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Old 04-24-2012, 01:13 AM   #43 (permalink)
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Helga - '00 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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90 day: 51.85 mpg (US)

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Done with the first leg of three... averaged 57mpg over 786miles; I drove ~65mph and had the AC on at least 9 of the 13 hours. Today's stop is about 6000ft higher than my start. Somewhere around hour 9, the leading edge of my belly pan came off, turning it into a huge air catcher... I wasn't able to mess with it until ~150 miles later, when I took it off completely. Sometimes it's hard to judge if i'm going uphill slightly or not, but it did seem like the air catching belly pan had a significant impact on my FE.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Last edited by NachtRitter; 04-25-2012 at 01:35 AM.. Reason: corrected miles driven
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