Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.

[vwnuts at yahoo.com (Anthony Pelletier)]

The epa rates the scirocco 16v as 23city 28 highway,
so I guess you are right on target.  I actually got
better mileage with a 2.0 16v.  Must be the torque. 
Usually was around 30 mpg.  

as for better mileage the only thing I can think of
that *might* help is a .80 5th gear.  


--- GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com> wrote:

> So in the 43-whatever-mpg thread a couple people
> were saying they got
> over 30mpg on their sciroccos (w/o diesel motors). 
> I've been keeping
> a close eye on my mileage and such since I fixed my
> speedometer (day
> before cincy) and have not been able to get those
> sort of numbers and
> it's been essentially 100% highway miles.
> 
> Since then I've gone 1174 miles on 41.731 gallons of
> 89 octane.  That
> comes to 28.1mpg.  Between individual fills I'm
> usually around 27.5. 
> The other day on my drive home I drove for a while
> with nothing but
> fuel economy in mind for one stint across KY and
> went 150 miles at
> 30.08mpg, but that required driving strictly 65 +/-5
> mph, being
> extremely conscious of hills, very slow smooth
> throttle changes, and
> even drafting behind trucks.
> 
> Is this as low as I feel like it is for the engine? 
> What can I do to
> improve it.  I have one more 600 mile pull left at
> the end of this
> summer, and I'd really like to get the best mileage
> I can.
> 
> Yesterday I changed my air filter (still just a
> paper filter), cleaned
> my fuel return line (someone wrote about it as the
> "tip of the year"
> or something on vortex), and fixed my alignment.  I
> might pick up a
> bottle of fuel system cleaner today at autozone
> cause they're cheap
> and I haven't done it yet.  What else is there to
> do?
> 
> And a spinoff question: What else can I do to my car
> now thats
> cheap/free.  I am going to replace my exhaust
> gaskets and do some body
> work, but other than that I'm basically out of stuff
> to work on!  I
> have a ton of free time and need ideas :)
> 
> -Grant-
> 
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