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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: gjroe78 on 16 January 2009, 13:24
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Hi all, what sort of MPG are you averaging in a mk5 GTI or a GTI ED30.
Doin 30 miles to work and 30 miles back on average monday to friday
Tryin to convince the wife that a GT TDI Sport(170) ain't much better MPG wise and the fact that we would have a golf each :grin:
Cheers
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When i work away from home i do a 30 mile (each way) journey to work. Mainly M42/M40 and M6.
Normal driving without jams i would expect 35-38mpg. I have managed over 40mpg on occasions.
Wouldn't expect to get that if it was town/city driving though.
I traded a 130 Gt Tdi for the Gti and i would never get below 40mpg. If careful top 50's mpg and more.
hope that helps
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unfortunately mate you wont convince her much, my mate has the GT170 and rags the sh!t out of it and still manages 50mpg! :shocked:
just tell her you want a GTI or a divorce her choice! :grin: :laugh:
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Yeah she's(my wife) got a mk4 gt tdi (130) now and i'm gonna have that(to mess with) and get rid of my navara so wanted to get her summet newer cos she drives more than me monday to friday then i'll drive the GTI at weekends.
just tell her you want a GTI or a divorce her choice!
I would but i've got more to loose :wink:
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Id say a combined average of town and motorway dirving of about 30 is fair. Thats just normal driving, give it the beans now and again and id say 28.
Mine has dropped quite a bit since the remap :( I just cant help myself.
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sh!t, what else can i say to sway her :grin:
What sort of range you getting on a full tank and how much is a full tank(ish)
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My (V-power) mpg makes me cry. :cry: So much so I don't look at it any more.
Think I was averaging somewhere between 16 and 19mpg last time I looked! :shocked:
This is because I have a 4 mile journey to work which starts off at a crawl for a miles or so, followed by a short 1 junction blast down a free-running 4 lane section of the M60 (where I can't help putting my foot down on) and then another 500 yard crawl which takes 5 mins due to some road works. :angry:
Even when the route is clear I burn plenty of fuel and end up having too much fun as it's a nice sequence of interesting roundabouts along a dual carriage way. :wink:
My last car a BMW 530i Sport did better mpg, but then my journey was longer and less congested.
I did see 36mpg on a 120 mile m-way run down to my bro's averaging a little over the national speed limit - anything closer to 80/90 brings it down to 30ish.
TBH I never worry too much these days about mpg, otherwise I may as well buy a boring diesel - atleast my mpg is better than my bro's Focus ST which is damn scary. :grin:
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Hi,
I average 30ish (over 3000 miles) and get approx 330-360 miles per tank (though i only let it run to just before the red), you can argue that Diesel is at least 15% more expensive than petrol, i read that you need to do 20,000 miles a year to make a diesel cost effective gien the increased price of purchase and the fuel.
R
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I have a crap journey to and from work yet still get around 32MPG. Doing a steady 90 on the motorway I get around 37, when I'm having fun 25ish.
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I see on average 32mpg on a 14 mile run to work which is a mix of town and A Roads,
Interestingly enough a lady that I work with has Leon FR 170 Diesel and lives nearby, she gets 7-8mpg more than I do.
Best I have seen is 39mpg on a 300 mile trip and I wasnt driving liike miss Daisy.
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Mine has dropped quite a bit since the remap :( I just cant help myself.
really cant say i noticed much since my remap mate and i got a pretty heavy foot. what you think its come down by?
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Low 20's, mainly local driving.
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Mine has dropped quite a bit since the remap :( I just cant help myself.
really cant say i noticed much since my remap mate and i got a pretty heavy foot. what you think its come down by?
ITs quite hard to explain without having you sitting in the car looking at the mpg readout. An example will be a straight flat road, I will be in 4th doing about 30, I will have my foot VERY slightly on the go pedal a few cms if that and its saying im doing 26mpg. Im commute to Canary Wharf which I do 3 times a week used to be about 30-32 now its 28-30. Hoever I think a lot of that is that when I give it the beans it uses much more and I just cant help myself, its the mpost addictive thing since herorin lol :D
Motorway journeys have been affected to. Im in Reading today which is a 70 mile single trip, I used to get 35-37 easy doing this trip, this morning I got 32 . . . :undecided: This is by no means a complaint, I wasnt expecting my mpg to go UP after the remap, and its hardly lots, just thought it was worth a comment. Yours not changed cookie?
