GreekDiesel
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Looking for specifics on how to achieve best fuel mileage. I shift at around 2,500-3,000 RPM to avoid 'build-up', especially with city driving. Let me know your techniques.
Cheers,
Nick.
Cheers,
Nick.
damm...beat me to it.Like I stole it.
Same here.Like I stole it.
X2 I came from a dodge charger which was getting 19mpg Highway!I think people get very obsessive and precise with this drive-style issue. Get your nose outta the tach and drive! I take it easy when its cold but after that i'm turnin' and burnin'!!!!!!
That isn't really good for the engine, lugging it comes to mind. Diesels need to be worked.I'm on the opposite end. I shift around 1400RPM's all the time. I go quickly through the gearbox achieving 5th really quickly even at speeds below 35MPH. Occasionally, if I need good acceleration for on ramps or a quick move into traffic from a stop, I'll go WFO and carry the R's up around 3k before shifting. I might do that too if I find a Prius or a Smart car too...just to unload a little carbon on them...but my Jetta only gets that loaded up to accomplish that once a week or so.
It is not lugging when I do it. I do not go to WFO at low RPM's, and, really, I usually keep my MAP, off of my Scanguage, below 22. If one is claiming that a diesel needs to be worked, then producing a load is good even at low RPM's.That isn't really good for the engine, lugging it comes to mind. Diesels need to be worked.
The 2007 Rabbit we had would do that all the time with it hitting 6th gear at 35-40 mph. It would then lug, lug, lug at 1200 RPM until the slightest push of the throttle and shift out to 5th or 4th.
I can drive my BEW with a pretty heavy foot and still pull off 45MPG. I can get 50 if I try.So jealous! I could never break out of the low 40's no matter how I drove my 04 BEW. If I didn't have to tow jet skis, I'da gone with the ALH...
Actually using throttle anything below the optimal tq point isn't exactly great, it is a reciepe for carbon even in a gasoline car. Putt-putting around with barely any throttle isn't the best idea but not the worst.It is not lugging when I do it. I do not go to WFO at low RPM's, and, really, I usually keep my MAP, off of my Scanguage, below 22. If one is claiming that a diesel needs to be worked, then producing a load is good even at low RPM's.
Admittedly, my A3 does this better than my A4. Just trying to understand the A4 at this point.