Blue tape increases Horsepower, green tape increases aerodynamics. Well done. P.S. Our high school auto shop teacher's last name was Pavlov, we called him The Pav, so your mathmatical equation makes perfect sense
I like the videos that include little Sarah. You guys compliment each other. Different sense of humor, both beautiful in their own way and both love cars.
The roughness of the leading edge causes turbulance which causes the air to break into tumbling which servers as wheels allowing the general flow to easily pass by the vehicle thus reducing friction substantially.
This was fun. Thanks for the fun content! I’m amazed at how you can go UP a mountain and still get that much more mpg than even factory! Successful experiment. 💪🏻🤓
Some of the other areas to cover over; Rear wheel wells, use fiberboard and tape to make them flat and smooth against the body panels. * Wiper blades * Hood and door gaps, fuel door cover * Window edges that are not flush * Remove the crossbar if it is deployed on the luggage rack Slightly overinflate the tires, remove the spare from the trunk (reduces weight), take out the floor carpet covers (weight)
James May: That’s the official figure is it? Jeremy Clarkson: Yes James May: From Volkswagen? Jeremy Clarkson: Yes James May: And you believed them? Jeremy Clarkson: Yes
Severe wagon fetish. 😂😂😂 Same! I actually got phenomenal gas mileage driving in Colorado and the Rockies in my 1993 Impreza. The highest I ever got was 36 MPG which is crazy, but never less than 32. I usually get 27-31 in New England if I'm lucky. I figure the car was getting "less" air so the O2 sensor read rich and the ECU trimmed fuel. So I had less overall power I'm sure, but got better MPG. Effectively downsized my engine. Drag coefficient may have something to do with it as well. Loved the scientist segment! 🤣
The Rockies 🤘 when I drive up the mountains I go as fast as I can then throw it in neutral going down, I would turn it off but I need power steering 😂🤘
Great video, Sarah. Again, I love the scenery on your road tests. You and Lil' Sarah are so cute and fun together. What a peach of a pair! Amazing gas mileage from that VW too. Keep up the great work. Love your channel.
I spend 50+ hours a week working at a dealership here in Detroit and I actually look forward to your videos Sarah. Keep up the great work! Love the build videos and the car reviews.
Mini Sarah should be in every video. Also, thanks for adding the metric fuel economy. I'm from Canada, I have no clue what a MPG is. Liters/100 kilometers all the way!
Jeff Goss we don’t use that formula in the United States, so it like speaking a foreign language to me. Lol, Good on you for figuring it out yourself 😉
Ive got to get started working on my Z today .Ill finish watching later. But you girls , and your "Model" stances ,always cracks me up! You two are Full Throttle..!
That's what a manual transmission can do with a good engine, to beat the EPA rating by a wide margin. It is a shame that many car journalists believe that nowadays an automatic (CVT) transmissions can do better. I have a car with CVT and know exactly how it saves fuel: by cutting throttle input! A manual transmission should be way more efficient. This is the car I want to get when I am ready for next new car. Well, hope it still exists by that time. Sarah, you are a smart driver and your car will probably last forever!
I forgot that the Sportwagen got a Sarah-review. Cool! Just got a Sportwagen 4-Motion. Let the modding begin! 30% tint - done Up next: aftermarket Golf R LED headlights, Bilstein coil-overs, black 18's (brand tbd) w/ Michelin Pilot 4S's, APR stage-1
The green vs. blue tape thing sounds like something that a NASCAR crew chief would say. BTW, was anyone else singing Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" to themselves during this video?
I did this similar thing with my 2015 Chrysler 200C AWD with the 3.6L V6 Engine and the 9 Speed Automatic Transmission, and on a few different long distance drives I have managed to get over 45 MPG Consistently with my wife and our luggage in the car as well. We drove from the Chicago area up through Wisconsin, around to Michigan's UP and all the way across then down through Michigan. While driving from Wisconsin and through the UP I was averaging 46-48 MPG. Driving it from where we live now in Utah to Dallas TX, Through Southern UT and into NM I saw an average about 45 MPG. It's not rated anywhere near these numbers, but there is an art to getting that mileage out of a car.
The green tape added .0000001% solor induction to the car, combined with the double pumper holly bobby direct induction twin turbo, you guys have a very fast car! Great video :)
The last time I had a teacher that looked like Professor Sarah was in the First grade. Her name was Ms. Reed. She was a tall red head from Texas. And yes, at six years old I took notice of her short skirts. And the difference between the 37mpg factory rating and your 48mpg was totally due to the green tape!