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i do 15 miles each way to work and its half motorway and half town driving - i get around 30mpg
i've had 450 miles from the tank during a 60mph all the way journey to and from Plymouth
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Just nipped out of the office to go a mile or so down the road to out other site and my over-all average since I reset it about a month or so ago it 25.6mpg.
I think that VW engines get looser and more economical as the mileage increases - I have less than 8000miles on the clock.
:)
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I have had about 252 from a 55 litre tank and simialrly over 360 from the same amount. The GTI does not like a 8 mile round trip commute, I think when it does that regularly it just gets depressed and starts drinking a lot more than it should.... :smiley:
I have seen my trip computer show 43mpg ..on a long motorway, cruise control fed run. Have a pic of the display but it wont resize from photobucket right now, it would be too big.
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I average about 330 miles per tank, mainly 10 miles journeys here and there and some about town stuff, with a couple of longer drives thrown in for good measure. mpg improves when the missus drives it but apparently she was not born with a lead right foot :grin:
mpg went up with new tyres and having them filled with Nitrogen, not sure whether it is a gimmick or not.
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The GTI does not like a 8 mile round trip commute, I think when it does that regularly it just gets depressed and starts drinking a lot more than it should.... :smiley:
So true. In a 7-8 mile stop start commute with one or bits where I can blast it, 20-25mpg was norm.
In a 7-8 mile commute in free-flowing (but busy) traffic where I can't floor it but stay at 40-50mph, I get just over 30mpg.
Sometimes on the motorway I get 35mpg but the way I drive, it's more like 30mpg. I once got 26mpg on a 160 mile journey that I completed in two hours. Normally takes 2.5hrs and online maps/GPS say it'd take 3 hrs.
Dunno bout you guys but I have a real problem with trying to stay off the gas pedal.
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I averaged 29.1mpg on my Mk5 GTI. This was over 27k miles.
I averaged 29.5mpg on my ED30. This was over 9k miles.
All measurements done using distance travelled between fill-ups. The car's computer was inaccurate by about 0.5 to 1 mpg.
Currently averaging 24.3mpg on my R32 :shocked: but it has only done 1700 miles - expecting this to improve to about 26mpg by about 10k miles. The ED30 improved from 27mpg to 29.5mpg over its 9k miles.
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Mine has dropped quite a bit since the remap :( I just cant help myself.
really cant say i noticed much since my remap mate and i got a pretty heavy foot. what you think its come down by?
Its quite hard to explain without having you sitting in the car looking at the mpg readout. An example will be a straight flat road, I will be in 4th doing about 30, I will have my foot VERY slightly on the go pedal a few cms if that and its saying im doing 26mpg. Im commute to Canary Wharf which I do 3 times a week used to be about 30-32 now its 28-30. Hoever I think a lot of that is that when I give it the beans it uses much more and I just cant help myself, its the mpost addictive thing since herorin lol :D
Motorway journeys have been affected to. Im in Reading today which is a 70 mile single trip, I used to get 35-37 easy doing this trip, this morning I got 32 . . . :undecided: This is by no means a complaint, I wasnt expecting my mpg to go UP after the remap, and its hardly lots, just thought it was worth a comment. Yours not changed cookie?
no TBH, i dont watch the actual MPG on my highline though i watch the average and know what i should be doing where if you know what i mean and it all adds up, i have been doin some ridiculous mileage recently though, i did a couple thousand miles last week and i dont tend to go slow around the windy roads of mid wales anyway work or not, dont bother worrying about it anymore as alot is for work and gets subsidized anyway. :smiley:
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Sort of the same here, I get 15p a mile for work trips. Im not going to let it bother me and just enjoy it :D
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Sort of the same here, I get 15p a mile for work trips. Im not going to let it bother me and just enjoy it :D
15p :shocked: i only get 11.25 now with fuel comming down :cry: :grin:
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Oh yeah, you have jsut reminded me of the memo that went around the other day, its gone down to 12p as of 1st of Jan. wayne kerrs lol
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Oh yeah, you have jsut reminded me of the memo that went around the other day, its gone down to 12p as of 1st of Jan. wayne kerrs lol
my company uses e-mail :smug: apparently a 20th century invention :grin:
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yeah yeah, its an email with a memo attachment you sarcy bast@rd :D
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have been doin some ridiculous mileage recently though, i did a couple thousand miles last week and i dont tend to go slow around the windy roads of mid wales anyway work or not, dont bother worrying about it anymore as alot is for work and gets subsidized anyway. :smiley:
Slightly off topic but do you claim the Mileage Allowance Relief back?
