Slow Motion Mountain Runs
A good day spent driving through Canberra’s mountain roads in the company of former Australian rally driver Ed Ordynski.
Sound cool? It was, but we weren’t there to set a time through some special stage. We were taking part in Volkswagen’s Think Blue fuel efficiency challenge.
That’s right, the challenge was to see who could drive the most economically with the winner decided by the average litres per 100km fuel consumption from four runs in four cars on an urban and mountain route.
Sounds less exciting but like all competitions things heat up fairly quickly.
The breakdown? Got lost on all four runs. Scored 9.6L/100km in the Touareg, 5.7L/100km in the Tiguan, 4.4L/100km in the Passat CC and 4.1L/100km in the Golf.
The Passat figure was enough to beat Ed Ordynski’s 4.8L/100km benchmark, so I’ll happily take that win.
As for BlueMotion technology, it most definitely works to help lower fuel figures but the ultimate influence on consumption is driving behaviour and that could prove harder to guarantee.
Dave
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