VW’s New TDI Blog (with Fuel Economy Competition)

[SVOboy]

VW has started a clever campaign to help consumers see the kind of mileage you can get with a TDI. It’s called TDI TankWars and what it does is challenge owners to score better than the World Record (58.8) in their VW TDIs.The site includes information about the tanks, drivers, and cars. It also lets [...]Related posts:

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[tasdrouille]

Great idea on VW's part, extremely bad execution though. The contest is not for a tank, it's just for 15 miles! Start it up a mountain and it's a done deal. Basically it's meaningless FEwise, but the Truth & Dare website gets the ball spinning around diesel, noticeably by debunking some myths the general public might have, which is a very good thing if you ask me.

[SVOboy]

Yep, I agree.

I think some of us ecomodders should go post some good numbers on there