August Mileage Competition!

jnecr

Veteran Member
Joined
Oct 9, 2004
Location
Raleigh, NC
TDI
2014 BMW 328d
Same as always.. post it, I'll put it on the spreadsheet...


Post the following:

Driver Name
Miles travelled
amount of fuel used
model year of car
model of car
transmission type
Type of Fuel used


 

sudburytdiguy

Veteran Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2005
Location
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
TDI
2005 Jetta, Platinum Grey
Just filled up after my small trip to the truck rodeo.
05 Jetta, 5 speed. D2 fuel.
Approx 90% highway for this one,
<font color="blue">530.2KM and I used 26.94 litres </font>
 

A3T4B5

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 10, 2003
Location
Northeast PA
TDI
'05 Passat GLS TDI sedan, Shadow Blue
8/2/05

Driver Name A3T4B5 (Jim)
Miles travelled 686.5
amount of fuel used 17.780
model year of car 2005
model of car B5.5 Passat Sedan
transmission type 5A
Type of Fuel used 15.780g D2 + 2.000g B100 = <font color="red">B10</font>

38.61
 

greenskeeper

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Mar 10, 2003
Location
USA
TDI
1998 Jetta TDI
Driver Name = greenskeeper
Miles travelled = 752.3
amount of fuel used = 14.21 gallon
model year of car = 1998
model of car = Jetta
transmission type = Standard
Type of Fuel used = Diesel #2

MPG = 52.94
 

Lug_Nut

TDIClub Enthusiast, Pre-Forum Veteran Member
Joined
Jun 20, 1998
Location
Sterling, Massachusetts. USA
TDI
idi: 1988 Bolens DGT1700H, the other oil burner: 1967 Saab Sonett II two stroke
Driver Name: Jonathan Bartlett
Miles travelled: 2,309
amount of fuel used: 50.00*
model year of car: 1996
model of car: B4V
transmission type: M5
Type of Fuel used: B100

* I filled up at the public access B100 pump before the car was empty of the 50 gallons from my home supply. The calculated mileage from this data will make the MPG appear artificially low. The 6 or so gallons in the tank (I could add "only" 22.800 gallons) when I filled will roll into the next installment and will raise the present tankful to an artificially high number. The two will be combined for a valid two tank average.
 

TheCheat

Veteran Member
Joined
Jan 20, 2005
Location
Southbury CT
TDI
99.5 jetta tdi 5m (227k), 04 jetta wagon 5m (293k)
OK...here goes.


2005 New Beetle 5M running on B100.
Took 15.97gal, travelled 645miles.
Average is 40.39mpg.
 

moondawg

Veteran Member
Joined
Oct 25, 2003
Location
Columbus, IN
TDI
2001 Galactic Blue Jetta
First August Fill-up (and maybe the last... I'll be gone alot this month)

716 miles / 14.854 gallons = 48.20 mpg.

$2.439 for premium B5.

moondawg
 

Rammstein

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Sep 3, 2002
Location
Québec city baby, Canada
TDI
Golf 92 D
Driver Name Rammstein
Miles travelled 1311.9
amount of fuel used 25.09
model year of car 1996
model of car Passat Variant
transmission type 5M
Type of Fuel used Sunoco Gold

So here it is, a fill up from practically empty.

I put exactly 95 litres in. I would have liked to try Jonathan's trick of tilting the car to put more fuel in, but if I would have stopped, I wouldn't have make it to the station.

No additive this time around (forgot the bottle at home).

So 4.49L/100km or 52.27 MPG.

Still with my trusty winter tires...
 

skinz2k5TDI

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 8, 2004
Location
Apex, NC
TDI
Jetta, 2005, silver/blk
Ok new month.. still hot as H-E-double hockey sticks!!!

8/5 573.1 miles 13.956g B20 =41.064 mpg w/bike on top

34,588 on the ODO, 40 psi all corners, bike rack
 

cartog

Veteran Member
Joined
Jan 12, 2004
Location
Colorado
TDI
2014 Passat TDI SE manual, grey/black, Frostheater.
First fill of the month (and first fill since switching to 506.01 oil)

Date: Aug. 4, 2005
Fuel: 17.2G B100
Miles: 766.2
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MPG: 44.55 at B100

Lots of AC, so this is looking a bit better than my average for the other summer months (42.9 for June and 42.4 for my one fill in July). I need a few more tanks to see if there is a meaningful mileage improvement with the lighter weight oil. It was raining when I filled, so maybe I just didn't top up like I usually do and this is just a bad data point
 

GetMore

Veteran Member
Joined
Apr 10, 2003
Location
Patterson, New York
TDI
1997 Passat TDI, 2010 Jetta Sportwagen
GetMore
1003.5
18.620
1997
Passat sedan
5M
Gulf diesel from New Jersey
7/12/05 to 8/5/05
I only fill up about once a month.
 

