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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
Both your account and mine show that driving style alone will effect FE by 15%-20%.
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I think it should be taught as part of driving school, it would reduce fuel consumption quite a bit as well as wear and tear. It would have also made my journey in the passenger seat a lot more comfortable. I could tell the return leg was because everyone except me fell asleep.
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Originally Posted by bgd73
50.9 TDI
in america that is a world record. 
No mods at all...
I wonder what they do to TDI for euro. I learned of subarus haveing a smaller version of valves...same engine displacement. In america, they did something bigger, same engines. I ran a rare one for usa, called a DL.
167k miles, 60mpg on the highway... I finally deciphered it. the cams and exhaust valves were smaller...and subaru never mentioned it. there is even a subaru group that has suby experts who did not know about it. Europe could spread some good stuff around.. I would run a diesel. 2.0 euro is plenty. 
I am trying for 40 strong (40 everywhere, as average) and that is over double the average for usa. |
TDG - the US spec Jetta TDI is exactly the same spec as our car, same engine (16v TDI) and everything. This has the 6 speed manual gearbox. Only difference is that this has a different badge on the nose and cost us quite a bit less than the people's car equivalent.
The main difference between Europe and US cars is engine size. Take and current Aveo for example - sold here and the US. Here its a 1.2 petrol engine, in the US a 1.6. The Jetta TDI base engine is the one in our car, but there is a smaller economy centred one available here, a 105 hp 1.9. My dad has one of those and averages 55-60 everywhere.
The usual reason for this is that Americans demand more performance, but having driven there a few times I didn't notice traffic going any faster on freeways and on country roads I was being held up more than holding up others. Maybe if everyone asked Chevvy for the 1.2 Aveo they would notice. At the moment it looks like the Metro / Swift was an all too brief episode in the US car market.