May 2008 Mileage tracking

Driver: MPLSTDI
Miles: 661.4
Gallons: 14.628
Model Year: 2006
Model: Jetta MK5
Tranny: DSG
Fuel Type: wtr ulsd

MPG: 45.2

Last tank of winterised diesel! I pulled a trailer 150 miles to WI to pick up a blade for my John Deere. 45MPG going out emtpy, 40 on the return trip.
This was also the most I have put in at one time (but not by much) 38 miles passed the light.

Driver: no-blue-screen
Miles: 558.2
Gallons: 10.284
Model Year: 2006.5
Model: A5
Tranny: DSG
Fuel Type: B20

MPG: 54.28

A new record....best tank I have ever had with this car! My MFD was reading 62 mpg for a while driving up 495 from VA....gotta love it!

Fill Up #1

Driver: Joe TDI
Miles: 720.6
Gallons: 14.8
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: ULSD

MPG: 48.69

My very first 700+ mile tank! Best mileage I've ever gotten. I drive no more than 60mph and it has made a 4-5 mpg difference from when I used to drive 75-80mph. I went from filling up every 11 days to every 14 days and with diesel being $4.80 a gallon here in upstate NY, every little bit helps. When I get my IM cleaned, I expect my first 50+mpg tank and possibly 800 miles.

Driving around KC / driving home
Concordia MO T/A

Driver: scooperhsd
Miles: 525.3
Gallons: 14.717
Model Year: 2000
Model: NB
Tranny: 4A
Fuel Type: ULSD

tank MPG 35.693 MPG

New Carlyle Oh Speedway

Driver: scooperhsd
Miles: 555.2
Gallons: 14.38
Model Year: 2000
Model: NB
Tranny: 4A
Fuel Type: ULSD

Tank MPG 38.61 MPG

Mocksville NC

Driver: scooperhsd
Miles: 590.2
Gallons: 15.088
Model Year: 2000
Model: NB
Tranny: 4A
Fuel Type: LSD

tank MPG 39.12 MPG

Monthly totals to date
2155.4 miles , 57.563 gallons , 37.44 MPG
Note - LSD - not ULSD
Total miles 187429

Driver: JMU_John
Miles: 730
Gallons:15
Model Year:2003
Model: Golf
Tranny: Manual
Fuel Type: 40 cetane diesel fuel
MPG: 48.66666

Driver: Nellie
Miles: 688.5
Gallons: 14.5
Model Year: 2005
Model: Jetta Wagon
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: ULSD+PS

MPG: 47.463

When I get to work tomorrow, I will crack open my fuel/expenses spreadsheet and send you my May figures (To Date)

Driver: White Crow
Miles: 796
Gallons: 15.1
Model Year: 2002
Model: Jetta GLI
Tranny: 5 spd
Fuel Type: ulsd
Combined driving 40% city 60% wilds of Maine 100 miles a day round trip.

Driver: Hookstra
Miles: 922.0
Gallons: 18.886
Model Year: 1996
Model: B4 Sedan
Tranny: 5m
Fuel Type: ULSD

Driver: Waldek Walrus
Miles: 702.0
Gallons: 14.739
Model Year: 2006
Model: NB
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: ULSD + PS

About 400 miles highway, the rest was sort of local bumming around. The local short runs pulled down the MPG, but not as far as I expected. The gassers are for the moment parked so the TDI is seeing everything.

Driver: Me
Miles: 805.5
Gallons:15.936
Model Year:2001
Model: Golf
Tranny: 5 spd man
Fuel Type: diesel fuel #2 uls
MPG: 50.5

Tank #4 after engine rebuild - best yet!

Crappy milage, Help!

Hi, this is my first post. I've looked thru many of the posts in the past and have just been baffled by the milage that many of you are posting, and wondering what I am doing wrong! I don't drive excessivly hard, I change may air filter about every 5k, same with my oil and oil filter. I just switched to LUBROMOLY Synthetic and and new Bosch fuel filter @ 35k. I have a 2005 Golf TDI with a 5sp manual and am only averaging about 37MPG. I live in Denver, Co. Is the altitude to blame, do I need some mods? I was thinking about putting in a new 5th gear but wasn't sure what size. I do a lot of driving around 75-80mph. Any help would be greatly appreciated

ski said:

Hi, this is my first post. I've looked thru many of the posts in the past and have just been baffled by the milage that many of you are posting, and wondering what I am doing wrong! I don't drive excessivly hard, I change may air filter about every 5k, same with my oil and oil filter. I just switched to LUBROMOLY Synthetic and and new Bosch fuel filter @ 35k. I have a 2005 Golf TDI with a 5sp manual and am only averaging about 37MPG. I live in Denver, Co. Is the altitude to blame, do I need some mods? I was thinking about putting in a new 5th gear but wasn't sure what size. I do a lot of driving around 75-80mph. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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That's one of the reasons.

