Car stats

Now that we are once again reduced to foot and taxi (and a ferry tomorrow), we have been able to calculate what we did in the intervening 16 days with the car.

First off, we drove 3083 kilometers.  That translates to roughly 1927 miles, or about 2/3 of the way across the US, but driven entirely in a country the size of Louisiana and with the terrain of Hawaii.

On our travels, we spent about 40 euros in tolls, which were divided nearly equally on the interstates north of Athens, west towards the Isthmus, and crossing the bridge into Patra (which alone cost about $18.00!).

We filled up the tank approximately 3.5 times, with about 210 litres of gas (about 56 gallons) at a cost of approximately 360 euros or about $470, which makes 34 mpg, even with all that mountain driving!

We washed the windshield before we returned the car, but left the mud as a badge of honor for all that this car did for us to make this such an incredible journey.

We whole-heartedly endorse the 2012 VW Passat with manual transmission, and believe that not even Top Gear could have put it through a better test than we did.