I also have a wagon fetish. Had a Datsun 810 wagon with the straight 6, smooth as silk, manual transmission, back when Datsun(Nissan) made really good cars. Had to go to SUV's when the wagon market dried up. Nice video
Watkins Glen International Speedway and the annual Green Grand Prix the first Friday (I think it’s always a Friday) in April. About 40 cars, (hybrids, EVs, cars converted to run on used cooking oil, colleges’ car “creations”, diesels, and usually a couple Miata’s and some other “regular” cars). Two hours of driving the cars between speeds of 35 mph to 50 mph through all the curves, straightaways, and last year even the hairpin turns of the formula one section. Box lunch afterwards, motor cross time trials through the pylons in the parking lot in the afternoon and a nice banquet dinner and awards at the end of the afternoon. Always a great day. Thanks to WGI and Bob Gillespie.
Volkswagen has a good reputation for getting good gas mileage on there cars and you make a great looking teacher love your videos good to see little Sarah
Nice work. When I was building and testing hybrid systems, we had an F450 test platform. I used to drive that around Phoenix every day at the same time on the same route at the same speed and filled up at the same pump. Eventually we realized that trying to measure the fuel used by topping up the 40gal tank up was not accurate when we only used 4 gallons (especially since diesel foams up). So we put a small fuel cell on the back with quick disconnects lines and I made a quick disconnect mounting system for it and I would break out a scale at the gas station, fill it up and weigh it before I left, then weigh it when I returned. It was much more accurate. Got some weird looks though.
Thank for the drive up Mt. Lemmon.... Lived in Tucson and that was always my stress relief to drive to the top and stop at most of the vistas.... Your great Sarah's (Both of you)
If you are considering rally, I highly recommend practicing shuffle steering and keeping your thumbs out of the steering wheel. Thanks for posting another great video!
Totally dig your car reviews Sarah, keep'm comin' if they keep letting you review cars. Sarah^2 makes them even more entertaining, and her off hand quirky remarks are the beez kneez .. Her "this isn't how I normally stand" poses are also friggin' adokable! :) .. You two are awesome!
Heading from Phoenix to Minneapolis tomorrow. I’ll cruise at 80-85 and expect over 45 mpg. The best way to hypermile is with elevation. Filling in Albuquerque 5130’ driving back to Phoenix 1086’ I’ll end up getting close to 55 mpg. Loved the review and love the vw. It’s a nice looking wagon.
Another good place to test this would be I-70 Eastbound in Colorado from the Eisenhower tunnel to Denver, a distance of nearly 60 miles downhill. I got 40 mpg going downhill, highest ever in my car. Going westbound, uphill, now thats a different story. Not exactly the pikes peak hill climb, but for an interstate, its pretty crazy going from Denver at 5,000 ft above sea level to Eisenhower tunnel, at 11,000 ft above sea level, in 50 miles. Thats about a 2.2% incline constantly for 50 miles. Eisenhower tunnel is the highest point on the interstate system. Obviously there are many other roads with crazier grades, but for an interstate with 70 mph speed limits, people could really fuck that up very easily. Going eastbound/downhill feels like your in a runaway car. I-70 between Denver and its end in Utah is, hands down, the most spectacular pieces of interstate in the country. Glenwood canyon is especially fun and beautiful to drive though!
How did you not use Pink tape!? That’s your channel’s color 😄 Love the glasses and large belt look- smart and yet sophisticated 😎😊 Fun challenge! You gave it your all! 🚗💨 You rock Tall Sarah! 🐞❤️🐞
Keep in mind that the car's mass air flow sensor and ECU are working to maintain the ideal air-to-fuel stoichiometric ratio of about 14.7 grams of air for each gram of fuel burned in the engine. By doing this test in the high desert where the air is considerably less dense than it would be at sea level in a more humid climate, you are going to use less fuel. Also, I suspect that the added weight of the green tape likely offset the aerodynamic gains it created. And still no visit to the Mt. Lemmon cookie cabin!
The manufactures strip the cars down and use special extra hard compound low rolling resistance tires. Weight makes more difference than drag on most cars unless you are adding a bunch of accessories. Driving style trumps all.
If your going to start driving off road your going to have to break the habit of driving with your thumbs in the steering wheel. The tires can grab a rut or rock & spin the steering wheel so fast & hard it can break your fingers. Always drive with thumbs out of the steering wheel & tight against your hand so it can spin without you getting hurt. Good luck! love your vids!
