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August 4th, 2010, 16:42
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Houston, TX
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Originally Posted by All of Us
I was suprised to see that the low mileage tank happened on the second day of our trip on the run from Sioux Falls to Rapid City. Fairly flat terrain and all interstate driving besides on that run, could be the result of any number of variables, so who knows?
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You gained about 1,800 feet in elevation and you also most likely had a head wind (possibly a pretty good one!).
Tim
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'09 JSW 6spd Man, Plat Gr/Anth, Pano 62k miles ( Build Date 09/2008)
'03 Jetta TDI 5spd (Gone but not forgotten)
1998 Sienna 221k miles
1991 Volvo 240 126k miles
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August 5th, 2010, 06:39
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#47
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Brookfield, IL
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Tim:
Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware that we gained that kind of altitude on that section of the trip. Those wide open spaces and interstate grades (outside the mountainous regions that is) sure can fool you sometimes. I was thinking that Graycie's bits and pieces took a day or two to "work in" after leaving the sedate driving requirements of the Chicago area. I think her turbo got plenty of exercise on this trip, as well as the trans, suspension, clutch, brakes, etc...
Dan
Volks:
I have added additional images and will be adding several more to the later posts in the thread.
Dan
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'06 Jetta TDI "Graycie"
Platinum Gray, Pkg2,
5spd, no mods yet
700 mile club
Broke 50mpg barrier (52.066) 10/14/07
'03 Jetta GLS TDI "Liath"
Reflex Silver, 5spd, ventectomy,
5 brake light mod, 6 disk CD changer, Ryan's LED Trunk light Mod
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August 10th, 2010, 15:14
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#48
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Brookfield, IL
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May be the final version!
Volks:
I have added a bunch more images to the posts and may actually be done tweaking this thread. Take a look and post up any questions or comments you might have. Since our return home it has been HOT and HUMID here in the Chicago Area. Sure could use some of those cool breezes we felt on the west coast such a short time ago.
Dan
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All of Us
'06 Jetta TDI "Graycie"
Platinum Gray, Pkg2,
5spd, no mods yet
700 mile club
Broke 50mpg barrier (52.066) 10/14/07
'03 Jetta GLS TDI "Liath"
Reflex Silver, 5spd, ventectomy,
5 brake light mod, 6 disk CD changer, Ryan's LED Trunk light Mod
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August 10th, 2010, 23:05
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#49
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SE Wisconsin
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Cool pix. It sounds like it was a great trip. I told you that you'd be shocked when you got back to the hot weather. 
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2002 Red New Beetle TDI, auto tranny.
Mods so far:
Coolant migration mod, Ventectomy, Kerma line pressure mod, Euro headlight switch, Modded relay DRL disable
Nokian I3 205/55/16 tires for summer
I can't believe how much crap I can fit in this thing.
The US has lost about 2.2 MILLION jobs since the governement pissed away nearly a trillion dollars with the so-called "ecconomic stimulus" bill.
Can we start blaming the Democrats for our mess, now?
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