08-02-2008, 10:43 AM
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60 MPG club
I finally broke 60 MPG! I did a 64 MPG tank with half of it being my 7 miles each way daily commute and the other half being a 350 miles highway trip with the cruise control at 53 mph.
I will soon install side and wheel skirts and replace my 200k miles rear wheel bearings. I have a 650 miles highway trip coming up in september and am really looking forward to break the 70 MPG mark.
I really need to get summer tires (I got the car with 2 winter sets so I use what I have), plus I have out of spec negative camber in the rear. Once I get that fixed up I should get really good numbers.
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08-02-2008, 11:45 AM
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Congrats! You can definitely do 70 in the TDI. It will be funny to take a 650 mile trip and still have gas left over in your tank!!
Are you already in the 700 mile club on tdiclub.com?
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08-02-2008, 11:48 AM
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Tas - that's a huge leap above your previous best tank (55.6). What was the secret?
I'm guessing 53 mph for 350 miles. What's your fuel economy at that speed?
Nice work!
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08-02-2008, 12:26 PM
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My previous best tank was the same kind of tank except the highway part was driven at 55 mph.
I since deleted the passenger side mirror, and removed the radio antenna, blocked the intercooler grill which gave an aero advantage along with hotter air. I also enlarged the turbo bleed so I get more part load boost.
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08-02-2008, 12:50 PM
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08-02-2008, 02:28 PM
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Congratulations
Man Im jealous. I want to upgrade to a car with more potential but im trying to hold of a couple of years. It looks like 2010 will be when we really start seeing some new options.
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08-02-2008, 02:44 PM
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Congrats Tas...and double-congrats if those are US-mpg figures!
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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. 
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08-02-2008, 03:17 PM
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Wowza! Nice job.
Yeah, that much distance locked into a good FE speed is what I need to do more of. I've been noticing about that in my own travels -- when I can operate at my optimum speed, I usually can't stay there for long because of peripheral traffic, geography or some other inconvenience (ie. no cruise control) that pops up.
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08-02-2008, 03:25 PM
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Congratulations! I'm a bit jelous as I've been hovering about the high 50s for a while now.
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08-02-2008, 03:32 PM
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Master EcoModder
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Gascort, nope I'm not in the 700 miles club just yet. I refilled at 673 as I was eager to see how well I did, but I still had a quarter tank left.
Darin, the SG is not working right on my TDI, but I'm pretty sure I was at more or less 70 MPG at 53 mph. We'll know for sure on my next long highway trip.
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