If you had gotten non-ethanol gas, probably only available in super unleaded, you would get slightly better milage due to higher BTU content per gallon....😎
@@PetrolJunkie generally speaking your statement is false.... In order for a fuel injector to operate @ a lower pulse width for the same given amount of power output (HP) it would have to have more available energy per gallon of "gasoline", ( in this case BTU ). Higher octane does not necessarily equate to higher available energy of gasoline, for instance typically here in town standard 10% ethanol blend of super unleaded is rated 93 octane and non-ethanol super unleaded is rated 91 octane. Alcohol has almost half the available BTUs of regular gas, so in this equation the ethanol blend would have available 5% less per gallon. Adding alcohol to gasoline is just a cheap way to increase octane and subsidized the farming industry thanks to President Bush who mandated it's use in petroleum fuel in this country and also muchly shortened it's available storage life causing Americans to give more money to the oil industry, with oil revenue providing his family income. (SORRY FOR GOING OFF TOPIC THEIR).... Octane rateing is directly correlated to how slowly a ignited gasoline flame front will travel in a combustion cylinder, so actually there becomes a point were too high of a octane fuel used in a standard passenger vehicle will result in less milage due to not being able to be burned fast enough to achieve the required workload, all other test perameters being equal, this is also why spending more money on higher octane gasoline than a vehicle requires is a waste of money if you factor the mpg to $ ratio.... 😎
@@bassmasterbriThat is true where you live. At the pumps locally the ethanol fuel, blended from 5% to 15% is 87 octane. E85 which is the "pure" ethanol is 95 octane. Petroleum only is rated at 87, 91 - 92 octane. (Cars are typically rated for 87 - 91 octane, with performance vehicles bumping up to 91-93. If too low of an octane fuel is used the engine will idle rough and not produce as much horsepower.) Real world driving experience with a flex-fuel 2011 Silverado work truck with mostly highway (not interstate) driving with a near bed load limit of tools and materials. Driving the same route daily while I tested this to win an argument with company money managers. I get 12MPG with E85. I about 14-16MPG on 5-15% blends. I get 18MPG on pure petroleum gas. The more ethanol in the fuel the more fuel by volume that must be injected (Usually by increasing injector duration in response to the O2 sensor readings) to match the BTU needed for a clean, efficient, burn. The ethanol, dollar per mile, was actually equal to and often higher than using the cheap 87 octane petroleum because of the better gas mileage. I generally use the 5-15% blends because it's like getting free fuel injector cleaner with your fuel. :-D I live in a state that heavily benefits from Ethanol production. The reason most higher octane fuels will get better gas mileage in higher performance engines because the low octane fuels in those engines will cause an incomplete burn, rough idle and sluggish response. The spark timing and intensity is shorter and higher, the fuel does not ignite and burn properly blowing more fuel that normally out the exhaust unburnt. In grocery-getters, high octane fuel is a waste of money because it will get lower gas mileage. The spark timing is more generalized, it's longer and usually not as strong as needed to properly ignite. (There is a whole discussion about how spray patterns, timing, and compression effects atomization, and how atomization effects how a fuel burns. Not getting into that here.)
@@bassmasterbriand... To correct you some more. Octane rating is a measure of how much compression pressure can but placed on the fuel before it ignites. You can not run 87 octane in a high compression engine because it will knock, which is detonation due to pressure and not spark. Octane refers to eight hydrocarbon atoms linked together, which resists compression better than shorter hydrocarbon chains. 87 octane means 87% eight atom hydrocarbon chains in the fuel and the remaining 13% is made up of chains that will detonate with less pressure. Which is why you need a higher octane rated fuel for a higher compression engine. But petroleum has a natural limit on hydrocarbon chain length which is why for higher compression engines alcohol is preferred because it has a higher pressure to combust. BTU and octane are unrelated except in the blended fuels where alcohol is used to put push the octane rating above the natural limit of petroleum. (Things you need to understand when building high horsepower, forced induction, motors.) While alcohol can handle more pressure, it's BTU is lower. You need more alcohol by volume to get the same BTU, there for you can not get better miles per gallon with Ethanol by switching to alcohol based or blended fuels.
Octane rating of ethanol is 113, which means to get anything lower the Ethanol is being blended down, reducing the alcohol pure volume, once again requiring the volume of fuel needed to achieve the same BTU to be higher than gasoline. Ethanol BTU is about 76000, petroleum gas is about 125,000 depending on the actual blend of hydrocarbons. Per gallon of fuel.
Loved the s hook teacher attire! Gas mileage was very good, but ideal conditions. No one drives that way real world. I hate start stop technology, excessive wear on starter and strain on battery. Time will tell, especially when customers are stuck with Bill's to repair it. Mt Lemmon has some hairy drop offs! Thanks to the Sarah times 2 show!!!
Hi Sarah (s). You need a part two (dos) to this video. Now you need to take this same car on the exact same trip, only driving for maximum fun (Fahrvergnügen). I would love to see the difference in fuel economy.
So, get the Alltrack-S w/the 1.8t instead...yes? Next, show us what the 1.4t can be tuned too. Wagons, they're long and get the job done. Thanks Sarah and Sarah for helping with car science.
A couple of other thing to increase mileage, Wax the car, seriously it helps more than you think, ask any pilot. I mean, have you ever seen a filthy plane? Higher than normal tire pressure, will help mileage but not tire life! Empty the tank, its weight that you dont need. Which ever Sarah weights less drives, Nascar only hires tiny lightweight drivers BTW it got better mileage than my Vtwin Harley
Damn that fan was loud, must have been a crazy hot day. I used to remember the VWs running in the Middle East and the engine fan would be running loud as hell
In Australia they drive on 98 octane which is 20 cents per litre more than the regular 91 octane so it doesn't sound great. The car you drove also has a supercharger explaining why it's called the TSI.
