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103 messages, Last post on Oct 16, 2008 at 8:33 AM
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Mar 22, 2007 11:06 am) agreed. It just makes a good case for the bunny, since it is an iron block, and is bigger in displacement and has the almighty extra cylinder. They do weigh about the same, but i think its still in the favor of the 3. Actually the new figures for the 2.5 in the rabbit will be 170hp and 177 lbs of torque in the same rpm range. Its just better high end and a higher redline that i would like. |
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Well I have over 18000 km on my 2007 rabbit and I now get about 36.161 MPG of highway drivng at about 120km/75miles. City I get about 28.4125 MPG. I think this works out pretty well |
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Replying to: dscanuck (Apr 09, 2007 8:52 am) Automatic or manual? |
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Replying to: dscanuck (Apr 09, 2007 8:52 am) It could be that you drive a lot of highway; but then there is no explanation as to why your city miles are so high. The rabbits highway driving stickers at 19 mpg city and 28 highway (new epa standards.) So you get and astounding 9 mpg in the city and 8 mpg on the highway more? Hmm... I drove to asheville this weekend and about 90% of all my driving was highway at about 75 mph and i got a record 362.2 miles to a tank. That resulted in an average of 28 mpg, my best tank ever. With your numbers, JUST driving in the city and assuming you pump the usuall 13 us gallons that the rabbit takes you should be able to go about 365-370miles (even better than what i got driving mostly highway) in the city and about 470 on the highway. My civic could not even do that, even factoring in its smaller gas tank. I agree this works out very well! But you must be the only one of us to have a diesel. 
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 10, 2007 4:54 am) "City" mileage will vary a lot. Because what people call "city" driving varies a lot. Driving in Chicago traffic, for example, is far different from Milwaukee. What the EPA tests is probably more like the latter. CR test came up with 16 mpg for the Jetta 2.5, IIRC...Rabbit would presumably be about the same. Theirs is a pretty tough test, probably simulates the Chicago or NY type of driving. |
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I do my driving here in Canada. I drove 600 on 3/4 of a tank and then when I arrived i drove 50km back and forth to someones house then filled up it took 52 L. (sorry Metric system). When i first bought the Rabbit i was getting really really bad km's but after reaching 18 000km it has been amazing
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Replying to: dscanuck (Apr 11, 2007 5:52 pm) You still haven't answered if you drive an automatic or a manual.
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Replying to: pulgo (Apr 11, 2007 7:14 pm) Besides, if the car stickers at 19/28 regardless of tranmission, i'd say his numbers are great.
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 12, 2007 5:15 am) As you said, and I agree completely with you, I would expect better numbers from this car and YES, I frequent the Mazda 3 board as well.
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Replying to: pulgo (Apr 12, 2007 8:34 am) Plus he's EXCEEDING the epa, out of all the cars to do it in, i think the fact that its the rabbit (which has been labled a gas guzzler here), is the icing on the cake!
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