Author Topic: Best Fuel Mileage ??? (Read 13330 times)

stewardc · « **on:** February 27, 2007, 11:21:34 am »

There's an old guy, like myself, in BC who claims he's getting 100mpg from a turbodiesel Rabbit :roll: and is shooting for 120mpg.
What's the best you've accomplished?

dieselsnowmobile · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2007, 11:39:23 am »

Best = 47 mpg (summer only)
Worst = 32 mpg (winter city driving and winter 40+ mph head wind)
Average = 40

I have always found I get better mileage in the summer. I am still not for sure why.

Mark(The Miser)UK · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2007, 01:29:29 pm »

DC if you re-read his notes you'll find he has only actuallyattained 70mpg imp and is suggesting we may reach 100mpg; he only suggests 120 as a goal :shock:
I have reached 62mpg imp in a 'Q' on a 250 mile run (60- 65mph + a bit of 70mph+)

stewardc · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2007, 01:39:28 pm »

Thatr's not what others on the site are saying and it definitely isn't what he's insinuating, but he is a wiley old cuss. He's hard to nail down. He insinuates he's got 100mpg and is going for 120.
Really, though, all that "hillbilly tuning" super-lean talk and all he got was 70mpg? I can do that on a good day with no tuning at all.

Mark(The Miser)UK · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2007, 02:01:14 pm »

I'm inclined to agree he does flit like a butterfly :wink: Apparently a world survey put the Scandinavians at the top of the happiness tree...
My goal is to attain 80mpg imp in a 'Q'

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2007, 02:34:37 pm »

quatums do great mileage despite being heavier, the one guy i know has had quite a few of them and has nothing but but words for them. i think a vnt 1.6 in a mk2 scirocco would make it easily possible to get into the 70mpg range. the mk2 sciroccos are extremely aerodynamic. i talked to a guy at h20 this summer that had an 8v scirocco that he is running on megasquirt, not even tuned properly, he gets 40mpg and thats with the 4k close ratio tranny that they came with. insane.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2007, 07:39:04 pm »

I don't keep track of mileage in the winter, it's depressing. I recorded 4 tanks before winter and best was 44.6MPG

I want to get 1200 a tank consistently. That's my goal for the summer. I'll need to do a compression test first and see if my engine is up to it

Jetta Fan · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2007, 06:23:09 am »

DC, I was getting around 53-55mpg befor ethe cold weather hit.

AdAm84 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2007, 06:43:03 am »

my last tank was 40 mpg with a half turn on the fuel screw. my first tank on the untouched pump was 35, but it had also been sitting for like 10 years prior to me buying it. i can't complian. my wrangler only got 15 mpg :x

95gltd · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2007, 11:51:33 am »

Quote from: Jetta Fan

DC, I was getting around 53-55mpg befor ethe cold weather hit.

is that with your 97 1.9td?

Jetta Fan · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2007, 06:13:14 am »

Yes, that's with my 97 Jetta 1.9TD. Why?

Now mind you.....that's driving it conservatively (shifting at about 2500, staying at 100 km/h or 60mph on the highway etc). Harder driving (shifting over 3000 and doing 70mph on the highway) drops it to 50-52 mpg.

addautomotive · « **Reply #11 on:** March 01, 2007, 03:54:32 pm »

Jeeze. I'm lucky to average 40mpg in my 1.9TD, and I still haven't beat 35 mpg in my sammy.

Benjamin · « **Reply #12 on:** March 02, 2007, 04:27:38 am »

Quote from: addautomotive

Jeeze. I'm lucky to average 40mpg in my 1.9TD, and I still haven't beat 35 mpg in my sammy.

yeah, i'm glad to read i'm not the only one, i was allready searching for whats wrong with my car

Greetz, Benjamin

Patrick · « **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2007, 06:30:58 am »

92 Jetta 1.9TD/k14, tall gears, about 47 mpg imperial in the summer, less on winter fuel. Exhaust is stright through, 2", no mufflers or resonators.

92Jetta 1.6TD/k24 standard gears, about 50 mpg imperial summer, less in winter. Factory toilet bowl, and full exhaust. Compression last fall about 420 across all 4 holes. Timing at .42.......

Both cars running lots of air pressure, no air conditioning.

Can't seem to get any better..........

84Q · « **Reply #14 on:** March 04, 2007, 10:06:14 am »

i never get that kind of mileage out of my quantum...i'm consistently around 35mpg...no mods...any suggestions to help squeeze out some more mpg's?

Author Topic: Best Fuel Mileage ??? (Read 13330 times)

stewardc

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AdAm84

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84Q