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Lifetime Fuel Economy: 35.62 MPG(US)
90 Day Running Average: 41.96 MPG(US) |
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| General Description |
EPA Values |
Year: 2008
Make: Volkswagen
Model: Rabbit
Trim: S
Vehicle Type : Gasoline
Curb Weight: 2975
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EPA City: 22
EPA Highway: 29
EPA Combined: 24 |
| Description |
| Base model 2 door, 5 speed manual, normally aspirated 2.5L inline 5 cylinder. |
| Modifications |
Tires inflated to 51psi.
FM antenna removed.
Wire from fuel injector to inside cabin for use with Harbor Freight DMM with Dwell. Used on 4cyl Dwell setting it provides duty cycle, making it a crude but effective fuel rate meter. Thanks to monroe74 for the instructions on that! ...edit: Not using that anymore and removed the wire, using ScanGauge II now.
External lower grille block. Internal upper grille block. ...edit: Lower grille block is removed. I'll probably put it back on in the winter. |
| Planned Modifications |
I'm only interested in mods that are lease-friendly and can pay for themselves in less than 40,000 miles.
I considered putting on larger tires to increase the final drive ratio, which I believe is optimized for speed rather than economy in this car, but decided that the potential benefit was not worth the cost. ...edit: I'm reconsidering it and have acquired some tires to test with but after doing the calculations I have doubts about it being worth even the cost to mount them.
Ghetto ram air system (combined with WAI), PCV catch can. ...edit: probably not going to do these things. |