Slave2school

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Mar 20, 2004
Location
Angus, Ontario
TDI
99.5 used to at least...
Driver Name
KM travelled 862.1
amount of fuel used 50.54L
model year of car 1999.5
model of car Golf
transmission type 4A
Type of Fuel used D2

Drove from Greenwood, NS to inside Quebec border about 20km? I think. A fair amount of a/c use, lots of cruise control as the roads allowed, and majority of travelling above 115km/h, over an hour above 130km/h, and a few stints of 160km/h+
I can't complain.

Drove from there to Belleville, ON with 901.3 km on the tank with even faster drving than before, but almost no cruise usage...however, I think this is due to a far fewer number of hills compared to the drive through NS, and NB.
More to follow when I fill up again, as I just put $10 in when I got into Belleville to tide me overtil prices fall...? lol...not going to happen.
 

sodapop6620

Veteran Member
Joined
May 8, 2004
Location
Lancaster, Pa
TDI
Jetta 2000
Driver Name sodaop6620
Miles travelled see below
amount of fuel used see below
model year of car 2000
model of car jetta
transmission type 5m
Type of Fuel used d2


Still using the AC. The 3 H's are here.

08/03/05 241 miles 13.754 gals 17.522 mpg
08/03/05 630 miles 4.002 gals 157.421 mpg

August total 871 miles 17.756 gals 49.054 mpg
 

Herm TDI

Vendor
Joined
Nov 21, 2001
Location
Richmond, Maine...The far side of Witsend
TDI
2002 Golf GLS Malone Stage 3, P+520 nozzles, 11MM Inj pump, Sachs VR6 clutch, Stelth Race Pipe, Immo Deleat, EGR Deleat
Driver Name HermTDI
Miles travelled720
Amount of fuel used13.6 Gal
Model year of car 1998
Model of carJetta
Transmission type 5M
Type of Fuel used Erving #2

53.4 MPG
Tire Pressure 28 PSI
Fuel additive Ashless 2-cycle oil @ 100:1 mix ratio
Average driving speed 55-65 MPH

Comment: This is the best milage that I've ever achived in any TDI I've owned. I just wish that they did't cut the fuel during the winter...but thats just the ways it is...not much a person can do living in Maine.
 

Lug_Nut

TDIClub Enthusiast, Pre-Forum Veteran Member
Joined
Jun 20, 1998
Location
Sterling, Massachusetts. USA
TDI
idi: 1988 Bolens DGT1700H, the other oil burner: 1967 Saab Sonett II two stroke
I filled up at the public access B100 pump before the car was empty of the 50 gallons from my home supply. The calculated mileage from this data will make the MPG appear artificially low. The 6 or so gallons in the tank (I could add "only" 22.800 gallons) when I filled will roll into the next installment and will raise the present tankful to an artificially high number. The two will be combined for a valid two tank average.
"And you may ask yourself: Where is that large automobile?
And you may say to yourself: My God! What have I done!"

Time to pay the piper for having fun. I've been working in western MA this past week. The twisting, turn-filled back roads I take through the nearly deserted farm communities have tempted me, and I've succumbed, to blasting up and down the hills in third and fourth gear at speeds up to 70 mph. It's almost like a 45 minute autocross, but with a third dimension added.
Oh, And I discovered that an injector return line has been leaking for about a week.
All those miles "banked" from the early fillup? Squandered.

new monthly totals
Driver Name: Jonathan Bartlett
Miles travelled: 3,471
amount of fuel used: 72.80
model year of car: 1996
model of car: B4V
transmission type: M5
Type of Fuel used: B100
 

VelvetFoot

Top Post Dawg
Joined
May 17, 2001
Location
Sand Lake, NY
TDI
NB, 2000, Yellow
Driver Name: VelvetFoot
Miles travelled: 806.5
Amount of fuel used: 14.700
Model year of car: 2000
Model of car: Beetle
Transmission type: 5 speed manual, .72 5th
Type of Fuel used: D2 Hess

Oil: Delvac1 5W-40

54.86 mpg

Might as well conform, eh? This'll be my only fuel use record.
Usual commute, 20 mi each way. Did better in past.
Filled up with Mobil this time because I had to. Will see how that does, although will try to drive gentler.

Changed EGR adaptation back to oem (vestigial, have Wingnut race pipe), changed very slight forgotten-about timing advance adaptation back to stock, retarded timing so that mark on vag-com chart is just below for an AFN and a little more below for an ALH/ASV (RocketChip 2, not sure what to shoot for).
 