I keep looking at it as I do a lot of miles a year for work but never want to get the tax man involved in my finances, :wink:
But if your company is paying you 12ppm you might be able to get tax relief up to 40ppm which may be better in your pocket than theirs.
More details here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-mileage.htm (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-mileage.htm)
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have been doin some ridiculous mileage recently though, i did a couple thousand miles last week and i dont tend to go slow around the windy roads of mid wales anyway work or not, dont bother worrying about it anymore as alot is for work and gets subsidized anyway. :smiley:
Slightly off topic but do you claim the Mileage Allowance Relief back?
I keep looking at it as I do a lot of miles a year for work but never want to get the tax man involved in my finances, :wink:
But if your company is paying you 12ppm you might be able to get tax relief up to 40ppm which may be better in your pocket than theirs.
More details here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-mileage.htm (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-mileage.htm)
It all depends on what car option you are on for your company. This is how ours works.
Option A - You have a company car which is leased by the company and you keep for 3 years (budget on monthly payments is determined by CO2 emissions). You get 12ppm for a petrol engine.
Option B - You are given £3500 a year in the form of car allowance which is taxed and added to your salary. You get 40ppm for a petrol engine.
Option C (what im on) - You get £5500 a year in the form of car allowance which is taxed and added to your salary. You get 12ppm for a petrol engine.
I don't do MASSIVE miles so went for the higher initial allowance. Which basically gave me £350 a month to pay off any sort of finance.
HTH.
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It all depends on what car option you are on for your company. This is how ours works.
Option A - You have a company car which is leased by the company and you keep for 3 years (budget on monthly payments is determined by CO2 emissions). You get 12ppm for a petrol engine.
Option B - You are given £3500 a year in the form of car allowance which is taxed and added to your salary. You get 40ppm for a petrol engine.
Option C (what im on) - You get £5500 a year in the form of car allowance which is taxed and added to your salary. You get 12ppm for a petrol engine.
I don't do MASSIVE miles so went for the higher initial allowance. Which basically gave me £350 a month to pay off any sort of finance.
HTH.
Thanks for that, really useful, I don't get a car allowance of any sort so I just claim mileage, but htis has give me some ideas of how to get my salary increased :evil: :laugh:
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Yeah, I effectively get paid an extra £5500 a year as I don't have to spend the money on a car. Could just buy a hunk of junk and pocket the extra £350, but where's the fun in that lol.
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have been doin some ridiculous mileage recently though, i did a couple thousand miles last week and i dont tend to go slow around the windy roads of mid wales anyway work or not, dont bother worrying about it anymore as alot is for work and gets subsidized anyway. :smiley:
Slightly off topic but do you claim the Mileage Allowance Relief back?
I keep looking at it as I do a lot of miles a year for work but never want to get the tax man involved in my finances, :wink:
But if your company is paying you 12ppm you might be able to get tax relief up to 40ppm which may be better in your pocket than theirs.
More details here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-mileage.htm (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-mileage.htm)
yes mate already claimed for this period :wink: not alot gets past me when there is cash involved! :grin: only drawback i have now is my role is YET AGAIN changing so i wont be doing the same mileage as this period which means i might owe taxman some money, dont know yet!
thanks anyway :afro:
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Tax mans comming to get ya !!
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Tax mans comming to get ya !!
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its alright mate i'll send him a memo! :grin: :laugh:
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I get ~23mpg on a daily commute of 5 miles in each direction with medium to heavy traffic. Depressingly the trip computer shows my average speed for the journey as ~17mph :embarassed:
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I get ~23mpg on a daily commute of 5 miles in each direction with medium to heavy traffic. Depressingly the trip computer shows my average speed for the journey as ~17mph :embarassed:
I got to say Im horrified at some of the reported mpg's on here. Since my first service a couple of weeks back I have noticed a considerable increase in mpg. Now that I have taken a conservative effort to calm down my driving I am seeing an easy 31mpg on a 16mile round trip to and from work with a cold start.
Im not saying that this is what you will get if you drive an R32... just whats possible if you drive a little smarter. :wink:
(did only see 21mpg on the way home last night though :evil:)
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Its very hard to compare MPG as its varies so much depending on how the individual drives and the roads they are driving on (i.e big hill, small hills, no hills)
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i drive 8 miles to work on a mixture of 30mph and bypass (60!?) mph and i never see less than 28 29 on the way to work, however on the way home i often see 32 33? same roads, traffic similar. weird!
