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VWCw · 04-06-2010, 10:26 PM

holy $%#@! i was shooting for 40 mpg with the tape mods for my trip last weekend, but i wasn't expecting ~47 (hwy)! i say approximately because, as stated, TheJetta is too old for an OBD II port, so this is going off of the fuel gauge/trip odometer. but still, the trip one way only took a quarter tank (14.5 gal/4 = 3.625 gal), when it used to take closer to half.

i also recently had the mixed blessing of my e-brake becoming disconnected, since pulling the handle turns off the daytime running lights, lightening the load from the alternator. killing the dtls, along with a tailwind for the trip didn't hurt.

tape grille block/wheel skirts
+ partial bellypan
+ no DTLs
+ staying at the speed limit
= 46.9 mpg out of a gasoline engine.

04-06-2010, 10:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
VWCw VWCw Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 25 10 Jetta V - '10 Volkswagen Jetta 90 day: 34.76 mpg (US) Thanks: 8 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	holy $%#@! i was shooting for 40 mpg with the tape mods for my trip last weekend, but i wasn't expecting ~47 (hwy)! i say approximately because, as stated, TheJetta is too old for an OBD II port, so this is going off of the fuel gauge/trip odometer. but still, the trip one way only took a quarter tank (14.5 gal/4 = 3.625 gal), when it used to take closer to half. i also recently had the mixed blessing of my e-brake becoming disconnected, since pulling the handle turns off the daytime running lights, lightening the load from the alternator. killing the dtls, along with a tailwind for the trip didn't hurt. tape grille block/wheel skirts + partial bellypan + no DTLs + staying at the speed limit = 46.9 mpg out of a gasoline engine. __________________ Luck is probability taken personally.