October 05 Mileage Competition!!

[VelvetFoot]

Driver: VelvetFoot
Miles: 674.6
Gallons: 14.484
Year of Car: 2000
Model of Car: Beetle
Transmission: 5spd
Fuel Type: D2 Hess
Cost: $2.99/gal
MPG: 46.58
ODO: 160,548
Date Filled: 10/15/05
Note: SportyFoot

 

[cram51]

Year of Car: 2005
Model of Car: Jetta Sedan
Transmission: Automatic
Fuel Type: B11

10/1/05 - 448.8 Miles/10.08 Gal = 44.52 MPG
10/8/05 - 474.9 Miles/11.46 Gal = 41.44 MPG
10/15/05 - 287.6 Miles/6.91 Gal = 41.62 MPG
Oct. so far - 1211.3 Miles/28.45 Gal = 42.58 MPG

 

[sunline]

Sunline
481
11.3
2004
jetta
5a
df2 w/6oz stanadyne
mostly highway at 70

 

[Bob_Fout]

Driver: Bob_Fout
Miles: 606.6
Gallons: 12.329
Year of Car: 2003
Model of Car: Jetta
Transmission: 5spd
Fuel Type: #2 Dinodiesel
Cost: $3.139/gal
MPG: 49.20
ODO: 29,067
Date Filled: 10/16/2005
Note: Mix of suburban, sub-70 MPH highway, and daily engine floggings.
Additive: 2x dose of PS grey

 

[Sweeps]

Driver: Sweeps
Miles: 1376
Gallons: 27.1
Year of Car: 2000
Model of Car: Jetta
Transmission: 5spd
Fuel Type: D2

MPG: 50.7

Yikes I am a bit behind posting here this month.
These two tanks were mostly 70-75mph on the highway, with some stop and go commuting.

Just got the Jetta Upsolute chipped today, so we shall see what happens to the mileage!!

 

[Hookstra]

10/16/05

Driver: Hook
Miles: 463.4
Gallons: 10.623
Model Year: 1996
Model: B4
Tranny: Manual
Fuel Type: C40 DinoD

43.62 MPG - not bad for my commute.

 

[Silver_Golf]

Driver: Kevin
Miles: 627.5
Gallons: 13.3
Year of Car: 2006
Model of Car: Jetta
Transmission: 5spd
Fuel Type: D2
Odometer: 2850

MPG: 47.1

Round trip from Owasso, OK to Arlington, TX. My wife and I on the trip down, brought my 16 yr old son back from a Bands of America competition. Trip consisted of approx. 96% highway, 4% city. A/C was on 70% of the trip.

 

[schwechel]

Date of Fill Gallons Miles MPG $/Gallon
10/04/05 13.382 578.3 43.21 $3.289
10/16/05 14.707 766.3 52.10 $3.289

Driver: Derek Schwechel
Year of Car: 02
Model: Jetta Sedan
Tranny: 5 speed
Fuel Type D2

 

[vikingrob]

10/17/05 - Minnetonka, MN - $17.75
264.0 mi - 5.583 gal - 47.29 mpg - $3.179/gal - 6.72¢/mi
424.9 km - 21.134 L - 4.97 L/100km - 84.0¢/L - 23.94 km/$

 

[graypassat]

Driver: LabGuy
Year of Car: 2005
Model: Passat Wagon
Transmission: Automatic
Fuel: Hess D2 (rated C45) @ $2.95/gal. (10/14/05)
Miles: 394
Gallons: 8.98
MPG: 43.9
Odometer: 3900 miles
Round trip: Jacksonville - Tampa via I-10, US 301, I-75.
Found gas gauge is accurate, used 1/2 tank. MPG would be higher but turned on A/C going to Tampa (about 3-5 MPG hit).
Computer said at 55 mph with A/C off 52 mpg, with A/C on 46-47 mpg.

