NHBubba's '09 Jetta SportWagon SEL

[IRISHLUCK]

[*]Mileage has fallen recently. My lifetime average is 29.9MPG, but I haven't cleared 30MPG for a single fill-up in over a month now. I used to routinely turn 30-32MPG tanks. But I've also changed my commute since those days.
[*]TSI oil changes are so frickin' easy!
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Anyhow, here's to 40k more, yo.

Good deal. I'm using fuelly.com to track my mileage on the Wagen. So far it's only been in town driving and "spirited" driving on the in town freeways so my mileage is only about 23mpg thus far. I need to take it on a good road trip and see how she does. Another problem is I had the APR Stage 1 tuning done to it about a week after buying it and I can't help but laying into the throttle all the time which is eating up my MPG ratings. :thumbup: Here's my fuelly page: http://www.fuelly.com/driver/irishluck/jetta

 

[nhbubba]

Yeah, I use fuelly too. Link is in the first post, but here it is again:

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/nhbubba/jetta

Nearly every drop of fuel I've put through the JSW is logged, all 40k miles worth. Almost $2100 worth of fuel in 2010 alone! :bonk:

 

[IRISHLUCK]

Yeah, I use fuelly too. Link is in the first post, but here it is again:

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/nhbubba/jetta

Nearly every drop of fuel I've put through the JSW is logged, all 40k miles worth. Almost $2100 worth of fuel in 2010 alone! :bonk:

It's been a while since I read the beginning of the thread, whoops!

 

[s4mt3k]

mmm wow did I seriously miss this thread this whole time?? Sub'd. Liking the new purchases :thumbsup:

 

[nhbubba]

Thanks, we'll see how my monies were spent...

 

[nhbubba]

 

[nhbubba]

 

[nhbubba]

Hitch installed.

Will do the electrics tomorrow.

 

[nhbubba]

How about lowering it?:biggrin:

So I took the JSW to the Sandwich Fair this weekend. (Mmmm, fried dough!) I got tagged to drive 3 friends. I should have taken photos of the designated 'parking lot' for said fair. Basically they had us pull into an empty field through a couple hundred year old rock wall. Except there was a rutt between the field and the road. They piled up scrap wood to try to bridge the gap. No problem for the F150 and Subie Outback crowd, but... I was convinced I was going to loose the front clip... didn't happen. Made it okay. Thought I was home free, then I heard the hitch slap down and grind. Kinda glad I have the hitch on there as it kind of acts like a skid plate for the rear end of the car.

All this and I'm at the factory ride height. No fucking way does living in New England jive with lowered cars.

 

[s4mt3k]

that's if you equate living in new england to being at a fair all the time

something tells me u go to a fair in cali it might be the same

 

[s4mt3k]

and fix ur pix!

 

[nhbubba]

and fix ur pix!

Better?

Seems I can't make my shit private in picasa and still share here...

 

[s4mt3k]

yeshhh

 

[apollosfury]

meh, i'm lowered and don't scrape too much but i'm not what i would consider slammed.

hitch looks good!

 

[nhbubba]

I actually almost got completely hung up on the hitch backing out of a driveway recently. Fortunately the car is FWD and you can just power through. Will have to get under there with the rattle can before winter. Kind of understand why the euro-hitch is so desirable.