rfortson":s88i2gj1 said:Another ex-TDI owner. Turned in my Jetta Sportwagen in early December. I miss it, but I'm really enjoying the e-tron. Stinks that VW did this, but I'm not complaining about getting basically what I paid 5 years ago for a fun car that I drove for 5 years/60k miles. My wife is keeping her Jetta Sedan TDI (6MT), which is fine by me since her car gets great highway mileage, better than the e-tron. Plus, the next hurricane evacuation will be easier since we won't be looking for gas.
On he freeway, our Golf TDI got 45-48 mpg regularly. Same trip in hybrid hold in the Audi gives 40-42 at best. So for strictly highway miles, the TDIs were better. Of course, in town we now use no fuel on our predominantly short trips, while the Golf got 32. So overall we are ahead.srwhitney":5iiqygeq said:From everything I've read the e-tron gets better mileage than the TDIs ever could. What kind of numbers are you getting?
arne":319u7hkg said:On he freeway, our Golf TDI got 45-48 mpg regularly. Same trip in hybrid hold in the Audi gives 40-42 at best. So for strictly highway miles, the TDIs were better. Of course, in town we now use no fuel on our predominantly short trips, while the Golf got 32. So overall we are ahead.srwhitney":319u7hkg said:From everything I've read the e-tron gets better mileage than the TDIs ever could. What kind of numbers are you getting?
arne":2ikqzhad said:On he freeway, our Golf TDI got 45-48 mpg regularly. Same trip in hybrid hold in the Audi gives 40-42 at best. So for strictly highway miles, the TDIs were better. Of course, in town we now use no fuel on our predominantly short trips, while the Golf got 32. So overall we are ahead.srwhitney":2ikqzhad said:From everything I've read the e-tron gets better mileage than the TDIs ever could. What kind of numbers are you getting?
Rpgonzalez":2ovynb45 said:arne":2ovynb45 said:On he freeway, our Golf TDI got 45-48 mpg regularly. Same trip in hybrid hold in the Audi gives 40-42 at best. So for strictly highway miles, the TDIs were better. Of course, in town we now use no fuel on our predominantly short trips, while the Golf got 32. So overall we are ahead.srwhitney":2ovynb45 said:From everything I've read the e-tron gets better mileage than the TDIs ever could. What kind of numbers are you getting?
To play devils advocate, my trip computer would over exaggerate actual mpg by up to 6mpg. More than any other car Ive ever owned. So while I miss my display telling me that I was making 46mpg, it was never much more than 40mpg with the calculator. That being said, we will have to see if the e-tron engages in the same level of exaggeration.
Too lazy to do the math myself anymore. I use Fuelly.com and their app on my iPhone. I agree that most on board mileage are inaccurate.rfortson":tamzse30 said:Yeah, all my mileage figures are calculated by hand. I've never seen a mileage calculator in any of my cars that was anywhere close to accurate.
arne":kml5dgjn said:Too lazy to do the math myself anymore. I use Fuelly.com and their app on my iPhone. I agree that most on board mileage are inaccurate.rfortson":kml5dgjn said:Yeah, all my mileage figures are calculated by hand. I've never seen a mileage calculator in any of my cars that was anywhere close to accurate.
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