I’d love to see the same test with the diesel Volkswagens. Station wagons are so practical it seems natural to extend the practicality to fuel mileage. The dieselgate VW’s with low miles are dirt cheap right now
This was super fun! Laughing from the start, so much science! Thank you, this was good! I always go with the old school tan masking tape, it's only worth a single hp, but the weight savings over the stuff with the weight of all that color is huge. I also have no clue what sarah is talking about with her candy mountains.
I just tested the 2019 Alltrack version in gray.Color combination was incredible as for Beans you nailed it. Take care ladies nice to see little Sarah looking to cute 🤷♂️
I live in Northern California's Central Valley and just drove up to Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and then back down to the valley. I got the best average mileage my car has ever recorded on this trip (calculated by actual fuel use). I was really surprised.
Hi Sarah and Sarah, i checked and calculated my mpg earlier today and averaged 31.6 mpg not bad for a 24yr old 2ltr 8v Green audi coupe 😁 (which is my daily driver)
I picked up a 17 Jetta with the 1.4 TSI EA211 engine. These are great little engines, and I regularly get slightly over 40 in mixed driving, (5-speed, 87 octane). I got 43 on a road trip... maybe I need some green tape too!
I got that same mpg out of a brand new rental 2019 Toyota Camry. I was the 1st driver for this car out of the Louisville airport. From the car rental counter the car only had 3 mi on .
I would never miss class if I had Teacher Sarah
I thought I was watching Miss Bell ASMR in the garage science part.
I swear when I was in high school there was a 250 pound minimum weight to be a teacher
Charlie the unicorn! Charlie, Charlie, lets go to Candy mountain.
Charlieeeeeeeeeeeee
As soon as I seen little Sarah in your thumbnail I hit the thumbs up before I watch the Vlog from the little Sarah Fan Club😍
Where do l sign up to the Little Sarah Fan Club?
Me too😍
Blue tape increases Horsepower, green tape increases aerodynamics. Well done.
P.S. Our high school auto shop teacher's last name was Pavlov, we called him The Pav, so your mathmatical equation makes perfect sense
@neil saich Lateral force increase
I like the videos that include little Sarah. You guys compliment each other. Different sense of humor, both beautiful in their own way and both love cars.
The roughness of the leading edge causes turbulance which causes the air to break into tumbling which servers as wheels allowing the general flow to easily pass by the vehicle thus reducing friction substantially.
This was fun. Thanks for the fun content! I’m amazed at how you can go UP a mountain and still get that much more mpg than even factory! Successful experiment. 💪🏻🤓
Spyder Garage Well, you go down also.
Some of the other areas to cover over;
Rear wheel wells, use fiberboard and tape to make them flat and smooth against the body panels.
* Wiper blades
* Hood and door gaps, fuel door cover
* Window edges that are not flush
* Remove the crossbar if it is deployed on the luggage rack
Slightly overinflate the tires, remove the spare from the trunk (reduces weight), take out the floor carpet covers (weight)
James May: That’s the official figure is it?
Jeremy Clarkson: Yes
James May: From Volkswagen?
Jeremy Clarkson: Yes
James May: And you believed them?
Jeremy Clarkson: Yes
Love your reviews. It’s great to see 2 Sarah’s together. Initial D is an awesome anime. You should watch Wagan midnight after Initial D.
Wangan midnight
Severe wagon fetish. 😂😂😂 Same!
I actually got phenomenal gas mileage driving in Colorado and the Rockies in my 1993 Impreza. The highest I ever got was 36 MPG which is crazy, but never less than 32. I usually get 27-31 in New England if I'm lucky.
I figure the car was getting "less" air so the O2 sensor read rich and the ECU trimmed fuel. So I had less overall power I'm sure, but got better MPG. Effectively downsized my engine.
Drag coefficient may have something to do with it as well. Loved the scientist segment! 🤣
Genna do a spoof of her like you did scotty and chris?
@@jadz684z 😂😂😂 I don't think I'd be fooling anybody with that one.
@@802Garage use a wig dont give it thought give it beans hahahaha
The Rockies 🤘 when I drive up the mountains I go as fast as I can then throw it in neutral going down, I would turn it off but I need power steering 😂🤘
@Walter K Bauer Totally missed your comment, didn't load the first time, hahaha. Yeah my car def has a few extra speed holes...
Great video, Sarah. Again, I love the scenery on your road tests. You and Lil' Sarah are so cute and fun together. What a peach of a pair! Amazing gas mileage from that VW too. Keep up the great work. Love your channel.
I spend 50+ hours a week working at a dealership here in Detroit and I actually look forward to your videos Sarah. Keep up the great work! Love the build videos and the car reviews.
