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Originally Posted by DasBoot
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~25mpg, on diesel or vegetable oil
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Originally Posted by Porsche_monkey
You are either using 1.2 litres /100 km or getting a lot of waste oil....
That car might be, uhh 7 litres/100 km?
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Yeah. LOTS of waste oil, and my wife gets paid for mileage. We're saving tons right now, it's nuts, actually.
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Originally Posted by Porsche_monkey
Is the VW engine powerful enough for that big vehicle?
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Eeegh... not real sure. It'll have to be, I guess. The 1.9 idi (pre-TDi) is 90hp stock, ~110 ft/lbs. It can be tickled to about 110hp, 125ftlb before you start to strain it. That's not too far from the 22re, but yeah, I think it'll be slow. I can deal with being a bit sluggish, but I may go out of my mind doing 80km/hr on every hill. Time will tell. Maybe I'll manage to find a balled-up 98-99 TDi with a good engine. That would be a bit better.
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Originally Posted by DasBoot
On topic: You can't teach common sense (male or female). I agree with the above posters. Get her a separate car and hand over the keys.
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I dunno, I have to tread lightly. I may play the pregger card: "we should both hone our defensive driving skills, cuz there's a baby on the way"