VW broke the Guinness Book of World record for 48 contiguous state driving at 58.8 mpg. I would love to have a dealership sponser me to attempt this feat once more. However, its a 9000 mile trip and god knows what crazy route they used in criss crossing the usa.
In any event now that I have 3000 miles on my TDI wagon I decided to take the car out for her first "workout". I used an 18 mile north south stretch of I-476 outside philly including 2 miles on I-95 north near the airport. I racked up 60.0 mpg on the dot. Halfway I was at 63.5 mpg but the trucks were pushing me hard while I was at 54 miles an hour and a few small hills and curves messed me up also. I would like to try this in a sedan without the roof rails as I think the sedan is lighter as well. A warmer day and no cross wind might help also.
Getting back to the Guinness maybe we could get a group to collectively agree to drive in a few states each and get a dealer to sponsor us.
The mpg's are not the issue but rather its the damn trucks and other drivers that keep at steady 55 miles an hour difficult to handle.
What does everyone think?
In any event now that I have 3000 miles on my TDI wagon I decided to take the car out for her first "workout". I used an 18 mile north south stretch of I-476 outside philly including 2 miles on I-95 north near the airport. I racked up 60.0 mpg on the dot. Halfway I was at 63.5 mpg but the trucks were pushing me hard while I was at 54 miles an hour and a few small hills and curves messed me up also. I would like to try this in a sedan without the roof rails as I think the sedan is lighter as well. A warmer day and no cross wind might help also.
Getting back to the Guinness maybe we could get a group to collectively agree to drive in a few states each and get a dealer to sponsor us.
The mpg's are not the issue but rather its the damn trucks and other drivers that keep at steady 55 miles an hour difficult to handle.
What does everyone think?