The most effective way to save fuel is:
- Don’t floor the throttle, use light presses.
- Anticipate the road ahead to avoid heavy braking - where possible just lift off and coast, only using the brake to come to a full stop.
- When cruising ease off the throttle a little - you can do this without losing momentum or speed.
- Try and drive at a constant speed and close enough to the car in front that other cars can’t pull out of junctions in front of you causing you to slow down and build momentum again.
- Lift off the throttle when coasting down hill. Just dab the throttle occasionally to keep momentum.
If you have the active dials set to show Efficiency and Range, the dial on the left showing MPG has a red bar going around the dial. This shows how efficiently you’re driving. Similar to the Think Blue function.
Of course driving like this kind of defeats the purpose of owning a GTI but if you’re stuck on a single carriage A road with zero chance of over-taking then you may as well save some fuel and play the MPG challenge to relieve the boredom!