December Mileage Competition!

jnecr

Veteran Member
Joined
Oct 9, 2004
Location
Raleigh, NC
TDI
2014 BMW 328d
Here it is:

Post your results like this:


Driver:
Miles:
Gallons:
Model Year:
Model:
Tranny:
Fuel type:


 
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vikingrob

Veteran Member
Joined
May 18, 2004
Location
Minneapolis
TDI
2021 Tesla Model 3 (delivery estimate May 2021)
12/2/05 - Brooklyn Park, MN - $14.73
261.9 mi - 5.800 gal - 45.16 mpg - $2.540/gal - 5.62¢/mi
421.5 km - 21.955 L - 5.21 L/100km - 67.1¢/L - 28.61 km/$
 

Audi5000TDI

Banned
Joined
Jul 25, 2005
Location
CA, Good old USA
TDI
Passat, 1996, Grey
Driver: Audi 5000TDI
Miles:138
Gallons:3.37
Model Year:1996
Model:passat Sedan
Tranny:M5
Fuel type:Veg 5% Flying J D2

Mixed driving, about 50/50 city and highway. So Cal has been steady in temps this week, low 40's is the lowest temps seen. Driving pattern hss been modified to accelerating crisply to load the motor and turbo for efficiency and shifting at 2 to 2.2k rpm. Freeway is being kept at 65mph indicated, 62mph true. Spent about 45 minutes yesterday evening in "Friday traffic rain storm idiots in California don't ever remember that the first major rain of the season is oil slickend streets" In other words, a lot of fuel was idled off. Bummer.
 
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LNXGUY

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Jan 10, 2004
Location
Barrie, Ont, Canada
TDI
'05 Jetta TDI Wagon
Driver: LNXGUY
Miles:683
Gallons:14.5
Model Year: MKIV 99.5
Model: Jetta GLS
Tranny: 5MT
Fuel type: Sunoco Gold Diesel
 

sudburytdiguy

Veteran Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2005
Location
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
TDI
2005 Jetta, Platinum Grey
Jnecr, your awsome for doing this every month!!!!!


Driver: sudburytdiguy
Kilometers: 349.4
Litres: 21.181
Model Year: 2005
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel type: D2

I've just started car pooling with a guy from work so we take turns each day. Mileage won't be as high as before and since it's been getting so cold I'm not going to go till it's real low anymore, fill it up once a week or so I figure.
 

esoteric0001

Veteran Member
Joined
May 23, 2005
Location
North Central Texas- Dallas County- USA
TDI
05.5 New Jetta , Black
Driver: esoteric0001
Miles: 1215.82
Gallons: 25.498
Model Year:05.5
Model:Jetta V (A5)
Tranny:5spd
Fuel typeD2


This was a compilation of two tanks. The first was my normal commute and was left in the tank from my last Nov fill. 567.9 miles on 12.084 gallons for an average of 46.99 mpg. The second was a road trip I took this past Saturday. I left the Dallas area at 6:30 AM and returned the same day at 8:30PM. Dallas to Houston to Austin to Dallas. 647.92 miles on 13.415 gallons for an average of 48.298 mpg. This was at a gps (Garmin Legend e-trex) indicated 65-70 mph with 50% AC. It got pretty warm in Houston. Max speed was 77.6. moving average speed was 60.4. Trip time total was 13hr 24 min. Total time stopped was 2hr 40min. Total time moving was 10hr 43min. Arent those GPS's neat little gadgets?
MPG average for the two tanks was 47.682. I thought I might be able to break 50 on the road trip but the AC and extended 70 mph runs must have taken a bit of a toll. All things considered though, I am pretty damn pleased with these numbers.
 

sodapop6620

Veteran Member
Joined
May 8, 2004
Location
Lancaster, Pa
TDI
Jetta 2000

Driver:​
sodapop6620​
Miles:​
793​
Gallons:​
14.402​
Model Year:​
2000​
Model:​
jetta​
Tranny:​
5m​
Fuel type​
d2​
MPG​
55.062​
 
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daBooj

Veteran Member
Joined
Apr 8, 2005
Location
Chapel Hill, NC
TDI
Jetta GLS, 2004, could only find silver
wife had the car for a day, sigh... the tdi pulls much better than her saturn, she couldn't resist it's draw. She floored it. She drove it well over the speed limit. She undid all I was working for. I lost like 4mpg!!!!

