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For spamlet. Couple drives 1600+ miles on one tank of gas in a VM Passat TDI -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) May 8 '12, 11:44

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http://inhabitat.com/couple-travels-record-breaking-1626-miles-on-a-single-tank-of-gas-in-a-2012-vw-passat/ (inhabitat.com)

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If they put gas in a TDi they wouldn't get 1600 feet! - spamlet May 8, 12:19 1
- This is what I was thinking :) -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 12:44
How do you get 84 mpg's from a car that -- nm - pmb May 8, 11:52 11
- your son secretly follows you on the trip and refills your tank each night -- nm - decline May 8, 12:51
- they drobe 15 miles per hour? -- nm - Beaker May 8, 11:59
- SFEK - that's EPA rated at 43 mpg's (other than driving downhill the whole way). -- nm - pmb May 8, 11:53 7
  - Yeah, and here I have been happy to be getting 40mpg out of a car that they said would get 35. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:54
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    - I'm aware of the concept, I just had no idea it could create a nearly 100% increase in mileage. I thought it was more in the 10-20% range. -- nm - pmb May 8, 11:59 4
      - just make sure to always drive down hill -- nm - decline May 8, 12:55
      - Rolling through stop signs helps a lot. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:00 2
        
        hiring those hobos to push the car half the way really helped as well -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:01 1
        
        cutting out the floorboards and adding 'flintstone' power -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 12:03
- Exactly. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:53
what it doesn't tell you is how much gas they actually used. - znufrii May 8, 11:48 4
- Doesn't miles divided by miles per gallon give you gallons? -- nm - mara May 8, 11:50
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  - there it is, I missed that it included their acheived mpg as well... - znufrii May 8, 11:51 1
    - Big gas tank. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 8, 11:53
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- They don' -- nm - spamlet May 8, 12:20 2
  - t tell you about the idjits that rear end semis doing this while trying to stay in their slipstream. - spamlet May 8, 12:21 1
    - I have decided the next ticket I get I will blame on hypermiling. - Iron Spawn May 8, 12:23

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