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Old 08-26-2011, 05:49 AM   #64 (permalink)
Vekke
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Location: Kitee (Finland)
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Siitin - '98 Seat Cordoba Vario
90 day: 58.56 mpg (US)

VW Lupo 3L --> 2L - '00 VolksWagen Lupo 3L
Diesel
90 day: 104.94 mpg (US)

A8 luxury fuel sipper - '97 Audi A8 1.2 TDI 6 speed manual
90 day: 64.64 mpg (US)

Audi A4B6 Avant Niistäjä - '02 Audi A4b6 1.9tdi 96kW 3L
90 day: 54.57 mpg (US)

Tourekki - '04 VW Touareg 2.5TDI R5 6 speed manual
90 day: 32.98 mpg (US)

A2 1.4TDI - '03 Audi A2 1.4 TDI
90 day: 45.68 mpg (US)

A2 1.4 LPG - '02 Audi A2 1.4 (75hp)
90 day: 24.67 mpg (US)
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New personal best 2.55 l/100 km or MPG 92.4 US but the avg speed was IMO lower (now about 80 km/h) than with my seat on the same leg. I think those new tires dont roll so nicely than the Toyos, but they are new. Other reason might be that they come too much outside from the wheel well or the air director for brakes causes problems with closed rims. Any way those air directors need to go anyway, but I have to do more test with the tire setup...

Second half it was already dark so I had to use driving lights. Also weather was little bit colder and the cars own fuel consumtion meter jumped from 2.5 to 2.7...

On downhills it felt like I had handbrake on when comparing gliding properties to my old Seat. This means there is lot to be done with the cars aerodynamics.
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