I'm also in Detroit. What brand do you sell?
Vinnie B I work 80+ hours a week so you’ll have something to look forward to 😊❤️
@@strassafrass1 Chevy/parts dept.
Mini Sarah should be in every video.
Also, thanks for adding the metric fuel economy. I'm from Canada, I have no clue what a MPG is. Liters/100 kilometers all the way!
PoochooTrain she can’t, she has a life and works/goes to school.
She got it way wrong but included the base numbers. It's actually more like 4.8 rather than 5.8. But points for trying
Jeff Goss we don’t use that formula in the United States, so it like speaking a foreign language to me. Lol, Good on you for figuring it out yourself 😉
Sarah -n- Tuned seriously good mileage though - more like my motorcycle than an entire car
Ha HA love the Teacher Look! I didn’t know when i taped my bumper I might have been saving fuel!!!! LOL
Ive got to get started working on my Z today .Ill finish watching later.
But you girls , and your "Model" stances ,always cracks me up!
You two are Full Throttle..!
That's what a manual transmission can do with a good engine, to beat the EPA rating by a wide margin. It is a shame that many car journalists believe that nowadays an automatic (CVT) transmissions can do better. I have a car with CVT and know exactly how it saves fuel: by cutting throttle input! A manual transmission should be way more efficient. This is the car I want to get when I am ready for next new car. Well, hope it still exists by that time.
Sarah, you are a smart driver and your car will probably last forever!
HOORAY! my favorite are Sarah AND Little Sarah videos. Intellectual Sarah reminds me of a Van Halen,
hot for teacher video.
I forgot that the Sportwagen got a Sarah-review. Cool!
Just got a Sportwagen 4-Motion. Let the modding begin!
30% tint - done
Up next: aftermarket Golf R LED headlights, Bilstein coil-overs, black 18's (brand tbd) w/ Michelin Pilot 4S's, APR stage-1
The green vs. blue tape thing sounds like something that a NASCAR crew chief would say. BTW, was anyone else singing Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" to themselves during this video?
Garage science Sarah
@Mud Brawler Increasing profit margins* We, the consumer certainly aint seeing that savings in production cost. :(
I did this similar thing with my 2015 Chrysler 200C AWD with the 3.6L V6 Engine and the 9 Speed Automatic Transmission, and on a few different long distance drives I have managed to get over 45 MPG Consistently with my wife and our luggage in the car as well. We drove from the Chicago area up through Wisconsin, around to Michigan's UP and all the way across then down through Michigan. While driving from Wisconsin and through the UP I was averaging 46-48 MPG. Driving it from where we live now in Utah to Dallas TX, Through Southern UT and into NM I saw an average about 45 MPG. It's not rated anywhere near these numbers, but there is an art to getting that mileage out of a car.
Always entertaining. The Dynamic Duo strikes again. The crowd goes wild!😁💖💖
The green tape added .0000001% solor induction to the car, combined with the double pumper holly bobby direct induction twin turbo, you guys have a very fast car! Great video :)
The last time I had a teacher that looked like Professor Sarah was in the First grade. Her name was Ms. Reed. She was a tall red head from Texas. And yes, at six years old I took notice of her short skirts.
And the difference between the 37mpg factory rating and your 48mpg was totally due to the green tape!
Thanks for the memories little Sarah! I had a co-worker years ago that would always greet me with "Charlie! Let's go to Candy Mountain, Charlie!"
I also have a wagon fetish. Had a Datsun 810 wagon with the straight 6, smooth as silk, manual transmission, back when
Datsun(Nissan) made really good cars. Had to go to SUV's when the wagon market dried up. Nice video
We had a 810 sedan when I was in my teens. (also a '78 Celica GT that I learned to drive on) Loved having cool imports before imports were cool.
You two are talented and entertaining. Easy on the eyes also. I am surprised you haven't been picked up for a TV show!
Watkins Glen International Speedway and the annual Green Grand Prix the first Friday (I think it’s always a Friday) in April. About 40 cars, (hybrids, EVs, cars converted to run on used cooking oil, colleges’ car “creations”, diesels, and usually a couple Miata’s and some other “regular” cars). Two hours of driving the cars between speeds of 35 mph to 50 mph through all the curves, straightaways, and last year even the hairpin turns of the formula one section. Box lunch afterwards, motor cross time trials through the pylons in the parking lot in the afternoon and a nice banquet dinner and awards at the end of the afternoon. Always a great day. Thanks to WGI and Bob Gillespie.
Volkswagen has a good reputation for getting good gas mileage on there cars and you make a great looking teacher love your videos good to see little Sarah
I absolutely love all your videos, your car reviews and the mechanic side of it
Loved the giving the beans section; bitting ur lip and the look in ur eyes made me feel the excitement and fun you were having!