Driver: daBooj
Miles: 718.1
Gallons: 12.374
Model Year: 2004
Model: jetta
Tranny: manny
Fuel type: B5




note: I'm going to be doing my best to fill once a week despite having fuel left in the tank. And I'll be filling with B5. Last tank was b5, this tank is b5...
 
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Bob_Fout

Oil Wanker
Joined
Sep 5, 2004
Location
Indiana
TDI
2003 Jetta - Alaska Green (sold) / 2015 GTI 2.0T
Driver: Bob_Fout
Miles: 234.5
Gallons: 5.537
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta GLS
Tranny: 5M
Fuel type: Winterized dino
MPG: 42.35

Blah, cold weather and winterized fuel. Half highway at 60 MPH (true) and half 30 to 50 MPH suburban driving to/from work.
 

knarfy

Well-known member
Joined
Oct 14, 2004
Location
nj
TDI
2004 silver
i get about 600 to 650 miles with a tank. 40 to 42 mpg. i use b10 when i can and drive about the same type of miles week after week.i drive alone most of the time and cpl days a week i drive in city traffic for about 20 miles total.the rest are in mostly flat or ondulating roads.i usually drive at 1900 rpm to 2200 rpm. i have a rockechip stage one on a golf 2003 pd with auto. should i be getting better milage or is this normal?
 

Bob_Fout

Oil Wanker
Joined
Sep 5, 2004
Location
Indiana
TDI
2003 Jetta - Alaska Green (sold) / 2015 GTI 2.0T
For a 4 speed auto, that sounds normal. Even better since you have RC1.

Buuuut, please don't post general mileage questions in this thread, as its for folks who wish to participate in montly mileage competetions.

Could a mod kindly move his question to its own thread in the fuel econ section?
 

Mike_M

Veteran Member
Joined
Sep 23, 2003
Location
Phoenix, AZ
TDI
Black 2002 Jetta GLS
Driver: Mike_M
Miles: 625
Gallons: 13.282
Model Year: 2002
Model: Jetta GLS
Tranny: 5-speed manual
Fuel type: B99
MPG: 47.056
Who do I have to sleep with (only females may apply) to get over 47MPG!?!??!? :mad:

Mike
 

Brock_from_WI

Veteran Member
Joined
Sep 19, 2002
Location
Green Bay, WI USA
TDI
2003 wagon
Driver: Brock from WI
Miles: 603
Gallons: 10.57
Model Year: 03
Model: wagon
Tranny: 5 speed
Fuel type: B5
MPG: 57.03

Here comes the winter drop! Not to bad so far.

I am keeping track of my short trips and comparing running the engine cold to preheating (with coolant heater). I get noticeable better mileage with preheating but want to get more results before I make any guesses, off the cuff on my 15 mile trips it is about 10% better heated.
 

Bob_Fout

Oil Wanker
Joined
Sep 5, 2004
Location
Indiana
TDI
2003 Jetta - Alaska Green (sold) / 2015 GTI 2.0T
out18law18 said:
Driver: out18law18
Miles: 508
Gallons: 13.22
Model Year: 06
Model: golf
Tranny: 5m
Fuel type: d2
38 MPG!?! City driving?
 

Bob_Fout

Oil Wanker
Joined
Sep 5, 2004
Location
Indiana
TDI
2003 Jetta - Alaska Green (sold) / 2015 GTI 2.0T
jnecr said:
Hey! don't make fun of below 40mpg drivers!! :) :)




I'm one.... I'm preparing for around 34mpg this winter.
Not making fun if it's city driving, high-speed driving, or chipped/tuned/boxed.... :D
 

out18law18

Veteran Member
Joined
Apr 5, 2005
Location
Oklahoma City, OK
TDI
06 Golf GLS
Bob_Fout said:
38 MPG!?! City driving?
I work on an airforce base and often have to wait in long (hardly moving) lines to get to work every day and the car only has 4K on it and still has some breaking in to do i hope. My only 2 tanks of entirely hwy miles were 42 and 43 mpg, but that was following dbw break in proceedures. I just thought it would be a good post since i have no where to go but up.:) Also another factor is just two tanks ago i performed a ventectomy and am still getting the hang of getting the fuel level accurate for each fill up and am sure that has had a neg effect on my last mileage report. But I think that from now on I have it mastered as long as there is daylight or plenty of light around the pumping area.
 

