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Old 05-05-2007, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by The Swede View Post
I was driving home from the bookstore, behind a new TDI wagon. The license plate read "50 MPG" allsohad a bumper sticker extolling the virtues of biodiesel and a "Starfleet Academy" sticker on the rear window.

Do these really get 50 mpg?
One of our saleswomen used her own 2002 (?) TDI wagon for awhile and used our Wright Express fleet card and she averaged a tick over 48 mpg with a heavy foot but it was mostly highway driving.
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