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Old 10-11-2009, 04:58 AM
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What is your maximum range of the 2009 A4 with a full tank of gas ? 400? 450?
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I am routinely getting @430 miles a tank under moderate driving conditions.
450-475 via highway seems well within reason. Lots of variables though.
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my max on highway was 400. Made it from New York City, NY to Rochester, NY on 1 tank of gas. near 400 miles.
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365mi local driving
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You sure you guys haven't got diesels out there ????

Mines only down a few tanks of gas (less than 1500 miles) but 300-350 max is all I've seen.
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I'll get appr 400 local driving. Need to drive a lot on the 6th gear though. Only 1600 miles so far.
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With 93 octane; a 6-speed manual and driving on 2-lane and 4-lane (non interstate) roads, with speeds around 55-65 mph I can routinely get approximately 520 miles a tank. With aggressive driving subtract 100 miles/tank.
I love this A4.
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- 700km (440 miles), about 12 litres remaining, outside temp 90f, all highway
- 720km (450 miles), about 7 litres remaining, outside temp 70f, mostly highway
- 630km (390 miles), about 8 litres remaining, outside temp 60f, mostly highway

2009 a4 2.0 Quattro
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Just picked up my preowned '09 with 7,600 miles yesterday in Phoenix. On the drive home to southern CA and a little running around once home (390 total miles) I averaged 30.23 mpg. Just filled it up and it took 12.9 gallons so I guess I had 4 gallons left in the tank. I'm really pleased with the mpg especially considering I averaged about 77 mph.
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I can't say what the maximum range should be except that I usually fill up shortly after the "please refuel" warning comes on -- and put in about 14.5 gal. Hwy driving I easily get 30 mpg (6MT 2.0T) so you could multiply that out and get 435 mi.

My commute to work is about 6.5 miles -- then often drive to lunch maybe 1.5 mi each way. Mix in a few trips of 30 miles hwy driving -- you get the point -- most of my driving is short trips. So far (6+ months) I've gotten MPG ranging from 23 to 26, with average speeds (over the whole tank) of 20 to 26 MPH.

This is actually a bit worse than my B5 1.8T fronttrack. I expect this car will improve a bit with mileage, but EPA estimates would have predicted better than the B5. I really think I drive this car more aggressively though, it's more fun and quite a bit faster than the B5 -- so the 1-2 MPG drop is very much worth it


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