[Vwdiesel] New York Times article on '09 Jetta TDI

[decker at toledotel.com]

    I have had a lot of Rabbit diesels both car and pickup and I'm sure I
never got less than 42 mpg no matter where or how I drove one. Usualy the
mileage is 45 to 48. I have two diesels now that will regularly get 50 if
driven on the highway at 60 to 65 one is a 1980 Rabbit 4 dr. 1500 N/A and
the other is a 1981 1.6 N/A Dasher station wagon that hits 50 most of the
time. Last winter I drove the Dasher  to Texas mostly driving the posted
limit and I averaged 48.5 for the whole trip. Right now the only way a Prius
can even come close to a Rabbit diesel in the real world is the fact that
gas at the present time is cheaper than diesel.
Brian Decker
Western Washington
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
To: "James Hansen" <jhsg at sasktel.net>; "Terry Briggs" <vbriggs at stny.rr.com>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] New York Times article on '09 Jetta TDI


> Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that. I get 46 city out of mine, but
> it's a Jetta, not a Rabbit. I'm sure that makes it an exception ;-)
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] New York Times article on '09 Jetta TDI
>
>
> Gee, no kidding.
> soot spewing?
> Nothing like an inflammatory statement to convince us backwards hicks
> that newer is better.
> And setting 40-50 as the gold standard seems a tad low, like by about
> 30mpg...
> heh.
> -james
>