The speed limit in our hiways in Colorado are 65 and in the country 75. So, by no means am I speed or have a lead foot. Having many european friends, my speeds are in line with what they are driving over there, so I think the american mentality comment is just ignorant!

ski said:

Hi, this is my first post. I've looked thru many of the posts in the past and have just been baffled by the milage that many of you are posting, and wondering what I am doing wrong! I don't drive excessivly hard, I change may air filter about every 5k, same with my oil and oil filter. I just switched to LUBROMOLY Synthetic and and new Bosch fuel filter @ 35k. I have a 2005 Golf TDI with a 5sp manual and am only averaging about 37MPG. I live in Denver, Co. Is the altitude to blame, do I need some mods? I was thinking about putting in a new 5th gear but wasn't sure what size. I do a lot of driving around 75-80mph. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Which oil were you using before?

Ski - this thread is for the mileage tracking - Please start another thread if you want to discuss how to increase your MPG - or better yet - do some reading on older threads that have covered this subject.

But your mileage is NOT out of line for the way you have been driving. If you want to raise your mileage - the simplest thing is to SLOW DOWN.

Driver: txpigeon
Miles: 900.3
Gallons: 16.046
Model year: 2003
Model: Jetta Wagon
Tranny: 5M
Fuel type: ULSD

Driver: txpigeon
Miles: 861.7
Gallons: 16.683
Model year: 2003
Model: Jetta Wagon
Tranny: 5M
Fuel type: ULSD

Driver: txpigeon
Miles: 874.2
Gallons: 16.455
Model year: 2003
Model: Jetta Wagon
Tranny: 5M
Fuel type: ULSD

Driver: txpigeon
Miles: 506.3
Gallons: 9.208
Model year: 2003
Model: Jetta Wagon
Tranny: 5M
Fuel type: ULSD

All on mine. Took a little trip to Iowa (from central Texas.) I had 107 miles on tank when I left. Had to stop in Eagleville, MO on that tank. The next 2 tanks were running around IA, eating, seeing family, and starting home via AR. (2nd fill in Newton, IA; 3rd in Conway, AR) The 4th was when I got home so I could see how I did overall on the trip. Not too shabby: 53.817 MPG

I probably won't fill again this month. Time to play with my other new toy for awhile, the Rialta RV.

Duane

Driver: Fix Until Broke
Miles: 625.9
Gallons: 9.208
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M W/0.681 5th
Fuel Type: ULSD

MPG: 67.97

82,349 ODO Miles

Significant effort in driving for fuel economy - lots of engine off coasting. Found a new location to coast an additional 1.0 miles and has one less stoplight on my daily commute so that helps out I think. Few dips into the RC6, a few rainy days, and some chilly mornings mitigated the gains a bit. Should be able to improve on this once it gets warmer out

Next tank is all with a trailer in tow and will be down in the low 40's.

And holding true to the predictions...
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15MAY2008

Driver: Fix Until Broke
Miles: 712.0
Gallons: 16.075
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M W/0.681 5th
Fuel Type: ULSD

MPG: 44.29

83,061 ODO Miles

500 miles of trailer pulling - 250 @ 75 MPH, 250 @ 65 MPH all at ~800 lb average.
200 miles of generally beating on it, couple 100 MPH sprints, using the power a lot
I was pretty impressed with the relatively low EGT's and decent mileage while pulling the trailer. First test with the new turbo/tune pulling trailer and it did very well. Real test will be the next trip with a ~2500lb load.


