GTD/GTI - competition time! Whats your average MPG from start (long term ;) )?

[adekil]

I only read briefly some time ago comments in the other 'MPG' forum post (which I can't find now) such as about needing to get to 20K miles on the clock to see the benefits of a GTD but seems to me GTI owners are getting better if not the same from delivery - makes no sense to me.

I'm no expert but in any new/used car, diesel should be better than petrol economically if driving the same style...

I still love this car, but would I have been happier with the GTI

[Mr Savage]

I only read briefly some time ago comments in the other 'MPG' forum post (which I can't find now) such as about needing to get to 20K miles on the clock to see the benefits of a GTD but seems to me GTI owners are getting better if not the same from delivery - makes no sense to me.

I'm no expert but in any new/used car, diesel should be better than petrol economically if driving the same style...

I still love this car, but would I have been happier with the GTI

Flinty, of course people can drive whatever car they want but I just don't want people to get this false impression that the average GTI owner is getting 40MPG all the time because this couldn't be further from the truth. On the odd occasion perhaps, driving at a constant speed on the motorway as you say.

I can safely say that driving normally, in the city the average will read somewhere near 30MPG. Any enthusiastic prodding of the throttle will quickly show you below that 30MPG mark, driving like miss daisy will see you just over that mark. I once managed 41 MPG but that was all the way on a motorway and this is where the GTI's economy excels.

Adekil, the grass is always greener on the other side. I can assure you that the GTD will always achieve higher MPG than a GTI if driven the same way. The GTI is a thirsty animal when driven enthusiastically.

[monsta]

I find motorway not to be that good but A/B roads on a run are better.

Just to clarify, this is the actual long term read out not your best short term.   My best short term is 43 MPG but my long term (from 0 miles) is quite different 

[2014GTi]

I have a question, does anybodies long-term mpg counter reset every so often? Is there a limit which it reaches and then resets? 

[TwoSheds]

I have a question, does anybodies long-term mpg counter reset every so often? Is there a limit which it reaches and then resets? 

 Quote from handbook

'' It resets after a total of individual journeys up to a total of 19 hours and 59 minutes or 99 hours and 59 minutes journey timer or 1,999.9 km or 9,999.9 km distance travelled. If one of these limits is exceeded, the memory is automatically deleted and reset to 0.''

[2014GTi]

I have a question, does anybodies long-term mpg counter reset every so often? Is there a limit which it reaches and then resets? 

 Quote from handbook

'' It resets after a total of individual journeys up to a total of 19 hours and 59 minutes or 99 hours and 59 minutes journey timer or 1,999.9 km or 9,999.9 km distance travelled. If one of these limits is exceeded, the memory is automatically deleted and reset to 0.''

Hi,

thank you for the information, just what I was looking for

[linc-dub]

Long term currently for my GTD at 22,000 miles is 47.6 - not bad as I don't hang around chaps

[Mark V GTD]

51.6mpg Long term (about 1,500 miles).

[charv94]

36.9 GTI 1800 miles on the clock

[remlapeel]

I did 32k in my GTI before switching out. My average was 34mpg long term. My 1100 miles in my R is 28mpg