A TDI-ous, dragged-out thread for 2 guys in a generally pointless race to 300k miles

Who will win this race to 300,000 miles on their odometer?


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Dozenspeed

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Short summary in a long title. You=warned. ;)

Another member (TomJD) and I have decided to have a race to 300,000 miles. :cool:

In this corner:

TomJD's 2000 Jetta 5MT road warrior with ~251,000 miles.



Taking on Dozenspeed's venerable workhorse, a 2011 Jetta 6MT with ~202,500



What's the point? None. Other than amusement. But I warned you about that in the title. If you are this far along and still have nothing better to do, follow along for a year-plus statistical drama that promises to have edge-of-your seat excitement equalled only by the blistering pace of real-time play-by-play mileage logging and calculation! :eek:

Some background on the men and their machines:

TomJD has had his MK4 Jetta for a little over 3 years and accrued over 65k. These days a 49 mile one-way commute accounts for much of his 700 mile-per-week average which also includes recreational and road trip driving.

Dozenspeed (me, feels weird writing this third party, and wrong somehow first party :rolleyes:) has also had his for a little over 3 years. It was bought specifically to use as an officially comissioned, licensed and regulated taxicab here in St. Louis Missouri. So far the car has been in fulltime viability and "daily" service, averaging 1225 miles per week.

It was due to this observation, we thought to have a race to the 300,000 mile odometer mark for giggles. I have since figured, that at current weekly average levels, starting today at current odometers, it will take TomJD ~70 weeks to hit 300k, and Dozenspeed ~80 weeks. This far out, I think that's not a huge gap. He plans for more adventuring, and I plan to be less lazy, so who knows how this will end?

Will TomJD indeed rack up more miles in attempt to keep his girlfriend entertained? Will Dozenspeed try to squeeze more miles toward financial betterment? Will the cars hold up? Can their owners keep them going? WHO WILL WIN?!?

FIND OUT HERE IN THIS FRIVOLOUS THREAD!!















..........eventually



For convenience, we are going to refer to the rough mileage goals as "points" (in tenths) in reference to 1000 miles. The goal being "to reduce your score." So in this manner, the current score is:

TomJD - 251,000 miles = 49.0 points

Dozenspeed - 202,641 miles = 97.4 points*

*yes technically smaller than that but that's how it is


Wish us luck! :)


EDIT: A simple, public poll has been added to this thread, set to close at the end of July, 2015. So predict your winner before then. The poll will show who you voted for, but not when you voted. Consider posting that you voted at the time you do so, to record how early you made your call. ;)
 
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oilhammer

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There are just too many to list....
I'll be the Odometer Verification Officer. I'll also be pointing and laughing when my Golf sails past 500,000 miles while you two light weights duke it out in the mere 1/4 million mile range. :D
 

Dozenspeed

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I forgot to mention, both cars are esentially in the care of the THE one and only oilhammer. You all should know that in case it affects the wagers somehow. :p
 

Dozenspeed

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I'll be the Odometer Verification Officer. I'll also be pointing and laughing when my Golf sails past 500,000 miles while you two light weights duke it out in the mere 1/4 million mile range. :D

Dude, you had an 11 year head start! :mad::p
 

oilhammer

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There are just too many to list....
What about this 2009 Sprinter in my bay with 418,000 on it? :p Now that's some drivin'! :eek:

I'm replacing its original battery today. Not too shabby!
 

Dozenspeed

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Race start data:

TomJD - 251,000 - 49.0 points remain

Dozenspeed - 202, 641 - 97.4 points remain

Gap: 48.4 points

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed) 1:1.99

Current Update:

TomJD - 251,074 - 49.0 points remain

Dozenspeed - 202,903 - 97.1 points remain

Gap: 48.1 points (-0.3)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:1.98 (-0.01)
 

TomJD

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2000 Jetta TDI GLS, 2015 Golf TDI
I find it funny that we both have pictures of our cars off road.