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23MAY2008

Driver: Fix Until Broke
Miles: 284.8
Gallons: 5.748
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M W/0.681 5th
Fuel Type: ULSD

MPG: 49.55

83,346 ODO Miles

0% effort in driving for economy

Misc trips/errands, pick up mower, take it for a 20 mile test drive, etc

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29MAY2008

Driver: Fix Until Broke
Miles: 671.6
Gallons: 16.026
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M W/0.681 5th
Fuel Type: ULSD

MPG: 41.91

84,018 ODO Miles
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5400 lbs at 5/8 tank fuel with loaded trailer (without me), Jetta alone was 3100 lbs with 9.16 tank fuel (without me).
With Trailer:
125 miles at 75 MPH, 125 miles at 65 MPH, with a couple passes up to 80+ MPH.
Without Trailer:
15 miles at 100+ MPH (SG reads ~18 MPG on level ground)
125 miles at 65 indicated with ~20 passes up to 80-100 MPH
125 miles at 80 indicated
170 miles of misc errands to from home/work/downtown/store etc

0% effort in driving for economy.

SG Readings - From last two tanks combined
MPG: 40.4
GAL: 23.0
Miles: 935
AVG MPH: 40
Hours: 23.3
Fuel Trim +93.1% for this tank (now +87.6%) - still re calibrating
Miles Adjustment +3% (no change)

All speeds indicated (~3% higher than actual), no Odometer Correction (~1% lower than actual)

Fix_Until_Broke said:

Driver: Fix Until Broke
Miles:
Gallons:
Model Year:
Model:
Tranny:
Fuel Type:

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I swear I do that every time I report a tank! Good to know I'm not the only one.

I hit the space bar and next thing I know it submits the post???

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Driver:Zippy V
Miles:460
Gallons:9.51
Model Year:2008
Model:Golf Match 105
Tranny:5M
Fuel Type: ULSD +Mi4

Tank 1 for May

Driver: BioBob
Miles: 1004
Gallons: 15.88
Model Yr: 2003
Model: Bora
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: ULSD

MPG: 63.22

Another 1k tank. I would have put more miles on, but I was
going by a Sunoco station that had diesel for $4.129. Everyone else in the area was $4.39.
I picked up my .681 gearset at Impexfest, but I can't find anyone to install it!
BTW, this tank was from Raleigh to Baltimore and back and then to central South Carolina 50% red roads, and 50% Blue.

Driver: Lug_Nut
Miles: 1792
Gallons: 32.5
Model Year: 1998
Model: A3 Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: B100

Driver: Bonjonbart
Miles: 1401
Gallons: 31.0
Model Year: 1997
Model: B4V
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: B100


Each of these entries are a combined of two in keeping with the request in the first post for a single submission of a combined fuel use and distance for the month.

So if you want to wait and post all of your tanks in MAY at once, it would be greatly appreciated

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I realize it's only the 15th of the month, but I expect that the next fillings will not be until into June.
If I do need to add another entry this month, I apologise in advance to Scoopershd for making him work harder to accomodate me.

Edited Post #50 with most recent fillup.

Driver: Mbuna
Miles: 1414
Gallons: 27.88
Model Year: 2002
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: ULSD
MPG: 50.717

Driver: Tom71662
Miles:593
Gallons:13.355
Model year:2006
Model:Jetta
Tranny:5M
Fuel type:ULSD

5/17/2008

AC trials and a rear window defroster surprise

Driver: BioBob
Miles: 684
Gallons: 11.667
Model Yr: 2003
Model: Bora
Tranny: 5m (no gear install yet)
Fuel Type: ULSD

MPG : 58.62

My first tank under 60 in the last 8, but I wanted to so some AC testing as I was curious about how big a hit you take when you turn the AC on. Steady speed of 60, 30 mile continuous runs on I95. (30 miles AC, 30 Miles no AC). On full blast (4) 2.5 mpg hit! Even on low (1) it was 3/4 MPG.
The big surprise was the rear window defroster 3.5 MPG to run it! Why is there not a timer on it? Is there a timer available as an option? This is the only car I have ever owned where the defroster will stay on continuosly.

This makes me think I should kill my DRL's but my car color says leave them on (Platinum Grey)

Gears go in next week. Will do a fill just prior to install.

driver: DK
miles: 808.5
gallons: 14.097
year: 2002
model: Golf GLS
tranny: 5m
fuel: ULSD+PS

mpg: 57.352
cost per mile: 0.081 cents Best mpg I've made this spring, but rapid increase in diesel cost, $4.65/gal. this time, mitigates my effort. Still, there is no question I am better off with this car than any hybrid or gasser.