The cars today are heavier as result of the efforts to make them less fatal in crashes. Hence they burn more fuel to travel the same distance at the same rate. To get them back up to 40 - 50 mpg is rather remarkable. The 1977 Diesel Rabbit weighed 1963 lb. and was rated at 40 mpg on the highway. My 2012 Passat weighs 3360 lbs and gets at least 45 mpg on the highway with the AC running. Comparing the cars of 30 years ago to today's is like comparing apples to oranges.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Dieselhead <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nothing new with 40 to 50 MPG. That was 30+ years ago on 35 to 100 year > old technology. Escort Diesel got 50mpg. Wabbit Diesel got 45-50. Quantum > got 45 mpg fully loaded going 70 MPH. I never checked it for absolute max, > but it probably could hit 50 too. Don't need no stinking battery boat to > get 50 MPG. > > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listons to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
