daneg
Veteran Member
It's official, I got out of a lease on my 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser and bought the TDI Sportwagen. Since I had to drive from Yellowknife NWT to Calgary to pick it up I thought it would be cool to log the real world difference in gas mileage. Here's what my trip looked like going down in the FJ:
Full Tank - Yellowknife - FJ Cruiser
1. Fort Providencej, NT = 318 k, 46.8 litres, $56.25
2. High Level, AB = 404 k, 57.46 litres, $56.25
3. Peace River = 285 k, 36.8 litres, $37.50
4. Whitecourt = 307 k, 36.6 litres, $38.05
5. Red Deer, AB =326 k, 52.0 litres, $53.01
Totals: Km travelled = 1640. Litres = 229.64. $ = $238.10
I stopped with Red Deer, AB because I knew I would be doing a lot of running around in Calgary. When coming back, I filled up the Wagon at the same station in Red Deer coming back.
Full Tank - Red Deer - '09 Jetta TDI Wagon
1. Peace River = 678 k, 36.4 litres, $28.01
2. High Level = 293 k, 26 litres, $19.50
3. Yellowknife = 731 k, 47.2 litres, $41.00
Totals: Km travelled = 1702, Litres = 109.6. $ = $83.50
Not exactly scientific but I sure found the numbers interesting. I drove pretty easy the first fill in Red Deer to High Level, but after reading the break in thread, I really started to push the TDI. The effects are really evident in the numbers. On the middle tank of diesel, I had the TDI easily clipping along at 180 + at about 3200 rpm. It was great, easily flying through gradual turns. Throughout this section of what was essentially deserted secondary highway I had it up to 180, 160, 140, 120 and up again. It was a blast. I felt it could have gone faster. I took a different route back that utilized secondary routes because I knew I could open it up without worrying about RCMP as much.
I noticed the dramatic effect this had on gas mileage, so I drove the speed limit from High Level to Yellowknife, watching the fuel usage. Luckily, I just managed to make it across the ice bridge on the Mackenzie River (closed to passenger vehicles today). But my gas mileage would be a bit skewed because I stopped about 200 k out of Yellowknife to sleep, and would idle the car to warm me up throughout the night. At one point I was so tired I started it and fell asleep. Not sure how long it ran before I discovered it and switched it off. The Northern Lights were spectacular last night, by the way.
Anyway, I hope my break in technique so far was okay, maybe Drivebywire can comment? It seems to be running perfect, the transmission is awesome (DSG), and I used Sport mode to pass vehicles aggressively, played around with manual a bit, but mostly kept it in D. Sorry for the long post, hope you folks find it interesting. Love my new car so far.
Full Tank - Yellowknife - FJ Cruiser
1. Fort Providencej, NT = 318 k, 46.8 litres, $56.25
2. High Level, AB = 404 k, 57.46 litres, $56.25
3. Peace River = 285 k, 36.8 litres, $37.50
4. Whitecourt = 307 k, 36.6 litres, $38.05
5. Red Deer, AB =326 k, 52.0 litres, $53.01
Totals: Km travelled = 1640. Litres = 229.64. $ = $238.10
I stopped with Red Deer, AB because I knew I would be doing a lot of running around in Calgary. When coming back, I filled up the Wagon at the same station in Red Deer coming back.
Full Tank - Red Deer - '09 Jetta TDI Wagon
1. Peace River = 678 k, 36.4 litres, $28.01
2. High Level = 293 k, 26 litres, $19.50
3. Yellowknife = 731 k, 47.2 litres, $41.00
Totals: Km travelled = 1702, Litres = 109.6. $ = $83.50
Not exactly scientific but I sure found the numbers interesting. I drove pretty easy the first fill in Red Deer to High Level, but after reading the break in thread, I really started to push the TDI. The effects are really evident in the numbers. On the middle tank of diesel, I had the TDI easily clipping along at 180 + at about 3200 rpm. It was great, easily flying through gradual turns. Throughout this section of what was essentially deserted secondary highway I had it up to 180, 160, 140, 120 and up again. It was a blast. I felt it could have gone faster. I took a different route back that utilized secondary routes because I knew I could open it up without worrying about RCMP as much.
I noticed the dramatic effect this had on gas mileage, so I drove the speed limit from High Level to Yellowknife, watching the fuel usage. Luckily, I just managed to make it across the ice bridge on the Mackenzie River (closed to passenger vehicles today). But my gas mileage would be a bit skewed because I stopped about 200 k out of Yellowknife to sleep, and would idle the car to warm me up throughout the night. At one point I was so tired I started it and fell asleep. Not sure how long it ran before I discovered it and switched it off. The Northern Lights were spectacular last night, by the way.
Anyway, I hope my break in technique so far was okay, maybe Drivebywire can comment? It seems to be running perfect, the transmission is awesome (DSG), and I used Sport mode to pass vehicles aggressively, played around with manual a bit, but mostly kept it in D. Sorry for the long post, hope you folks find it interesting. Love my new car so far.
