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Reply #15October 14, 2008, 03:21:28 pm

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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2008, 03:21:28 pm »
I actually enjoy my commute, ya know they say "Drivers Wanted" well I'm a Driver for sure.

I've been making this 124 mile commute for over 4 years and I'm still not tired of it and I think allot of it is because I enjoy my cars.
I was starting to get tired of it back when I was stuck in a Saturn which was a really nice car but it just had no personality at all. Then I picked up this mk2 and my old mk3 at about the same time and remembered all the fun i had WAY back when I had an mk1 4dr Rabbit and a mk1 2dr NA Jetta. Those were the days.
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Reply #16October 14, 2008, 03:36:40 pm

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« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2008, 03:36:40 pm »
I do 84 miles(135km) a day in a 1985 Jetta TD... The odometer on the beast stopped at ~160,000 miles(~257000km) about 3 years ago. So I estimate the body has close to 225,000 miles(362,000km) on it. The engine was re-ringed about 50,000 miles ago.

I am averaging about 500 miles on a tank of fuel... Which usually takes just over 10 gallons... So mileage is in the upper 40's. I do drive like a grandpa tho... Try to keep it 65 or under.

I love my little beater =)
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Reply #17October 14, 2008, 04:53:32 pm

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« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2008, 04:53:32 pm »
I'm currently doing around 132 miles round trip everyday in my '06 Golf TDI.  I've had my Golf for 3 years now and have 95K miles on it and still consistently get 42mpg.  As soon as I get my Jetta on the road I'm going to be driving that and the wife is going to start driving the Golf (her commute is like 10 miles round trip) and we will be parking her Silverado with the Duramax (can you say ouch for fuel costs).  I'm really looking forward to getting my Jetta on the road so I can possibly get a 'Smoke Tale' to tell, you can't make a Pumpe Deuse TDI smoke in stock form for anything if it's an auto trans.
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'65 Notchback, a project not yet started
Reply #18October 14, 2008, 08:09:38 pm

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« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2008, 08:09:38 pm »
113 miles daily commute to work.
200 miles from my apartment and back on visitation weekend, when i get to pick up my boys. total of around 4 hours drive on friday night, and again on sunday afternoon after their visitation with me is over. happens two weekends in one month. [400 total miles every visitation weekend ]
i only have to wake the engine up on steep hills, otherwise it yawns at 70mph. and 45mpg on B20.
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Reply #19June 04, 2009, 11:42:07 am

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« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2009, 11:42:07 am »
BUMP! 179500 miles,  8)
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Reply #20June 04, 2009, 03:17:05 pm

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« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2009, 03:17:05 pm »
517 439km on my 1992 tornado red jetta, it has no power compared to my 1991 jetta with 279 800.
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Reply #21June 04, 2009, 03:33:12 pm

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« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2009, 03:33:12 pm »
What about ford diesels?   ;)

'87 F350 730,000kms.. Starts no problem and still has MAD POWER.. for an N/A 6.9 lol
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Reply #22June 10, 2009, 05:48:54 am

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« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2009, 05:48:54 am »
91 j plate uk car - good as std - with 223000 mile on it on original head gasket and rings.

still returns 60mpg if kept under 65mph on a run.
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Reply #23June 10, 2009, 08:23:10 pm

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« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2009, 08:23:10 pm »
91 NA--265,000 miles-head never been off it. 80 mile a day commute. Gets around 45 mpg on veg. Best advice to Mk2 owners-find a set of Recaro seats!
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Reply #24June 11, 2009, 05:57:47 am

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« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2009, 05:57:47 am »
only 20 miles a day for me. Might start cycling into work and get fit again and keep the car for weekend tinkering  ;D 
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Reply #25June 11, 2009, 06:56:10 pm

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« Reply #25 on: June 11, 2009, 06:56:10 pm »
lol i used to do a 100 km round trip per day at about 120km/h in my 1990 jetta td had 495,000 km, bles a headgasket, so now its my project car, now i drive a 1994 chevrolet 1500 with a 6.5 td, oddly enough it blew the headgaskets ::) lol must be the bumpy roads i drive on  ;)
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