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Old 06-18-2015, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TiAgX5 View Post
Best hwy range I've ever seen is over 575 miles. I remove the staggered wheels (I have a "for towing/hwy set of 255-19s B'stones, 38 psi), no speeds over 75mph, no AC, windows/sunroof closed. 1100 mile trips between houses in Coppell, TX & Spring Hill, FL with one gas stop. I pull into the FL house garage with 60 miles to "E" showing on OBC.

The sweet spot for MPG with the 4.4 M62 seems to be under 75mph, do 80mph and expect to loose 100 miles in range.
TiAg, just want to let you know, it may be a placebo effect, but my driving style has not changed much, but since I've been putting a bottle of Lucas Upper Cylinder lube in the tank every other fill up or so, my mpg is up 1-2 mpg.

I manually calculated it based on miles on my trip meter and gallons filled yesterday and I was actually at 20.2 mpg on my tank on my 5MT 3.0.

Thanks for the recommendation! Wife just got a clean diesel VW TDI as well so I'll be using it in her vehicle as a lubricant is recommended by many of the TDIClub enthusiasts on their forum, for long and healthy engine life
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