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03NHVW · 04-15-2011, 01:21 PM

Yay for me! I bought this VDub back in February and have been getting between 33 and 34 MPG consistently, sometimes 35, but this last half-tank (I only buy $20 worth at a time) pulled down 40.04 MPG! ...Granted, it took serious hypermiling diligence on my part, serious effort to use the brakes as little as possible, LOTS of coasting (not engine-off), and generally never exceeding the limit, mostly 5-below and a really steady right foot...but it all paid off. I also switched to synth-blend Kendall 5W-30 (over whatever sludge was in it before I bought it), keep the tires at 5psi below limit and added a K&N air filter...nothing else specal.
I am STOKED to stay the least.
...just sayin'.

04-15-2011, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
03NHVW EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: United States Posts: 26 always seem to be in front of you - '03 VW Jetta Sportwagon Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1st Mission Accomplished! Yay for me! I bought this VDub back in February and have been getting between 33 and 34 MPG consistently, sometimes 35, but this last half-tank (I only buy $20 worth at a time) pulled down 40.04 MPG! ...Granted, it took serious hypermiling diligence on my part, serious effort to use the brakes as little as possible, LOTS of coasting (not engine-off), and generally never exceeding the limit, mostly 5-below and a really steady right foot...but it all paid off. I also switched to synth-blend Kendall 5W-30 (over whatever sludge was in it before I bought it), keep the tires at 5psi below limit and added a K&N air filter...nothing else specal. I am STOKED to stay the least. ...just sayin'.