The auto box or the larger size of the Passat is seriously hurting mileage. Last week to PA and back my Jetta consistently turned in 51+mpg. We took it fairly easy on the way down but I flogged it on the way back. IIRC on the way down we did 51.7 on the way back it was more like 51.2. Traffic was pretty heavy both ways.
This summer I'd like to run it up north and see what 2 hours (Bangor to Houlton, Maine) at 65mph would give. -Curt On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 04:01:49 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: A gasoline Jetta with the 1.4 engine gets ~34mpg mixed, probably better on the highway. So here, with unleaded at $3.99, that's 11.7 cents/mile. The diesel at 42mpg with fuel at $5.19 would be 12.3 cents/mile. So there's no fuel cost savings driving a diesel any more. The higher energy content of the diesel fuel has been factored into the price. I don't think any marque is offering diesel passenger cars in the USA any more. We can probably thank VW for that. GM killed the passenger diesel engine in the late 1970s/early 1980s, and VW killed whatever recovery there had been with their emissions cheats. I still like my OM617s for their simplicity and reliability but would never buy a new diesel with all the blue tech crap. They cost more, won't save any money on fuel and are more prone to problems. The only sensible reason to buy a new diesel today is in a truck where you need the torque for towing or hauling heavy loads. On Tue, May 3, 2022, at 2:37 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: > 42 mpg driving from Phoenix to San Diego, average 38.4 mpg driving from > SD to LA and back (stupid, ridiculous traffic (stop and go…mostly stop) > then stupid speed keeping up in traffic (85-90mph). > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 3, 2022, at 12:27 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> An oil distributor in Ohio said this a couple of days ago: >> >> >> Diesel prices are straight up street price margin grabs. >> >> Wholesale diesel is $3.89 ish right now. >> >> that’s raw wholesale cost. No taxes - state or fed - added in. No freight or >> margin in. >> >> Just simply raw wholesale cost. >> >> >> Major gas station chains will be cheaper than my wholesale cost. >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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 _______________________________________ 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