Nice work. When I was building and testing hybrid systems, we had an F450 test platform. I used to drive that around Phoenix every day at the same time on the same route at the same speed and filled up at the same pump. Eventually we realized that trying to measure the fuel used by topping up the 40gal tank up was not accurate when we only used 4 gallons (especially since diesel foams up). So we put a small fuel cell on the back with quick disconnects lines and I made a quick disconnect mounting system for it and I would break out a scale at the gas station, fill it up and weigh it before I left, then weigh it when I returned. It was much more accurate. Got some weird looks though.
My gf and I sure enjoyed my '66 Dodge Monaco wagon back in high school.....
The only time I've heard anyone saving on gas is coasting down a mountain
Thank for the drive up Mt. Lemmon.... Lived in Tucson and that was always my stress relief to drive to the top and stop at most of the vistas.... Your great Sarah's (Both of you)
If you are considering rally, I highly recommend practicing shuffle steering and keeping your thumbs out of the steering wheel. Thanks for posting another great video!
Totally dig your car reviews Sarah, keep'm comin' if they keep letting you review cars. Sarah^2 makes them even more entertaining, and her off hand quirky remarks are the beez kneez .. Her "this isn't how I normally stand" poses are also friggin' adokable! :) .. You two are awesome!
Drag Coefficient improvements: Try high voltage (>200KV) DC on the leading edge. Call it a "bug zapper". lol It'll go faster too. *grin*
It’s nice to see Little Sarah again!
Teacher Sarah 🔥🔥🔥
More like my first *ex teacher.
Another Awesome Video, Dos Sarahs! Dig all the outfits, Ladies, especially Little Sarahs!
Thank you baby !! . you havethe best review on this 1.4 t wagon vw . !!! I love your videos and you . keep up your nice smile !!
Heading from Phoenix to Minneapolis tomorrow. I’ll cruise at 80-85 and expect over 45 mpg. The best way to hypermile is with elevation. Filling in Albuquerque 5130’ driving back to Phoenix 1086’ I’ll end up getting close to 55 mpg.
Loved the review and love the vw. It’s a nice looking wagon.
Little Sarah is my spirit animal! Candy mountain Charlie!!!
I generally watch a few mins of car review vids but they not for me but this was as entertaining as ur usual vids great job
"A magical liopleurodon, hell show us the way to candy mountain"
This was one funny video - looks like you two had a lot of fun making it.
The 1.4TSi has ACT if Im not mistaken, which means it only uses 2 cylinders at low torque. That can be very beneficial in certain situations.
It's a magical liopleurodon! It has shown us the way.
Another good place to test this would be I-70 Eastbound in Colorado from the Eisenhower tunnel to Denver, a distance of nearly 60 miles downhill. I got 40 mpg going downhill, highest ever in my car. Going westbound, uphill, now thats a different story. Not exactly the pikes peak hill climb, but for an interstate, its pretty crazy going from Denver at 5,000 ft above sea level to Eisenhower tunnel, at 11,000 ft above sea level, in 50 miles. Thats about a 2.2% incline constantly for 50 miles. Eisenhower tunnel is the highest point on the interstate system.
Obviously there are many other roads with crazier grades, but for an interstate with 70 mph speed limits, people could really fuck that up very easily. Going eastbound/downhill feels like your in a runaway car.
I-70 between Denver and its end in Utah is, hands down, the most spectacular pieces of interstate in the country. Glenwood canyon is especially fun and beautiful to drive though!
There's definitely a 'Charlie the Unicorn' reference at 8:21 :)
How did you not use Pink tape!? That’s your channel’s color 😄 Love the glasses and large belt look- smart and yet sophisticated 😎😊
Fun challenge! You gave it your all! 🚗💨
You rock Tall Sarah! 🐞❤️🐞
they didn't have any, lol
Well, this proves that the green tape does actually help.
This is by far the best video yet!!..Love this format.. Keep it UP
Keep in mind that the car's mass air flow sensor and ECU are working to maintain the ideal air-to-fuel stoichiometric ratio of about 14.7 grams of air for each gram of fuel burned in the engine. By doing this test in the high desert where the air is considerably less dense than it would be at sea level in a more humid climate, you are going to use less fuel. Also, I suspect that the added weight of the green tape likely offset the aerodynamic gains it created. And still no visit to the Mt. Lemmon cookie cabin!
The manufactures strip the cars down and use special extra hard compound low rolling resistance tires. Weight makes more difference than drag on most cars unless you are adding a bunch of accessories. Driving style trumps all.
Sarah, that was one of the most enjoyable videos yet. Thanx
I had to turn off the fuel economy display, felt like it was always chastising me
Uphill with awd and a passenger as big as a full grown Emperor penguin, pretty good mpg
If your going to start driving off road your going to have to break the habit of driving with your thumbs in the steering wheel. The tires can grab a rut or rock & spin the steering wheel so fast & hard it can break your fingers. Always drive with thumbs out of the steering wheel & tight against your hand so it can spin without you getting hurt. Good luck! love your vids!
good to see sidekick Sarah; what's she doing now that she's not in the military?