 

[sodapop6620]

jnecr

As much as I would like to be in the 55.9mpg range I am stuck in the 53 mpg range. I saw on the sheet that you have me at the higher mileage.

Here are my results as of yesturday.

Sodapop6620
2000 jetta 5m green (that was for the pep-boys folks)
224,000 on the clock.

10/17/05 miles 768 gal 14.584 mpg 52.660
10/07/05 miles 634 gal 11.813 mpg 53.670
10/03/05 miles 182 gal 15.261 mpg 11.926
09/29/05 miles 722 gal 1.726 mpg 418.308

oct total miles 2306 gal 43.384 mpg 53.153



Quote:


65 mph (and man is it trying my patience!), 80% highway



It gets easier...pretty soon, it becomes easier to ignore the people passing you, and your hands loosen from the wheel as the stress melts away.

I still have relapses from time to time, but for the most part, I just consider a constant stream of cars going around me to be normal now.

Mike
Hey Mike,

That is so true. Try audiobooks, it passes the time

 

[daBooj]

here's my soot blowing tank (after the 1000mile tank I started acting my age for a while. Not good for the mileage, good for the car)

10/05/05: 48387
10/15/05: 49260 (873.0mi); 14.859gal
_________
873mi/14.859gal = 58.75mpg.

I can live with that (for a soot blower)

 

[Snipely]

Driver: Snipely
Miles: 850.2
Gallons: 17.000
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta Wagon
Tranny: Manual
Fuel Type: D2

Doing better than last month, but drove like a granny for most of it. It was madenning doing 59.5 mph in the right hand lane. Filled up with B20 (3.379 at the pump, 3.199 next door for D2), so I'll have those results at the next fillup.

Snipely
Chicago

 

[Mike_M]

Another decent tank...not wonderful. *sigh* Oh well.

Driver: Mike_M
Miles: 647
Gallons: 13.501
Model Year: 2002
Model: Jetta GLS
Tranny: 5-speed
Fuel Type: B99
MPG: 47.922

 

[TDiPd05]

Here are my numbers for this month.

Driver Name: TDiPd05
Model year of car: 2005 Jetta Wagon
Transmission type: M5

04-Oct-05
16856 odo, 672 miles on tank
14.383 gals
46.72 mpg
D2 – Fuel Type


18-Oct-05
17532 odo, 676 mile on tank
14.063 gal
48.07 mpg
D2 – Fuel Type

 

[Rammstein]

Driver: Rammstein
Miles: 1309.291
Gallons: 25.063
Model Year: 1996
Model: Passat Variant
Tranny: 5-speed
Fuel Type: V4
MPG: 52.241

Got there on 1 tank...not much left (about 125ml...

), but it started!

 

[daBooj]

well, assuming you kept going at the same fuel consumption, you could have gone:

125mL*1L/1000mL*1gal/3.785L*52.241mi/1gal = 1.7 miles before dieing at the side of the road.

wow. were you going for the 1300 club, I guess? that's tooo close for my comfort.

 

[Audi5000TDI]

Driver Audi5000TDI
Miles 1054
Gallons 22.224
Model Year 1996
Model Passat Sedan
Tranny 5 Speed Manual
Fuel Type 33% WVO 67% D2 Arco ULSD

MPG this trip 47.426

Winterized Diesel is here, or the gear oil in my tranny is a drag at 85w-90 for GL4 by Stalube.

BTW, Thank you jnecr for doing this for us in the name of science and education. I am fascinated by how the Top Guns are doing, I can only strive to do better.

 

[schultzy]

Correction to my data. I have a 5 speed AUTO. Not manual. Not that it matters, 'cause I get crappy mileage 'cause I can't keep my foot out of it. But for historical purposes, I proudly drive a "slushbox."

 

[dabear95]

Driver - DABEAR95
Miles - 733.3
Gallons - 14.511
Model Year - 2002
Model - Golf
Tranny - 5 speed manual
Fuel Type - D2

This tank was almost all highway miles.

