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5/12/2008 - Me: Member of the 700 Mile Club

w00t!!! I finally am a member of the 700 Mile Club. And, no, for all you pervs out there, my wife and I did NOT have sex in the stratosphere. I got 700 miles on one tank of gas with my snazzy VW Jetta wagon with a TDI (diesel) engine. I have 173,000 miles on this car and it's now getting the best gas mileage it's ever gotten. 49.2 miles per gallon this last tank.

Had to take a photo for posterity:

EclectaMileage

Now I can post to the 700 Mile Club thread over at the TDI Club forums.

*polishes fingernails, inspects*

Takes a bit of the sting out of the $63 it took to fill up the tank with 14.3 gallons of gas...

(BTW, most of the knuckleheads on that forum getting 800+ miles have modified their engines and/or have vented their tanks to get more gas in them. Mine is unmodified.)

I'm just sayin'...

5/12/2008 - sarai Said...

I once got over 40 MPG in my saturn, it had something wrong and once I got it fixed it's MPG went back to normal :(

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5/12/2008 - DeeJay Said...

I get over 40 with my Aveo and I'm soooooooooooo glad I bought it last spring.

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5/12/2008 - mandaj Said...

wow...lucky you! i only put $10 in...my tank is small but i get decent mileage on it. not really sure how much, but for the teeny car that it is, i'd say it's not too shabby. $10 ALMOST gave me half a tank. it's crazy the prices. it's nearly $4 a gallon!

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5/12/2008 - Eclectablog Said...

These engines are known for getting better gas mileage as they age and "wear in".

it's crazy the prices. it's nearly $4 a gallon!

Be glad you're not buying diesel. I paid $4.39/gallon today. Yeeouch.

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5/12/2008 - texican Said...

Are you using hypermiling techniques? That's fantastic mileage. My little POS gets about 30 right now, but it needs a tune-up and some front suspension work. I'd probably get closer to 40 then.

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5/12/2008 - LadyVisine Said...

I'm not going anyplace that I don't have to anymore. If possible, I'm walking. I'd love to trade cars with ya, Mr. E! :) Really...

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5/13/2008 - Eclectablog Said...

No, Rene, no mods at all. In fact, I run biodiesel in it (B20 which is 20% soy-based biodiesel and 80% normal diesel.)

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5/13/2008 - texican Said...

That's pretty damn amazing. I'd like to convert my car to some type of hybrid or so that it burns alternative fuel.

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5/13/2008 - OgreJehosephatt Said...

Nice! I'm even a little envious!

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5/16/2008 - ben Said...

I paid $1.31/liter today, that's over $5/gallon. My car gets decent mileage but nowhere near 700/tank.
Wow.

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5/18/2008 - bitzky Said...

Oooh that's impressive. I used to get 700 with my Ford... but it was kilometers. It looks like you are closing on the European prices now.

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