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Old 08-11-2011, 01:39 PM   #22 (permalink)
Hip001
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Gaiesville Georgia
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01 Beetle - '01 VW Beetle TDI
90 day: 42.33 mpg (US)

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Had great luck with the 01 Beetle. Now my daily driver is the 96 Passat TDI. I average mid 40's and as high as 49.8 on one easy highway trip in cool weather without the AC. But here in Florida it's hard to drive without AC! My biggest jump in the Beetle was from 43 to 47mpg when i swapped out the tired injectors with some T4's (one size larger). I've read that the old Passats with the 1Z TDI motor easily get 50mpg so I'm still hopefull that when i swap injectors I'll be able to get there. my best is 983miles on one tank @ 48mpg. So if i can get 50+mpg i may be able to squeeze 1000 miles out of a single tank! This is AWESOME!!!
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