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Project Bondo Golfy-fuel mileage 1.6L NA Golf??
> 
> 
> My last tank in the Rabbit was 50.5MPG!!!  That thing never ceases to
> amaze me.
> 
> The TDI gets between 42-45 normally and 46-48 on the highway.
> 
> -Matt
> http://matt_lisa.home.sprynet.com/
> 
> On Nov 18, 2004, at 7:52 PM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >
> >> If you end up making a good daily driver out of it, it'll get
> >> 40-50mpg.
> >>  That would definitely take some of the pain out of the repair work.
> >>
> >
> >   I'm going to have to see if my muffler's plugged or something.  My
> > Jetta typically gets 36 to 39mpg US.  I don't think it's EVER hit
> > 40mpg.  :(  Driven right my Rabbit ALWAYS beats 40mpg.
> > (Driven hard it comes in just below or just above but it's much
> > more fun that way!)  :-)
> >      Loren
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