Out of interest, does the GTI economy get a little better as the miles grow ?
Whilst I obviously didn't buy the car to get GTD economy levels (nor will it ever), one thing I've noticed is that even if driven sedately it seems to take an age to get past the 30 mpg mark. On a run home from work the other day (around 17 miles), warm temperatures, fairly busy motorway so around 55-60 mph average, in my GTD I would typically get anywhere between 57-62 mpg, whereas in the GTI (with minimal hold ups), I just about broke 40 mpg (which in itself I know is an engineering feat for a 230ps petrol engine with an automatic box), and that was driving like a granny at around 50-60mph, but was wondering if this would improve slightly as the miles went on. Currently I have less than 200 miles on the clock, so very much not run in yet, and I've tried both normal and Eco modes (very similar to each other).
My GTD's I noticed seemed to get much better beyond around 1000-2000 miles and upwards (delivering their best consistent MPG's around the 8k miles upwards). Didn't know if modern TFSI engines were also quite tight and running some sort of mild "running in map" like the diesel engines.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, it's a beautiful drive and the MPG is probably the one and only sacrifice I knew I would be giving up swapping to a GTI, and don't regret it for a second, just wondering.