We're nearing the end of the VW Diesel-gate buy back process, and now have the Subaru Legacy that's replacing it, so I thought it was time to add up a few numbers.
We drove the Passat 34115 miles in 54 months and burned 826.4 gallons of Diesel fuel. That's an average of 41.3 MPG. There are only two cross country trips in that, and a couple of shorter trips (Tulsa and mid Arkansas), so most of the miles are 25 mile round trips into town for groceries, etc. The Legacy cost us $3,000 after the VW buy back (yes, I'm counting chickens before they hatch). We're trading Diesel goodness for all wheel drive and electronic gismo's out the a$$. SWMBO really likes the back-up camera, blind spot detection and rear cross traffic alert features. I must admit that they did help a lot when leaving a crowded parking lot this afternoon - telling me traffic was coming from both sides as I was trying to back out of a parking space before I saw them. So far, the Subaru is a bit more comfortable than the VW was, but neither holds a candle to an old MB. The newer MB's are still just too expensive for someone who wants to spend his $'s on airplanes :-), hence the Subaru. Time will tell whether it was a good decision. -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2017 Subaru Legacy, ? mpg 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 41.3 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
