[Vwdiesel] "new' car suggestions

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/17/2007 7:04:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
quantum-man at hotmail.co.uk writes:

> Hagar used 1.5 nozzles on his TD 
> Rabbit for 70+mpg  but upped the break pressures before installing :o(
> 

  He was also driving much more softly than most of us 
likely would be, from the sounds of his descriptions.  He 
said disconnecting the boost enrichment left him with 
plenty of power.  I tried it one day and soon reconnected 
it for SAFETY!  The pickup was slower than my NA Rabbit.
  Dad's MB manual (220D) says something like 45mpg @ 40mph.
That drops to lower 30s or less at 60mph.  Drive a Rabbit at 
40 to 45mph and I bet most any of us could pick up 10 to 15mpg.  
He DID admit to exaggeration or at the least, taking advantage 
of the fringes of the truth.  If he made 70mpg @30mph, he's 
not going to tell us it was at 30mph!  ;-D
  Nate (anybody heard from him in the last couple years?) made 
about 55mpg at regular commuting highway speeds.  He did admit 
that his driving style would probbaly annoy most with REALLY 
slow acceleration and drawn out stopping with little use of the 
brakes.
     Loren