My average on the obc is 29.8 and lead foot gets his way 9/10!!
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i drive 8 miles to work on a mixture of 30mph and bypass (60!?) mph and i never see less than 28 29 on the way to work, however on the way home i often see 32 33? same roads, traffic similar. weird!
My average on the obc is 29.8 and lead foot gets his way 9/10!!
Is it uphill going to work?! :grin:
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I get ~23mpg on a daily commute of 5 miles in each direction with medium to heavy traffic. Depressingly the trip computer shows my average speed for the journey as ~17mph :embarassed:
The weather is probably to blame, cold wet and windy conditions can knock as much as 20 percent off average MPG.
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BUT cars go faster in the cold :D
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i drive 8 miles to work on a mixture of 30mph and bypass (60!?) mph and i never see less than 28 29 on the way to work, however on the way home i often see 32 33? same roads, traffic similar. weird!
My average on the obc is 29.8 and lead foot gets his way 9/10!!
Is it uphill going to work?! :grin:
Na not at all, its all very flat!! Id understand if it was uphill on the way and down on the back!! :laugh:
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i drive 8 miles to work on a mixture of 30mph and bypass (60!?) mph and i never see less than 28 29 on the way to work, however on the way home i often see 32 33? same roads, traffic similar. weird!
My average on the obc is 29.8 and lead foot gets his way 9/10!!
Is it uphill going to work?! :grin:
Na not at all, its all very flat!! Id understand if it was uphill on the way and down on the back!! :laugh:
Is the engine already warm when you set off for home??
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i drive 8 miles to work on a mixture of 30mph and bypass (60!?) mph and i never see less than 28 29 on the way to work, however on the way home i often see 32 33? same roads, traffic similar. weird!
My average on the obc is 29.8 and lead foot gets his way 9/10!!
Is it uphill going to work?! :grin:
Na not at all, its all very flat!! Id understand if it was uphill on the way and down on the back!! :laugh:
Is the engine already warm when you set off for home??
No not really, il pull up for work bout 8:57 and then wont use it again til 17:30!! so would have cooled since i drove to work!
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I would understand if it was the otherway around. I often get 27-30mpg on the way to work, but only 22mpg on the way home :lipsrsealed:
But then I do like to get home a little quicker than i like to get to work :evil:
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I drive both 170GT and Ed 30.
Both are used on similar types of journey and if anything the diesel is driven a little harder..............
170 averages 42mpg, Ed 30 averages 31 mpg. :wink:
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I think I own the best MPG for the gti!
I did 582 miles to a tank (sitting at 56mph behind various different lorries after I saw on Mythbusters about a 60% increase in MPG if you slipstream a lorry)
I'm on 23p a mile from work so by getting almost 600 miles from a tank instead of 300 it doubles my income!
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Not sure I can stay behind a lorry for that long at 56mph in my R32..... :rolleyes:
Thats some mpg for a GTI, you sure you not in at diesel GTSport? :laugh:
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I did 582 miles to a tank (sitting at 56mph behind various different lorries after I saw on Mythbusters about a 60% increase in MPG if you slipstream a lorry)
:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
You must have a lot of patience :laugh:
How far behind the lorries do you travel - I'd be afraid of all the grit they chuck off their rear tyres chipping my front end :rolleyes: :grin:
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^^^^^ yes congratulations for not falling asleep behind the wheel doing that WobGTI :grin:
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Is the MPG from a ED30 around the same as the standard GTI??
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Yes, ive had 2 standard GTi's and now my Ed30, have to say, about 1mpg difference. :smiley:
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36mpg on the way to work this morning!! :grin: :grin: :grin: Only took me 2mins longer too...
Having that service was the best thing I have ever done, would never have got that before.
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36mpg on the way to work this morning!! :grin: :grin: :grin: Only took me 2mins longer too...
Having that service was the best thing I have ever done, would never have got that before.
Nice one ... where did you get it serviced this time ... and were you happy with them ?
Where do you work ? ... obviously not Leeds centre :evil: :grin:
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36mpg on the way to work this morning!! :grin: :grin: :grin: Only took me 2mins longer too...
Having that service was the best thing I have ever done, would never have got that before.
Nice one ... where did you get it serviced this time ... and were you happy with them ?
