----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Hershberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 13:07 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] VW TDI efficiency was Flying the Dirty Skies
> Greg, > > I haven't driven across the entire country so I will only speak for the > miles I have incurred. > > > > > BTY, where do you live? It is one thing the brag about 50 MPG in flat > > country, but, your mileage is likely going to drop once you get into > > mountain county ( losing up to 1/4 to 1/2 of your MPG depending on the > > capabilities of your vehicle - especially with the extra weight > > mentioned > > above ), > > I sense a little bit of exaggeration. Not realy. Like I said, it depends on the capabilities of the vehical. I had to deal with head winds and a uphill climb ( at the same time ), only got about half the miles I expected because of the combination of the two. > > I drove with my dad and luggage from Chicago to Boston with speeds > between 55-75 mph and averaged 58 mpg. > Still not dealing with mountian country. > > Beetles are notoriously underpowered for mountain country. > > A stock TDI has 90 hp and 155 ft-lbs torque. I'm sure it will have no > problem over the mountains. My modified TDI has 110 hp and 225 ft-lbs > torque. > For a light weight car that's not bad, would still drink more fuel in the west, once you hit mountian country, but you could still fly up hill, should you want to. > > Going > > to run the A/C on the trip? > > Certainly not going up the hills only when going down. Any serious mpg > driver knows that. They also tint the windows too keep the inside > cooler and only run the fan. > Tinted windows are only a short term solution because once the sun has been on them awhile, they heat up and add heat to the car, and several cities/states have laws against the windows being tinted. > > I also know that the winner of Tour de Soul competition was a biodiesel > powered stock Jetta, which got around 85 mpg and broke multiple > records. > I'll have to find out the particulars of the " Tour de Soul and this winning Jetta ". The year this happened would be helpful. Greg H. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
