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Not that it's been keeping me up at night, but I've always wondered what the range of my New Beetle was. I knew it was pretty close to the distance of my about-once-a-month multistate commut, but I'd never quite had the chance to be filled up at one end, then try to drive it without refueling.
Well, I had a chance yesterday. I got gas, drove to the Post Office on north Mattis in Champaign, then headed out. Here's the instrument cluster as I was just about to stop and get gas. It's two tics above empty, so there's at least a gallon in the tank (about another 30 miles). I drove another 5 miles before fueling. So the range of the car is about 410 miles, driving mostly at 70 or 75. So I can't quite make the 440 mile commute on a single tank.
