VW golf makes it around the world on 24 tanks of gas.

[Goat]

Just saw on daily planet that a VW golf went around the world on 24 tanks of gas, making an awesome 4.1L/100km on more then one occassion.

That's pretty rad. Feul economy is the next big selling feature for cars and standards are supposed to increase around 18% in the next 6 years.

I wonder if it's all for naught when I flip through and watch another program about super tankers and mammoth machines. More specifically, concerns about a monster of a ship that's used to pull vessels out of the water. With a top speed of 9 knots it burns 120 tons of fuel per day while travelling from destination to destination and anywhere from 60-80 tons of fuel per day to day operation.

Not that I'm condemning the ship, it's one of a kind and designed with specific needs in minds.
With rising fuel costs and ever increasing demands on engineers (and the environment) to design bigger, more powerful machines, the time frame we have to develop alternative high output fuel sources is growing shorter and shorter.

[mapleleaf4ever]

heh 747's when fully loaded burn more fuel on take-off than the average human will their entire lifetime apparently.

Volkswagens kick ass for mileage... especially their Diesels. Even the old ones were good!

[veN]

^ Ya! My '05 diesel jetta is ace for fuel economy - averaging below $40 to fill, and usually 700km per tank :y:

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Damn...that GOOD mileage!....I'd almost buy it for that reason....too bad I can't stand VW...

[veN]

^ come to the dark side wayne..! hehe :P

[Goat]

deisels are fucking amazing period.

they burn cleaner, are more efficient, and can put out crazy amounts of power.

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Originally Posted by Nev

^ Ya! My '05 diesel jetta is ace for fuel economy - averaging below $40 to fill, and usually 700km per tank :y:

Damn....700km is insane....

[Goat]

^no way in hell that's city driving.

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Originally Posted by Goat

deisels are fucking amazing period.

they burn cleaner, are more efficient, and can put out crazy amounts of power.

Not exactly....Diesel burn more black exhuast cuz Diesel is more like raw fuel, and they actually produce less horsepower than gas engines, thats why they make Turbo Diesel to make up in loss of HP, Did you know Diesel engines dont have Spark Plugs? Diesel fuel actually combusts under pressure so you dont need spark to ignite the fuel. Thats why diesel engines knock more than gasoline.

Edit. But Diesel does produce more Torque, to correct myself...

[veN]

Originally Posted by Goat

^no way in hell that's city driving.

Well you shouldn't own a diesel if you're doing only ever doing 5 min trips! Doesn't get the engine hot enough to burn the fuel. but I don't need to tell you that. My commute to work is 20-30min, in medium to heavy traffic. And I drive loooots in my free time. So... it's still damn good :)

[veN]

ps: Jetta is betta

[Goat]

I only mentioned it because way too many people forget that highway and city driving cuase fuel milage to vary hugely.
The newer jetta's are pretty sexy.

[thechix0r]

That's pretty cool...

[veN]

Originally Posted by Goat

I only mentioned it because way too many people forget that highway and city driving cuase fuel milage to vary hugely.
The newer jetta's are pretty sexy.

Oh absolutely! Can be a pretty big jump on some cars. And people always want to quote the better of the two.

And yes, the newer jettas are nice, if you mean the one produced in the first part of the '05 run, before the 16th anniversary edition change in body styling kicking in :P I personally don't care for the "new" look as much.

[Goat]

Originally Posted by Toxxin Ephekt

Not exactly....Diesel burn more black exhuast cuz Diesel is more like raw fuel, and they actually produce less horsepower than gas engines, thats why they make Turbo Diesel to make up in loss of HP, Did you know Diesel engines dont have Spark Plugs? Diesel fuel actually combusts under pressure so you dont need spark to ignite the fuel. Thats why diesel engines knock more than gasoline.

Edit. But Diesel does produce more Torque, to correct myself...

I fix cars for a living, but thanks for handing me my ass over a slip up. Power will always = torque in my books. Fuck going fast, I want to be able to drag a dead whale home when I come back from fishing.

Deisels exhaust comes out black when incomplete combustion occurs; In diesels there's no real set air fuel mixture as the turbo is trying to pump as much oxygen into the chamber as possible. Pull someones mass airflow sensor and throttle positition sensor while the vehicle is running and you can listen to it rev up until the engine seizes/explodes/little from column a and b

[Toxxin Ephekt]

^^, Hehe...I have no idea how to work on a Diesel tho....

[DJDeeb]

What was the engine in that Golf? probably the 1.4L or 1.6L.