i have a 99 NB 5 speed with <35K miles.
I bought it over the summer. Lately I have been getting 35mpg, what's wrong? I know on the highway, the car gets like 40-45 mpg at 80-85 mph ,based on those long road trips. but the problem is when i do city driving, the mpg falls off badly. i know i'm kinda heavy footed, but still. i also know winter fuel gives poor fuel economy, but not that much. today i put in 12.640 gals for 452 miles of driving, i vent.
The car drives great, no mods except mufflerectomy and foam air filter.
Any advice from you veterans on how to drive this car in the city for the best possible fuel economy or performance?? what rpm to do experts shift at?? i know shifting too low will lug the engine. but i don't want to drive sooooo slow that the guys behind me are gonna want to run me over with their H2 Hummers.
any advice is great. i'm not really complaining, my 4.6L Stang gets like 17 mpg in the city, so the TDi is a dream, dispite the current bad fuel economy.
I bought it over the summer. Lately I have been getting 35mpg, what's wrong? I know on the highway, the car gets like 40-45 mpg at 80-85 mph ,based on those long road trips. but the problem is when i do city driving, the mpg falls off badly. i know i'm kinda heavy footed, but still. i also know winter fuel gives poor fuel economy, but not that much. today i put in 12.640 gals for 452 miles of driving, i vent.
The car drives great, no mods except mufflerectomy and foam air filter.
Any advice from you veterans on how to drive this car in the city for the best possible fuel economy or performance?? what rpm to do experts shift at?? i know shifting too low will lug the engine. but i don't want to drive sooooo slow that the guys behind me are gonna want to run me over with their H2 Hummers.
any advice is great. i'm not really complaining, my 4.6L Stang gets like 17 mpg in the city, so the TDi is a dream, dispite the current bad fuel economy.