Electrical Engineer
@@SarahnTuned Good for her ! She seems very smart so should do quite well.
If you had gotten non-ethanol gas, probably only available in super unleaded, you would get slightly better milage due to higher BTU content per gallon....😎
Also, if you use a tank full of higher octane fuel, the car will use a smaller fuel charge per cycle just like if you use regular gas vs ethanol.
@@PetrolJunkie generally speaking your statement is false.... In order for a fuel injector to operate @ a lower pulse width for the same given amount of power output (HP) it would have to have more available energy per gallon of "gasoline", ( in this case BTU ). Higher octane does not necessarily equate to higher available energy of gasoline, for instance typically here in town standard 10% ethanol blend of super unleaded is rated 93 octane and non-ethanol super unleaded is rated 91 octane. Alcohol has almost half the available BTUs of regular gas, so in this equation the ethanol blend would have available 5% less per gallon. Adding alcohol to gasoline is just a cheap way to increase octane and subsidized the farming industry thanks to President Bush who mandated it's use in petroleum fuel in this country and also muchly shortened it's available storage life causing Americans to give more money to the oil industry, with oil revenue providing his family income. (SORRY FOR GOING OFF TOPIC THEIR).... Octane rateing is directly correlated to how slowly a ignited gasoline flame front will travel in a combustion cylinder, so actually there becomes a point were too high of a octane fuel used in a standard passenger vehicle will result in less milage due to not being able to be burned fast enough to achieve the required workload, all other test perameters being equal, this is also why spending more money on higher octane gasoline than a vehicle requires is a waste of money if you factor the mpg to $ ratio.... 😎
@@bassmasterbriThat is true where you live. At the pumps locally the ethanol fuel, blended from 5% to 15% is 87 octane. E85 which is the "pure" ethanol is 95 octane. Petroleum only is rated at 87, 91 - 92 octane.
(Cars are typically rated for 87 - 91 octane, with performance vehicles bumping up to 91-93. If too low of an octane fuel is used the engine will idle rough and not produce as much horsepower.)
Real world driving experience with a flex-fuel 2011 Silverado work truck with mostly highway (not interstate) driving with a near bed load limit of tools and materials. Driving the same route daily while I tested this to win an argument with company money managers.
I get 12MPG with E85. I about 14-16MPG on 5-15% blends. I get 18MPG on pure petroleum gas. The more ethanol in the fuel the more fuel by volume that must be injected (Usually by increasing injector duration in response to the O2 sensor readings) to match the BTU needed for a clean, efficient, burn.
The ethanol, dollar per mile, was actually equal to and often higher than using the cheap 87 octane petroleum because of the better gas mileage.
I generally use the 5-15% blends because it's like getting free fuel injector cleaner with your fuel. :-D
I live in a state that heavily benefits from Ethanol production.
The reason most higher octane fuels will get better gas mileage in higher performance engines because the low octane fuels in those engines will cause an incomplete burn, rough idle and sluggish response. The spark timing and intensity is shorter and higher, the fuel does not ignite and burn properly blowing more fuel that normally out the exhaust unburnt. In grocery-getters, high octane fuel is a waste of money because it will get lower gas mileage. The spark timing is more generalized, it's longer and usually not as strong as needed to properly ignite. (There is a whole discussion about how spray patterns, timing, and compression effects atomization, and how atomization effects how a fuel burns. Not getting into that here.)
@@bassmasterbriand... To correct you some more. Octane rating is a measure of how much compression pressure can but placed on the fuel before it ignites. You can not run 87 octane in a high compression engine because it will knock, which is detonation due to pressure and not spark.
Octane refers to eight hydrocarbon atoms linked together, which resists compression better than shorter hydrocarbon chains. 87 octane means 87% eight atom hydrocarbon chains in the fuel and the remaining 13% is made up of chains that will detonate with less pressure. Which is why you need a higher octane rated fuel for a higher compression engine. But petroleum has a natural limit on hydrocarbon chain length which is why for higher compression engines alcohol is preferred because it has a higher pressure to combust.
BTU and octane are unrelated except in the blended fuels where alcohol is used to put push the octane rating above the natural limit of petroleum. (Things you need to understand when building high horsepower, forced induction, motors.) While alcohol can handle more pressure, it's BTU is lower. You need more alcohol by volume to get the same BTU, there for you can not get better miles per gallon with Ethanol by switching to alcohol based or blended fuels.
Octane rating of ethanol is 113, which means to get anything lower the Ethanol is being blended down, reducing the alcohol pure volume, once again requiring the volume of fuel needed to achieve the same BTU to be higher than gasoline. Ethanol BTU is about 76000, petroleum gas is about 125,000 depending on the actual blend of hydrocarbons. Per gallon of fuel.
