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Stan · 05-08-2012, 12:19 PM

The mpg is really impressive until one considers their average speed of 39 mph. Several years ago my wife drove our Golf TDi from Washington State (exit 59 on I-5) to near San Francisco doing 55 on cruise control on the flats, and slowing to 50 on cruise going up the passes...and averaged 72 mpg. My dad had died and my mom wanted me to take his old Ford truck home ('76 E250 with carb'd 460 CID gasser

), which itself averaged 11 mpg on that trip.

TDi drivers quickly learn that with a manual you can plan an mpg by subtracting your mph from 120 on flat ground. For the Taylors that works out to about 120-39=81, so they did a little better than nominal. Maybe they did a little p&g along the way...

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Stan EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 150 Silver Bullet - '02 VW Golf TDi Thanks: 5 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	The mpg is really impressive until one considers their average speed of 39 mph. Several years ago my wife drove our Golf TDi from Washington State (exit 59 on I-5) to near San Francisco doing 55 on cruise control on the flats, and slowing to 50 on cruise going up the passes...and averaged 72 mpg. My dad had died and my mom wanted me to take his old Ford truck home ('76 E250 with carb'd 460 CID gasser ), which itself averaged 11 mpg on that trip. TDi drivers quickly learn that with a manual you can plan an mpg by subtracting your mph from 120 on flat ground. For the Taylors that works out to about 120-39=81, so they did a little better than nominal. Maybe they did a little p&g along the way... __________________ Best tank ever: 72.1 mpg in February 2005, Seattle to S.F. New personnal best 'all-city' tank June '08 ... 61.9 mpg! Thanks to 'pulse-n-glide' technique.