JoulesThief
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I bought my e-Golf on a lark, as I was curious about owning an electric car. I was also VW brand loyal, and I was rather disgusted with many electric cars having a form factor along with owners that said "look at me... I'm an enviro-nazi, and because I drive electric, you should too!"
October 6th will be one year with the e-Golf.
I've grown quite partial to it. I drive it whenever I can, range, distance and recharge time permitting.
But sometime, I need more... a lot more than the e-Golf can deliver in the timeframe I have to work with and locality. It's an urban warrior. Around where I drive, a lot of highway 14 north of Mojave, there just isn't any recharging infrastructure, unless you own a Tesla with a supercharger pack.
And that's where the TDI comes in.
On 5-17 I drove 363 miles in the Touareg Sport AWD TDI from Los Angeles to the mining town of Tonopah, NV. I didn't have time to charge. I didn't have time to waste refueling. I did drive throughs for lunch on the way there, and dinner on the way home.
The Touareg is big, like a truck, as in 5000 pounds big. I needed all the space for my mining equipment. I needed the AWD to get to the Turquoise mine i was going to on rough chunky dirt road.
Set the cruise control at 70 mph, and she sips diesel. Like in 20.92 gallons to travel 660 miles on one fill up. I had 1/4 of a tank of diesel left at that point. Diesel was inexpensive at 2.219 a gallon at Fort Independence on highway 395 in CA. 31.5 MPG in a vehicle that size and capacity is very efficient.
It was the perfect trip for the Touareg. Today, it's back to the urban jungle and the e-Golf, and 3 cents a mile driving on electricity. Having an e-golf along with a TDI is like having different arrows in your quiver. Chose the right one for the job, if you can afford it.
October 6th will be one year with the e-Golf.
I've grown quite partial to it. I drive it whenever I can, range, distance and recharge time permitting.
But sometime, I need more... a lot more than the e-Golf can deliver in the timeframe I have to work with and locality. It's an urban warrior. Around where I drive, a lot of highway 14 north of Mojave, there just isn't any recharging infrastructure, unless you own a Tesla with a supercharger pack.
And that's where the TDI comes in.
On 5-17 I drove 363 miles in the Touareg Sport AWD TDI from Los Angeles to the mining town of Tonopah, NV. I didn't have time to charge. I didn't have time to waste refueling. I did drive throughs for lunch on the way there, and dinner on the way home.
The Touareg is big, like a truck, as in 5000 pounds big. I needed all the space for my mining equipment. I needed the AWD to get to the Turquoise mine i was going to on rough chunky dirt road.
Set the cruise control at 70 mph, and she sips diesel. Like in 20.92 gallons to travel 660 miles on one fill up. I had 1/4 of a tank of diesel left at that point. Diesel was inexpensive at 2.219 a gallon at Fort Independence on highway 395 in CA. 31.5 MPG in a vehicle that size and capacity is very efficient.
It was the perfect trip for the Touareg. Today, it's back to the urban jungle and the e-Golf, and 3 cents a mile driving on electricity. Having an e-golf along with a TDI is like having different arrows in your quiver. Chose the right one for the job, if you can afford it.
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