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Raoul

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Brentwood is a ghost town. Very few cars, roads are worse than they were a few weeks ago. Not feeding the drama, just observing what I see. The Tundra doesn't know the difference between ice, snow, or asphalt :)


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Had a blast on the commute in, totally unplowed roads from brentwood to vandy, plenty of people who shouldn't have been out. Went to centennial park for a run since I was cooped up most of yesterday. Beautiful, and nearly deserted.

 

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Most people ducked out of work today, and those who didn't were leaving early to beat the ice. My wife called and asked me to please come home before the ice got so bad I'd be stuck. So, I came on home, driving down perfectly fine roads. No snow, no ice, just some puddles.   :panic:

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I wish, it is a 2.0l with the five speed though. Approaching 200k with no signs of stopping anytime soon.


What Mpg's does it get?

My Dad has a 2001 TDI and he drives like old man slooooooow. But he averages around 47 MPG's with 95% city driving with AC on and has got as high as 52 mpg's when he's kept up with it; all highway driving, no telling what it would get. I think I recall him saying he's got up around 700 miles on a tank and not sure if that is to E or whatever.

He was talking about getting rid of it before he retires and I told him I'd buy it. But I'm trying to make him see, he'll pay more in car payments for a new car than diesel maintenance on the TDI. He just gets pissed when he goes to the VW dealer to do stuff and they always find enough work to jack him for about $1,100. Still, I tell him, $2k a year in maintenance is a drop in the bucket compared to new car payments and insurance.
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What Mpg's does it get?

My Dad has a 2001 TDI and he drives like old man slooooooow. But he averages around 47 MPG's with 95% city driving with AC on and has got as high as 52 mpg's when he's kept up with it; all highway driving, no telling what it would get. I think I recall him saying he's got up around 700 miles on a tank and not sure if that is to E or whatever.

He was talking about getting rid of it before he retires and I told him I'd buy it. But I'm trying to make him see, he'll pay more in car payments for a new car than diesel maintenance on the TDI. He just gets pissed when he goes to the VW dealer to do stuff and they always find enough work to jack him for about $1,100. Still, I tell him, $2k a year in maintenance is a drop in the bucket compared to new car payments and insurance.

I get 28 in town, just shy of 30 in the highway if I don't speed. Comes to just under 400 per tank. I expect that to improve a bit when I rebuild the engine to actually take advantage of the ethanol in our gas now.

 

Weather here is fine, clear but dang cold and all that wet stuff refroze into nice sheets of ice. Entertaining to watch people try and drive on.

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