[Vwdiesel] Milleage

[brian gochnauer]

Drafting a bus, sounds like fun :)) , bet the bus got better mileage too!
That boxy rabbit probably drafts better than the Jetta would.

Won't be able to do that much longer, when they pass that law requiring all
cars to have that "auto-brake when you get too close to something in front
of you" function.



On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:57 PM, peter blake <pila47 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> chuck,
>  this is a better than average list when it comes to the older vw diesel,
> lots of accumulated
> knowledge here and lots of guys willing to share it. enjoy
> peter
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: doonboggle <doonboggle at yahoo.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Fri, November 27, 2009 5:49:52 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Milleage
>
> Regarding the comment about mpg's, in 1982 we got our first diesel, a 1981
> sedan ... basic car ... and bought it sight unseen from a dealer in Elko,
> Nevada.  At the time I had another car, and was referred to the dealer by
> his flooring lender, the bank that I also worked for at the time.  Gave the
> owner a call and described to him, in detail what I had to trade, and he
> gave me a price, and also a price on the rabbit he had.
>
> So me and the family jumped into the car and drove over to Elko ... walked
> in and handed the keys to our car to the owner ... he in turn handed me the
> keys to the rabbit and paperwork to sign ... and we walked out in less than
> 30 minutes, the proud owner of a brand new rabbit diesel.  For breakend, we
> then headed northwest to Seattle to brother in laws, and back to Carson
> City.
>
> First service at dealer, I ordered the auxiliary fuel tank that fit into
> the spare wheel well in the rear, and also the bumper mount for the spare.
>  That gave me something like 20-25 gallons of fuel.
>
> From that set up, and with the mileage I got, I only had to fill up every
> other month ... and in some cases, only  every 3rd month.  The mpg was a
> steady 53+ mpg day in and day out.  Plus, when going across the flats of
> Nevada back and forth to Elko, Ely or wherever ... was a bank auditor ...
> would have a greyhound bus pass me tooling down the road, and often I'd
> swing over into their draft, and could let up on the pedal to be sucked down
> the road with the bus ... with only a bare minimum of pedal being used.
>
> Traded it in a few years later, and have kicked myself in the +++ a
> thousand times ... so much so that I recently got another 1981 version, this
> time a pickup ... and am trying to educate myself on it and to restore it as
> best I can by scouting any and every web site I can come across...... which
> is a royal PITA !
> Chuck
> Yerington, Nevada
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