<VV> Fuel mileage

[Jack Kean]

bought my 2002 Jetta TDI for $7500 in 2009 (it had 82,000 miles on it). 
It's my 80/40 car. I can drive it at a steady 80 mph and it returns a 
nice 40 mpg. These cars are ridiculous. Going to pick up the Passat in 
Pittsburgh in a few weeks (it is near new at 33,000 miles) and drive it 
back to Arlington (by way of Wright Patterson AFB (AF museum), Road 
Atlanta (Mitty races), and Houston (dropping off my brother and seeing 
my parents for a day)). These cars are not perfect in any way, shape, or 
form, but they are very, very good at what they do.

jack kean
Arlington, Texas
68 Monza Convertible
02 Jetta TDI
05 Passat TDI and a few other cars in the fleet

On 4/17/2011 9:12 AM, dennis dorogi wrote:
> Forget the Prius etc.  My son bought a used 2003 Jetta TDI wagon with
> 350,000 miles on it for $5000.  I recently received this email from him
> about his "record" tank.  " Filled up tonight, managed to (barely) get the
> magical 1000 miles on a tank,  worked out to 59.8 mpg.  It took 16.743
> gallons to fill, so I probably had a quart left."
>
>     Pretty good for an older used car.  He drives 60 highway miles to work
> each day.
>
> Dennis D.
>