Coming Soon To All 50 States: The 60 mpg VW Jetta Diesel

mimo2005 · 04-25-2008, 09:20 PM

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Volkswagen has at last finished working on its 60 mpg Jetta BlueTDI diesel, and not only does it look great, but it's coming to America later this year.

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/04/coming-soon-to.html

Compared to $3.50 per gallon for regular gas? Do the math: 3.50 / 4.20 = x mpg / 55 mpg*, with x being the gas mileage you'd have to get for using gas to be as cheap as using diesel.

/* a more realistic assessment of the new TDI's highway mileage.

**ashumann12** · 04-26-2008, 09:51 PM

Pilot gas/fuel prices...Reg ..Plus...Prem...Diesel

Priceville AL,...---... $3.399/$3.499/$3.599/$4.099

Is it just me, or are diesel prices significantly out pacing gas prices?

ebackhus · 04-28-2008, 05:56 PM

After seeing a TurboDiesel running on used fry oil on MythBusters I want ANYTHING that runs on the stuff.

**MunkyPhil** · 04-29-2008, 03:29 AM

Just don't open the windows, don't use air con, don't use the radio, don't brake, don't over-rev the engine, always travel at the speed that is known to give peak efficiency and make sure the only thing in the car is yourself (the driver) or that number drops quite a lot.

Enjoy your drive people

04-26-2008, 09:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
ashumann12 Life is a zero sum game Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama-usa Posts: 3,792 OS: Vista Ultimate SP1 (64bit) My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Coming Soon To All 50 States: The 60 mpg VW Jetta Diesel Pilot gas/fuel prices...Reg ..Plus...Prem...Diesel Priceville AL,...---... $3.399/$3.499/$3.599/$4.099 Is it just me, or are diesel prices significantly out pacing gas prices? __________________ Adam Sr.

04-28-2008, 05:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,378 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 16	Re: Coming Soon To All 50 States: The 60 mpg VW Jetta Diesel After seeing a TurboDiesel running on used fry oil on MythBusters I want ANYTHING that runs on the stuff. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

04-29-2008, 03:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
MunkyPhil Mentor Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 1,127 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Coming Soon To All 50 States: The 60 mpg VW Jetta Diesel Just don't open the windows, don't use air con, don't use the radio, don't brake, don't over-rev the engine, always travel at the speed that is known to give peak efficiency and make sure the only thing in the car is yourself (the driver) or that number drops quite a lot. Enjoy your drive people __________________ "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." - J. Robert Oppenheimer, July 16th 1945. CPU-z -- Memtest -- Speedfan -- Prime95 -- SandraLite Important Power Supply Info -- Applying Thermal Paste -- Posting System Specs