Amy Mattinat in the Audi Mileage Marathon
Asylum hd by Amy Mattinat
I’m off on an adventure!
Tomorrow morning I get up bright and early to hop on a plane to Denver Colorado. Jody Devere from www.askpatty.com asked me if I would like to represent Ask Patty and participate in the Audi Mileage Marathon by driving a new Audi A4 TDI Clean Diesel from Denver to Las Vegas. Of course I said YES!
The Audi Mileage Marathon started on Oct. 6th. A Fleet of 23 diesel-powered Audi’s rolled out of NYC and started heading west. The first wave was from NYC to Chicago. The second wave was from Chicago to Denver. I’m on the 3rd wave: Denver to Las Vegas. The last wave will be from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
This mileage marathon is a way for Audi to introduce the USA to their new clean diesel technology. Most Americans have a preconceived notion that diesel fuel goes into trucks and is very smelly, dirty and it makes the vehicle hard to start.
Clean diesel is all the rage in Europe, and I am psyched to get my hands on the wheel of the Audi A4. Its a 3.0 liter, turbo-diesel V-6. Otherwise known as a high performance touring sedan.
The fleet also consists of the Q7 SUV, the Q5 and the A3: a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder sportsback. I will try to get some drivers to switch cars with me so I can check them all out, but there seems to be a little competition going on with the various teams trying to get the best mileage possible in their group.
Getting the best gas mileage means going under the speed limit. Put me in an Audi turbocharge and ask me to go slow? This is a bit counter-intuitive… but I will try and control myself and follow the game rules and try to get the best mileage possible.
Will be updating each night and will take pictures of my adventure to share!