I think another side challenge would be to see if I can get those Michelin Primacy's to the 300k mark as well without compromising safety or performance.


Nearly a half million between the two...

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Dozenspeed

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Update 1

Previous Update:

TomJD - 251,074 - 49.0 points remain

Dozenspeed - 202,903 - 97.1 points remain

Gap: 48.1 points (-0.3)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:1.98 (-0.01)


Current Update:

TomJD - 252,xxx - 48.0 points remain

Dozenspeed - 205,4xx - 94.6 points remain

Gap: 46.6 points (-1.5)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:1.97 (-0.01)


Next update planned in about 5-6 weeks
 
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dremd

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06 sprinter. 03 jetta wagon premium with 6 speed ALH swap, 14 JSW
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Got any pics of the 419k sprinter? My 06 T1N only has 120k.
I wish my 00 Golf hadn't been totaled, I'd have already won :)
 

oilhammer

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There are just too many to list....
I did have a pic when it passed 400k, I think, but not anymore. I'll try and get one the next time it is in, but sadly I think it is slated to be replaced soon. :(
 

MonsterTDI09

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My Vote is for TomJD. :D
 

TomJD

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Go Me!

I did have a pic when it passed 400k, I think, but not anymore. I'll try and get one the next time it is in, but sadly I think it is slated to be replaced soon. :(

Perfect time to buy it!
 

Dozenspeed

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Update 2

Previous Update:

TomJD - 252,xxx - 48.0 points remain

Dozenspeed - 205,4xx - 94.6 points remain

Gap: 46.6 points (-1.5)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:1.97 (-0.01)


Current Update:

TomJD - 258,1xx - 41.9 points remain

Dozenspeed - 214,7xx - 85.3 points remain

Gap: 43.4 points (-3.2)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:2.04 (+0.07)



Next update planned in ???



(I'm slippin' and losing pretty bad atm! :eek: Largely do to his road trip the weekend I took a night off. :eek:)
 
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kjclow

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I'm routing for dozenspeed. maybe I'll have 75K on the wagen and pushing towards 40K on the Golf by then ;p
 

BeetleGo

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5-door, 5-speed Golf GLS replaced BeetleGo.
I don't know who I'm voting for, but one thing for sure is that this race is a hoot! This is TDIClub stuff, pure and simple!

:):D:cool:
 

whitedog

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2004 Jetta that I fill by myself
Who wants to race our twin Duramaxes? They go to 1,000,000 and you go to 500,000. They are at about 690,000 and get about 100,000 each year.
 

oilhammer

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outside St Louis, MO
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There are just too many to list....
My last tank, post "slow down experiment", was 53.... but I can't do that anymore. I could have gotten better, but that tank included a trip with the JD lawn tractor on a trailer down to the farm, so 50ish miles of that probably hurt a little.

I'm back to my normal speeds.... and "only" 49 MPGs. :p
 

Dozenspeed

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Update 3

Previous Update:


TomJD - 258,1xx - 41.9 points remain

Dozenspeed - 214,7xx - 85.3 points remain

Gap: 43.4 points (-3.2)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:2.04 (+0.07)



Current Update:

TomJD - 265,6XX - 34.4 points remain

Dozenspeed - 228,000 - 72.0 points remain

Gap: 37.6 points (-5.8)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:2.09 (+0.05)



Next update planned in ???
 
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Jesus Is Lord

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Previous Update:


TomJD - 258,1xx - 41.9 points remain

Dozenspeed - 214,7xx - 85.3 points remain

Gap: 43.4 points (-3.2)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:2.04 (+0.07)



Current Update:

TomJD - 265,6XX - 34.4 points remain

Dozenspeed - 228,000 - 72.0 points remain

Gap: 37.6 points (-5.8)

Ratio to tie (TomJD/Dozenspeed): 1:2.09 (+0.05)



Next update planned in ???
Your getting closer to 300,000. Maybe you should just race to 400,000.
 
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