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High-mpg Taylors drive a Volkswagen Passat 1,626 miles on one tank of gas

AutoBlogGreen -- John and Helen Taylor – Volkswagen calls them "mileage experts" and "the world's most fuel efficient couple" – recently drove a stock 2012 Passat TDI SE all the way from Houston, TX to Sterling, VA without refueling. That's 1,626.1 miles from just 19.3 gallons. Bad with numbers? VW has done the math for you: it's 84.1 miles per gallon (we came up with 84.2, but who's counting?).

The three-day trip happened earlier this month, and it turns out that the Taylors are not new to the high mileage game. They have previously set the "48 Contiguous U.S. States Fuel Economy Guinness World Record." Still, the new Passat TDI record is impressive and it mimics some of the ways that Gerdes runs his hypermiling trips. As you can see in the gallery, the gas tank was filled to the brim with gas (see here)

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Submitted May 08, 2012 By: dgerst

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Van_Halen Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,959 Points:666,295 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 9, 2012 11:11:25 AM Ignore Van_Halen Report Abuse . The question still remains of how many miles the vehicle was towed, trucked, or trailered during the trip? If it took me three days to drive 1600 miles I would slit my wrists (especially with 2 people capable of sharing the driving).
335d1 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,514 Points:784,795 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: May 9, 2012 6:22:50 AM Ignore 335d1 Report Abuse Go diesels!
kenji554 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:1,217 Points:532,320 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 9, 2012 6:08:07 AM Ignore kenji554 Report Abuse Maybe checking out the link to their site mentioned in the article would be helpful. They hold several hypermiller records. You don't have to be a "hazard" on the road to get better economy. Conservative driving and using their 30 tips will yield better fuel economy in whatever you drive.
Mark8601 All-Star Author Bakersfield Posts:929 Points:396,435 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 11:09:09 PM Ignore Mark8601 Report Abuse hybred diesel/electric would be fantastic.
listerone Champion Author Boston Posts:3,487 Points:903,530 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 10:16:25 PM Ignore listerone Report Abuse Yes,diesels are that good.I'm on my second one.
benjy Champion Author Chicago Posts:8,703 Points:1,813,385 Joined:Nov 2003	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 10:12:28 PM Ignore benjy Report Abuse ?
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,228,200 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 10:08:09 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Folks they are hypermiling! Must we always ASume people are cheating?
tc17a Rookie Author South Carolina Posts:56 Points:381,345 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 5:32:02 PM Ignore tc17a Report Abuse I love my TDI's but i can't believe everything I read. They need to be more forthcoming with how they did it, what speed and all of that kinda stuff.
GetMaxCashBack Veteran Author Trenton Posts:386 Points:173,775 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 3:52:18 PM Ignore GetMaxCashBack Report Abuse No mention of how they did it. And their website is non-existent.
eric_tdi Veteran Author San Jose Posts:326 Points:170,080 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 3:29:48 PM Ignore eric_tdi Report Abuse Go WV TDI
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:35,260 Points:2,397,120 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 2:27:29 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse i love my 2002 jetta tdi
bandannaman Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,849 Points:365,610 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 2:01:50 PM Ignore bandannaman Report Abuse ok
gizbo123 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,593 Points:1,776,715 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 1:32:43 PM Ignore gizbo123 Report Abuse Big momma gov will not do with less taxes so we save fuel they will just raise taxes on fuel to make up the diff. Either way we will pay. If we go back to horses they would tax hay.
DerHahn Champion Author Illinois Posts:13,887 Points:2,139,510 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 1:03:10 PM Ignore DerHahn Report Abuse although that's not practical mileage (or driving), the small diesels do get better mileage than the same size gas engines. wish the 2.5l diesel had been available here for my mini van. [Edited by: DerHahn at 5/8/2012 1:03:04 PM EST]
ErnieK9LO Champion Author North Dakota Posts:2,803 Points:567,555 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 12:51:59 PM Ignore ErnieK9LO Report Abuse They are a hazard on the road.
Suzzoom Champion Author Nevada Posts:2,495 Points:531,745 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 12:34:25 PM Ignore Suzzoom Report Abuse I sure wouldn't want to be in a hurry & get stuck driving behind them!
Van_Halen Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,959 Points:666,295 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 12:31:20 PM Ignore Van_Halen Report Abuse . At an estimated 43 MPG Highway, it is IMPOSSIBLE for them to get 84.2 MPG even if the trip were non-stop all the way downhill!!!!!!!!! Especially claiming its a stock 2012 TDI Passat. Since it was a three day trip IE NOT non-stop, wasn't downhill, and Obama can fake his birth certificate, putting a sticker on the fuel door means nothing! The whole fuel system wasn't sealed! The officer verifying the signed sticker at trips end has no idea if that was really the other officer's signature, and on and on. With an aquarium pump and two hours, I could refuel the fuel tank from several places along the fuel system bypassing the need to open the fuel filler door. More over just because it took 19.3 gallons to supposedly fill the fuel tank doesn't mean that the vehicle doesn't have an auxiliary fuel tank that was already full. Only vehicles that have been fully inspected and every part of the fuel system sealed at one end of the trip and verified at the other end by the same person that sealed it should be allowed to be in any mileage contest! And BTW MASTERMARINER, we have plenty of Oil so we should be able to drive whatever we want and in my case NEED to be driving. The problem is the EPA, DOE, and Dumbocrats that have caused high Oil prices by not allowing us to get at all the oil and build new refineries!
mastermariner Champion Author Texas Posts:4,787 Points:519,475 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 8, 2012 12:11:21 PM Ignore mastermariner Report Abuse Just goes to show we have the technology all we need is to for-go the gas guzzling monsters that the majority drive.