Welcome, Don. I kinda wish I had a old diesel Rabbit to play around with. My brother had one (a gasser) when we were teenagers--did a lot a stuff to that thing! Read up on hypermilling and maybe some aero mods, and I think you'll me able to meet your 50-60 mpg goals!
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Diesel Dave
My version of energy storage is called "momentum".
My version of regenerative braking is called "bump starting".
1 Year Avg (Every Mile Traveled) = 47.8 mpg
BEST TANK: 2,009.6 mi on 35 gal (57.42 mpg): http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...5-a-26259.html
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