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Old 12-30-2007, 08:12 PM
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Talking 54.6mpg...........

That's right! That's the mileage I got out the beast! Can't be happier then a pig poopoo!
Old 12-30-2007, 08:23 PM
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Is that the one you recently got that had a pump problem?

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Old 12-30-2007, 08:26 PM
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Yup! Got it completely rebuilt and turned up about 10%. It's ULSD and Bio-diesel (B100) ready/compatible!
Old 12-30-2007, 08:31 PM
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Cool. That was a find.

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Maybe after it breaks in it will get better.
Old 12-30-2007, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by kelley15
Maybe after it breaks in it will get better.
That's what I'm hoping!

I'm going to start adding 2-stroke to see if I can squeeze anymore out of it.
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Have some nice beach front property in AZ for you.
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my neighbor has one and he said he gets 55 to the gal. and if his st bernard rides along 53
he has over 300k on his so youll be enjoying that little unit for quite a long time
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Sorry, You're talkin about the VW. Thought you were talkin about the CTD.
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I thought the same thing and was gonna shoot myself if it was a 6.7 then I looked closer at the sig, it's legit, them rabbits routinely get 50mpg
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HA ha ha. I figured that out as soon as I looked at the sig and I'm just a dumb old nuclear supervisor. It should be doing better than that. My little junky Neon gets 30 to 44 with over 100,000 miles on it. And a fellow worker here was getting 55 consistently with his V-dub diesel. Guess it's all in how you drive.
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Originally Posted by annabelle
Sorry, You're talkin about the VW. Thought you were talkin about the CTD.
I was thinking the same thing. I was going to ask what the secret is. I have a01 Beetle TDI and I routinely get 50MPG highway driving @65MPH. City I get about 46MPG all hand calculated at the same station on the same pump. Wish my CTD get half of that.
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Originally Posted by annabelle
Have some nice beach front property in AZ for you.
How much????
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