thermographer

Veteran Member
Joined
May 1, 2004
Location
Maryville, Tennessee
TDI
Jetta GL, 2004 Wheat/Beige with Automatic Tiptronic, ESP
Driver: Thermographer
Ride: 2004 Jetta Automatic Trans.
Fuel: D2

1st. 679.3 miles / 15.91 gallons = 42.696

Visiting mom and dad in Houma, Louisiana for 2 weeks.. traffic is very bad. I have many hours at 0 mpg in this tank.
 

samspock

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 18, 2004
Location
Arnold, MD
TDI
Passat, 2005, Shadow Blue
Driver: Samspock
Miles: 653
Gallons: 17
Model Year: 2005
Model: Passat
Tranny: Auto
Fuel type: D2

This was the best tank I have had so far. I probably could have streched it to 670 but I was close to my favorite place to buy diesel at that point. Previous best was 632. I usually get just shy of 600 on a tank. 400 miles of this was driving from Annapolis to just west of Cumberland MD and back.
 
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jnecr

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Joined
Oct 9, 2004
Location
Raleigh, NC
TDI
2014 BMW 328d
samspock said:
Driver: Samspock
Miles: 653
Gallons: 17
Model Year: 2005
Model: Passat
Tranny: Auto
Fuel type: D2

This was the best tank I have had so far. I probably could have streched it to 670 but I was close to my favorite place to buy diesel at that point. Previous best was 632. I usually get just shy of 600 on a tank. 400 miles of this was driving from Annapolis to just west of Cumberland MD and back.
38.4mpg ain't bad for a B5 Passat.
 

moondawg

Veteran Member
Joined
Oct 25, 2003
Location
Columbus, IN
TDI
2001 Galactic Blue Jetta
608.8 miles / 14.366 gallons = 42.38 mpg.

$2.739 for premium B5

These mornings down in the teens are killing me. I'm hoping for the TDIHeater for Xmas! This is my first winter with the MFA... I swear knowing how cold it is just makes it feel colder!

Supposedly 4-6 inches of snow tomorrow. First real winter test for the Nokian WRs. Can't wait.

moondawg
 

BaconGrease

Active member
Joined
Mar 22, 2005
TDI
Jetta, 1998, green
Driver: BaconGrease
Miles: 2693.6Gallons: 54.7Model Year:98
Model:jetta
Tranny:5spd
Fuel type:D2

49.2 mpg, average, running total for month of December.
 
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thelemite

Veteran Member
Joined
Aug 16, 2005
Location
blakelee PA
TDI
2009 jetta black
d2

You probably need to sleep with the goddess D2. your b99 might not have enough kick to break the mpg barrier you seek.

No one running greater than B 20 broke 47 last month.

Mike_M said:
Driver: Mike_M
Miles: 625
Gallons: 13.282
Model Year: 2002
Model: Jetta GLS
Tranny: 5-speed manual
Fuel type: B99
MPG: 47.056
Who do I have to sleep with (only females may apply) to get over 47MPG!?!??!? :mad:

Mike
 
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TonyJetta

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Sep 15, 2005
Location
Tucson, Az
TDI
'15 Jetta TDI SE / '06 Jetta TDI DSG Pkg0 / '96 Passat TDI
Finally into the 40's!!!

Driver: Tonyjetta
Miles: 466.1
Gallons: 11.461
Model Year: 2006
Model: Jetta TDI
Tranny: DSG
Fuel type: D2
MPG: 40.67

MPG is finally coming up! Wtih 3100 miles on the car, looking forward to more improvement over the next 7k!
 

DrSmile

Veteran Member
Joined
Feb 7, 2003
Location
New Jersey USA
TDI
05 GLS PD 5spd Wagon
Driver: DrSmile
Miles: 634.2
Gallons: 13.425
Model Year: 05
Model: Jetta Wagon
Tranny: 5m
Fuel type: d2

I drove REALLY carefully to break my personal best and attain over 47MPG.

May I make a request? Can we have a few more categories, for example best PD Jetta Wagon? That way I have at least some chance of winning and making my "granny driving while freezing to death because the car doesn't warm up doing 1300rpm" worth the effort!
 
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