http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/passat.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/passat.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/passat.asp
Phony story
Phony story
Phony story
My whole life I have seen these stupid high mileage stories and I am 60 YEARS old. I always thought that some day people would smarten up... I was wrong.
You vill buy a Volt!!!!
I had a 2003 VW TDI Jetta. I routinely saw 50+ MPG. I once even saw 60 MPG on a trip from KY to FL. My next car was a 2005 VW TDI Jetta. That one routinely gave me mid-40's in MPG. Now, I see advertisements bragging about upper 30's for MPG on TDI Jettas.
This reduction in MPG brought to you by federal government regulations.
Snopes claims the story about Uncle Don Carney is an urban legend and my father once told me he heard the whole thing as it happened. Jesus and God might be infallible, Snopes is not.
The Passat story may be false but see post #11 about the VW Lupo which gets 76mpg.
Snopes is run by a husband and wife, David and Barbara Mikkelson of Los Angeles, and they are Obama supporters. Liberals.
Problem is, I’ve seen it done.
Some fellow here in the Seattle area had a newfangled carb dealie. Fitted onto some big-azz old oil tanker like a Chrysler New Yorker or somesuch.
Local TV station hired a technician, put a reporter with a camera in the front seat, next to the dude driving the car.
Something like 105 miles per gallon. Technicians and mechanics verified everything, but he wouldn’t let them examine the carb.
Heard the story about 3 times, then it totally disappeared, never to resurface.
The guy probably owns an Island in the South Pacific now...