Slave2school

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Mar 20, 2004
Location
Angus, Ontario
TDI
99.5 used to at least...
Driver Name: Slave2school
KM travelled 1087
amount of fuel used 53.971L + 11.05L = 65.021L
model year of car 1999.5
model of car Golf
transmission type 4A
Type of Fuel used D2

5.98L/100km (39.something US MPG)

This was a faster leg of the trip through Quebec to Madoc, ON. My next tank will be higher due to the max speed of 100km/h around here.
 

bluenb1

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 24, 2003
Location
Wisconsin, USA
TDI
New Beetle, 98, Blue
Ok, here ya go!!! I just got back from a week long trip from Wisconsin to Virginia.

Driver Name bluenb1
Miles travelled 710
Amount of fuel used 13.2 Gal
Model year of car 1998
Model of car New Beetle
Transmission type 5 Speed Manual
Type of Fuel used D2

53.78 MPG

Tire Pressure 35 PSI
Fuel additive: None
Average driving speed 75-82 MPH. At times between Cincinati and Lexington, just to keep up with traffic speeds often reached 90 mph. No A/C used on trip down. Car has 116K miles on her and runs like a top! This was the FIRST long trip the car has made since I bought it a couple of years ago. My legs actually got tired from sitting since I wanted to drive for one tanks worth of gas. I drove from Milwaukee WI to South of Charleston West Virginia before fuel lite came on. I was amazed.

Later, Jeff
 

gredi

Veteran Member
Joined
Aug 22, 2003
Driver Name: gredi
Miles travelled: 641.0
amount of fuel used: 12.97
model year of car: 2001
model of car: Jetta
transmission type: 4A
Type of Fuel used: D2
 

TheCheat

Veteran Member
Joined
Jan 20, 2005
Location
Southbury CT
TDI
99.5 jetta tdi 5m (227k), 04 jetta wagon 5m (293k)
OK...made a roadtrip to Ohio over the weekend. Cruised at 85-90 95% of the way, AC on 2 or 3 100% of the time. First tank had some city, second was 100% highway.

Tank 1: 559.8mi on 13.79gal of D2, average of 40.59mpg.
Tank 2: 591.1mi on 13.60gal of D2, average of 43.46mpg.

Not bad for a PD, eh? Man, I love this car...no matter how I drive it, I get 40-43 consistently. Given the weather too, that makes it doubly sweet.
 

Mike_M

Veteran Member
Joined
Sep 23, 2003
Location
Phoenix, AZ
TDI
Black 2002 Jetta GLS
Yuck...this is so ugly, I don't even want to post it...

Driver Name: Mike_M
Car: 2002 Jetta GLS 5-speed
Fuel: B99

This tank...
Fill date: 8/8/2005
Driving: City, 80% stop-and-go, 20% freeway
A/C: 10% of the time
Gals: 15.216
Miles: 680
MPG: 44.690

YUCK!


Also mark as "unreliable"...includes the other end of that 1.3-gallon adjustment for the unintended venting. One of these days, I'll get off my @$$ and give it a ventectomy. Then I won't have to worry about it.

(A lot of the bio users on aztdiclub.com are complaining about the last tank or so, so I think some not-quite-optimal fuel slipped through. Not enough to damage anything or cause problems, but enough to drop fuel economy.)

Mike
 

catmandoo

Veteran Member
Joined
May 9, 2005
Location
ia
TDI
2000 jetta gls tdi,91 2dr jetta gl n/a diesel
2000 jetta 5spd, miles-529.7 gallons used-10.0 of d2
 

gdr703

Veteran Member
Joined
Jun 13, 2002
Location
Vancouver, Canada
TDI
Golf 2 door 2002 Indigo
Driver Name: gdr703
Miles travelled: 934
amount of fuel used: 14.89
model year of car: 2002
model of car: Golf 2 door
transmission type: 5M
Type of Fuel used: D2

11aug05: 934 miles / 14.89USg = 62.8 mpUSg
 

sudburytdiguy

Veteran Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2005
Location
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
TDI
2005 Jetta, Platinum Grey
Just filled up last night.
<font color="blue">895.5KM and took 43.531 Litres. </font>
As usual approx 85% highway @ 100KMH however I did spend some time at 140 to 160 this time.
 

Platinum_PD

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 15, 2002
Location
Central Wisconsin
TDI
2004 Jetta GLS TDI PD sedan, Platinum Grey
8/11/05
879.3 mi/16.302 gal = 53.94 mpg

[Driver] Platinum_PD
[Car] 04 Jetta 5m
[Fuel] Amoco Premier Diesel
[Additives] PowerService (grey bottle) 8oz
[Speed] = 85% highway @ (ave.) 55mph / 15% city
[Shift] 2250 - 2750
[Odo] 30718 - 31598
[Terrain] flat
[Passengers] rarely
[Weather] 60-90F
[Tires] 40 psi all tires; OEM Goodyear Eagle LS
[Oil] VW Castrol 505.01 5w40
[A/C] never
 
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