 

[VelvetFoot]

Driver: VelvetFoot
Miles: 786.2
Gallons: 14.887
Year of Car: 2000
Model of Car: Beetle
Transmission: 5spd
Fuel Type: D2 Hess
Cost: $2.99/gal
MPG: 52.81
ODO: 161,335
Date Filled: 10/19/05
Note:

 

[Rammstein]

well, assuming you kept going at the same fuel consumption, you could have gone:

125mL*1L/1000mL*1gal/3.785L*52.241mi/1gal = 1.7 miles before dieing at the side of the road.

wow. were you going for the 1300 club, I guess? that's tooo close for my comfort.

I wanted to get to the closest station from home where I can get free Gold!

At one point you gotta know your car. I knew I could make it.

 

[leicaman]

Date: October 19
Driver: Myself
Miles: 365.9
Gallons: 8.1
Model year: 2005
Model: Passat Sedan
Tranny: 5 speed automatic
Fuel Type: Kum & Go Low Sulfur Diesel W/full bottle Stanadyne near Des Moines
Mileage: 45.17

 

[Ernie Rogers]

Wow, look at all the biodiesel users!

Today, I am joining the "Bio 800 mile club."

My last two tanks:

B20 blend, around town--
Oct 17 -- 867.4 miles, 15.5 gallons: 55.96 mpg
B100, highway, about 60 mph average, scary conditions--
Oct 19 -- 816.2 miles, 15.16 gallons: 53.84 mpg

Both calculations involved filling the tank from 5 gal cans of biodiesel and various other problems. Read more in the biodiesel forum, "Ernie's B100 adventure."

Ernie Rogers

 

[thelemite]

Driver: Thelemite
Miles: 471.5
Gallons: 9.855
Model Year: 1999
Model: New Beetle
Tranny: 5-speed
Fuel Type: b5
MPG: 47.84

 

[jnecr]

Correction to my data. I have a 5 speed AUTO. Not manual. Not that it matters, 'cause I get crappy mileage 'cause I can't keep my foot out of it. But for historical purposes, I proudly drive a "slushbox."

Sorry 'bout that.

 

[Lane_S]

Driver: Lane_S
Miles: 776
Gallons: 14.6
Year of Car: 2003
Model of Car: Jetta
Transmission: 5spd
Fuel Type: D2 Pacific Pride
Cost: $2.99/gal
MPG: 53.15
ODO: 38,057
Date Filled: 10/20/05

 

[Fix_Until_Broke]

My second submission this month

Driver: Fix_Until_Broke
Miles: 945.9
Gallons: 15.969
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: D2
MPG: 59.23 - a personal best

Still can't quite get to 60 MPG, but didn't think I could get to 56 or 59 either, but it keeps getting better so either my car is getting more efficient (26K miles now) or my driving is getting better. I never exceeded 65 MPH (usually 60) and kept my speeds at the posted speed limit. I also had a few trips for work to our other plant (40 miles each way @ $0.485/mile

) that is steady driving without all the stops. It takes patience that I didn't think I had, but given most of my driving, it really does not take me any longer to get anywhere.

One thing I noticed - I took the Jetta out to "stretch it's legs" so to speak to clean out the soot. When I stood on it (in 3rd @ ~1800 RPM) I expected some black smoke/haze as I had before. What happened was brown/tan smoke and a lot of it. I had to turn around to see if it was real, it became less and less each of the 4 times I did this. There was definately soot build up but it was not black - Is this a sign of complete combustion?

 

[esoteric0001]

esoteric0001
05.5 Jetta V
5spd
D2
376.5 miles traveled
6.336 gallons .......59.42?!

I filled the same way. First click, wait, then slowwww to second click. I've been trying to up the mileage but this seems a little extreme. I'll refill before the end of the month.

 

[Audi5000TDI]

I didn't know Hookstra has a B4 Variant also? I thought his B4 is a Sedan?