Comments on: 46 MPG on the TDI Wagon http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/46-mpg-on-the-tdi-wagon/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Fakes http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/46-mpg-on-the-tdi-wagon/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Tom Fakes Mon, 22 May 2006 19:18:00 +0000 http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/46-mpg-on-the-tdi-wagon#comment-918 <p>The British TV car show, Top Gear, did an 800 mile round trip on public roads in an Audi A8 diesel. This car has a $L, V8 engine. Even Audi said it couldn’t be done.</p> <p>They had to turn off cooling, heating, radio etc, and drive on the motorway at fairly low speeds to make it all the way, but they made it – just! I think they averged over 40MPG.</p> The British TV car show, Top Gear, did an 800 mile round trip on public roads in an Audi A8 diesel. This car has a $L, V8 engine. Even Audi said it couldn’t be done.

They had to turn off cooling, heating, radio etc, and drive on the motorway at fairly low speeds to make it all the way, but they made it – just! I think they averged over 40MPG.

]]> By: Eric http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/46-mpg-on-the-tdi-wagon/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Eric Mon, 22 May 2006 19:18:00 +0000 http://anarchogeek.com/2006/05/22/46-mpg-on-the-tdi-wagon#comment-919 <p>Right on, Rabble! You should join the <a href="http://www.sfbiofuels.org/">SF Biofuel Co-op</a> – it’s where I fill up <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/case/5212681/">my <span class="caps">TDI</span></a>.</p> <p>I’m only getting mid-30s mpg, probably because of my roof racks…</p> <p>-E</p> Right on, Rabble! You should join the SF Biofuel Co-op – it’s where I fill up my TDI.

I’m only getting mid-30s mpg, probably because of my roof racks…

-E

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