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A Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest distance travelled by a standard production passenger car on a single tank of fuel.
The attempt, carried out by a team from The Sunday Times, involved driving from Maidstone in Kent to the South of France and back. The Passat BlueMotion finally ran out of fuel close to Calais after completing a distance of 1,526.63 miles.
The route mainly followed French autoroutes, but included some town driving, resulting in an average speed of just over 45 mph.
Gavin Conway, for The Sunday Times, drove the Passat BlueMotion during the three-day record-breaking trip, accompanied by a navigator and video crew. Two AA patrolmen followed the entire attempt in their van to witness the journey independently for the Guinness World Records organisation, which accredited the record.
Powered by a Volkswagen 1.6-litre common rail TDI engine developing 105 PS, the Passat BlueMotion used for the record attempt was a standard production model. In common with the Polo and Golf BlueMotion models, the Passat is fitted with aerodynamic modifications to the bodywork, a lower ride height, Stop/Start, programmed battery charging, longer gearing and low rolling resistance tyres. The result is a vehicle that is completely conventional to drive, service and maintain yet among the most efficient vehicles on the road today.
The Passat BlueMotion’s fuel tank was drained before the record breaking journey and filled with 77.25 litres of standard forecourt diesel, resulting in an overall fuel consumption of 89.83 miles per gallon. This substantially exceeds the Passat BlueMotion’s official combined figure of 64.2 mpg. The resulting fuel cost for the journey works out at just 6.17p per mile travelled.
In setting the record the Passat BlueMotion travelled a distance equivalent to driving from London to Malaga, without needing to refuel or from New York to Los Angeles with a single stop for diesel.
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/volkswagen-world/news/259/1,527-miles-on-one-tank:-passat-bluemotion-sets-new-world-recordA Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest... more
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It could be an entirely new game. Or it could simply be a re-release of the original. All we know at this point is that Activision has registered the url goldeneyegame.com. It should be noted that previous reports have largely quashed hopes for a re-release of the classic Nintendo 64 shooter. Does this mean that Activision is working on an original James Bond title then?It could be an entirely new game. Or it could simply be a re-release of the original.... more
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Consider this link for a detailed description and commentary by Ken Adachi of Educate-Yourself.org: http://educate-yourself.org/cn/unitedgalacticfederationcontact07jun09.shtml
Remarkable!
The images were sent to Radio Show Host of Evident Footprints Don Nicoloff from a caller named Jeremiah. He disclosed his location being from a "vessel" far above our planet where he is a (one) representative (of Earth) and a General of the "United Galactic Federation" which is, to say the least, an amalgam composed of leaders from at least 500 planets within our immediate Galaxy.
Note: There is much documentation or "mention" from "reliable sources" - either through channels or direct contact - as in to say history of this Federation being an actual conglomerate. The first mention I came across was in the form of a series of books beginning around 1980-81 made from sessions of channeled contact with a representative named Ra from a Higher Density of Being.)
Consider this for perspective: Us>Earth>Solar System>Galaxy>>>Universe.
Whether these images are from a planet far off from ours, or images of a forgotten patch of beauty on this planet, I'm in a state of admiration and hope.
However, can anyone find a tree like the one pictured in "BALQUI-NORTHERN HEMISPHERE-WINTER-10" that grows on this planet? I'll attempt a Yahoo! Answers' post, and I've been checking a few "tree" encyclopedias... no thing yet.
"Don't believe, just read!" - Dr. William Deagle
Be well every one...Consider this link for a detailed description and commentary by Ken Adachi of... more
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