Loved the s hook teacher attire!
Gas mileage was very good, but ideal conditions. No one drives that way real world.
I hate start stop technology, excessive wear on starter and strain on battery. Time will tell, especially when customers are stuck with Bill's to repair it.
Mt Lemmon has some hairy drop offs!
Thanks to the Sarah times 2 show!!!
Thanks for brightening up a grey dreary day in the UK.
Hi Sarah (s). You need a part two (dos) to this video. Now you need to take this same car on the exact same trip, only driving for maximum fun (Fahrvergnügen). I would love to see the difference in fuel economy.
So, get the Alltrack-S w/the 1.8t instead...yes? Next, show us what the 1.4t can be tuned too. Wagons, they're long and get the job done. Thanks Sarah and Sarah for helping with car science.
I just drove 240 miles over three mountain passes 9k to 11k in elevation and averaged 62mpg! 2015 golf tdi. Beat that Sarah.
Now I want to daily that vw! Great review and the TAPE did help it get 4 to 5 more mph lol.
A couple of other thing to increase mileage,
Wax the car, seriously it helps more than you think, ask any pilot. I mean, have you ever seen a filthy plane?
Higher than normal tire pressure, will help mileage but not tire life!
Empty the tank, its weight that you dont need.
Which ever Sarah weights less drives, Nascar only hires tiny lightweight drivers
BTW it got better mileage than my Vtwin Harley
Wax the car, doesnt make no sense, you comparing a car & airplane both have different aerodynamics.🤦♂️
Damn that fan was loud, must have been a crazy hot day. I used to remember the VWs running in the Middle East and the engine fan would be running loud as hell
That was a brilliantly entertaining review. Absolutely loved it. Great work.
Little Sarah is hilarious.
What a treat you brought a friend
In Australia they drive on 98 octane which is 20 cents per litre more than the regular 91 octane so it doesn't sound great. The car you drove also has a supercharger explaining why it's called the TSI.
Beautiful and funny. A rare combination Sarahs. Love your videos!
I’d love to see the same test with the diesel Volkswagens. Station wagons are so practical it seems natural to extend the practicality to fuel mileage. The dieselgate VW’s with low miles are dirt cheap right now
This was super fun! Laughing from the start, so much science! Thank you, this was good!
I always go with the old school tan masking tape, it's only worth a single hp, but the weight savings over the stuff with the weight of all that color is huge.
I also have no clue what sarah is talking about with her candy mountains.
Omg Little Sarah, i still have that video saved on my computer somwhere!!! Lmao
I just tested the 2019 Alltrack version in gray.Color combination was incredible as for Beans you nailed it. Take care ladies nice to see little Sarah looking to cute 🤷♂️
My family owns a 2016 Golf Sportwagon and I went from Savannah Georgia to Charlotte NC on one tank of fuel
I live in Northern California's Central Valley and just drove up to Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and then back down to the valley. I got the best average mileage my car has ever recorded on this trip (calculated by actual fuel use). I was really surprised.
Hi Sarah and Sarah, i checked and calculated my mpg earlier today and averaged 31.6 mpg not bad for a 24yr old 2ltr 8v Green audi coupe 😁 (which is my daily driver)
Sarah you looked like a scientist With those glasses on Hello Fun size Sarah I'm glad you decided to make an appearance
I picked up a 17 Jetta with the 1.4 TSI EA211 engine. These are great little engines, and I regularly get slightly over 40 in mixed driving, (5-speed, 87 octane). I got 43 on a road trip... maybe I need some green tape too!
It was the tape! Fun vid Sarah.
Teacher Sarah: You are a bad boy! Go to my room! 😍
they usauly average the mpg on an urban cycle of 30 mph so that's great mpg you two work well together
Can you make a video on hypermiling in an STI? 25 mpg would make me jump for joy in it.
I got that same mpg out of a brand new rental 2019 Toyota Camry. I was the 1st driver for this car out of the Louisville airport. From the car rental counter the car only had 3 mi on .
Excellent test Sarah - and thanks for the nerdy classes, definitely adds variety to your channel. (McDonald's theme starts - I'm lovin' it)
Great Video and I am glad Sarah back. you both need to do the video together. That is were the magic work.
Vtec sticker on that would have given it over 500hp!!!!!!!!!!
Candy mountain and the look at my horse, my horse is amazing are hilarious
I was thinking TG when you broke out the tape🤣. I wouldn’t believe the VW onboard computer......😉 Great video👍 you can’t beat some science.
I live and work in Colorado and I do get better MPGs when there's equal or more downhill driving.
Very nice. Hopefully the new 1.4 TSi engines are better then the previous generation. These were mechanically bad!
Yeah, thumbs up for the wagons!
Great job you two and you both looked very nice today. Very professional 👍
Jason Fenske couldn't have given a better explanation of drag coefficient. And your drawing skills are far superior to his. LOL