Where do you work ? ... obviously not Leeds centre :evil: :grin:
VW Elland road... service was alot better than before when it was Richard Alexandra. I do a 8 mile blast along the ring road and selby road.. just past cross gates. Dual carriage most of it but a few traffic lights too. Might have had something to do with it being so cold and only about 5litres of juice in the tank :cool:
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Why people buy cars like the gti and r32 and worry about mpg figures is beyond me! If i was worried about mpg figures i would get a diesel. If i wanted to have fun and enjoy the car i would buy a petrol and fill it up when it needs it (which i do) Couldnt care if i save £1 from lifting off abit on the motorway for 5 minutes, id rather floor it and enjoy it :laugh:
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People worry about fuel cost because they are tough times and not everyone has money in the bank just waiting to be used for petrol.
Yes we have bought a 2.0T / V6 engined car, but its nice that sometimes it can return a decent figure.
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Why people buy cars like the gti and r32 and worry about mpg figures is beyond me! If i was worried about mpg figures i would get a diesel. If i wanted to have fun and enjoy the car i would buy a petrol and fill it up when it needs it (which i do) Couldnt care if i save £1 from lifting off abit on the motorway for 5 minutes, id rather floor it and enjoy it :laugh:
Who said anything about worrying?? :rolleyes:
I was simply reporting back my observation as I set off slightly early to work this morning. Just chose not to exceed the speed limit thats all... and wouldnt say I was driving like a granny.
It just seems to be myth that R32's are excessively juicy, but its always nice to show the other side of the coin. If I remember correctly T_T often states that he can easily get 37mpg from his RS4 (how I dont know :huh:)
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Wasnt directing this at you mate, ive seen so many of these threads over various forums, all of them performance car forums. Seems like a silly question to ask on a car you buy to enjoy!
Ive posted this link a couple of times now
http://www.tdocuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=257
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i get 24mpg 8mile trip to and from work. thats driving very easy!?
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R32uk's car is the only R that returns more then the VW handbook specifys. From a cold start , and 8 mile journey, theres NO WAY your car will accurately return that figure, especially from cold as it runs a third richer and would use more then on a long run giving then a good mpg reading on the mfd. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
From Brim to Brim that is the only way to correctly work out whether your R32 is giving you that figure.At 36mpg, thats 432 mile range!. IMPOSSIBLE!!
A 2.0lt TFSi cannot return that figure even driven with kid gloves, and your saying a V6 is more efficient!! :shocked:
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Apparantly treating your car well gets better mpg figures
Heres r32uk with his car
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s131/Jules86dad/tailpipe_man.jpg)
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R32uk's car is the only R that returns more then the VW handbook specifys. From a cold start , and 8 mile journey, theres NO WAY your car will accurately return that figure, especially from cold as it runs a third richer and would use more then on a long run giving then a good mpg reading on the mfd. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
From Brim to Brim that is the only way to correctly work out whether your R32 is giving you that figure.At 36mpg, thats 432 mile range!. IMPOSSIBLE!!
A 2.0lt TFSi cannot return that figure even driven with kid gloves, and your saying a V6 is more efficient!! :shocked:
I dont think you will ever get me trying to do that over a full tank, and tbh Im not going to start working out calculations.... but thats what it said on the comp reading. Car is garaged over night (12.5oC approx), so not exactly cold start, but it was 0.5 outside.
Usually get about 28-30mpg on the way to work if im not late. But with it being early Satuday morning there was literally no traffic and only stopped at one set of lights. :wink: Just telling it how its mate!
If you want to know how I got higher than the VW handbook i probably wouldnt be able to tell you... but why not go ask T_T how he consistently gets 36mpg from his RS4?? :smug:
p.s. And dont be a wuss if you think im lying then just come out and say it, rather than pussyfooting about with terms such as "impossible" and "no way". :wink:
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Wasnt directing this at you mate, ive seen so many of these threads over various forums, all of them performance car forums. Seems like a silly question to ask on a car you buy to enjoy!
Ive posted this link a couple of times now
http://www.tdocuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=257
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I think your forgetting that a car is actually a must for most people rather than a want. If I just wanted my car to blast for the weekend then I certainly wouldnt have an R32 but would go for something more performance based. Like if I wanted a car just for work purposes I wouldnt have an R32 either and would probably just get something to get me about.
We cant all afford different cars for different things, so get something that fits the bill for both purposes. I do generally drive my car the way that it should be... but on the few occasions I choose not to atleast I know I can get good mpg :wink:
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I think your forgetting that a car is actually a must for most people rather than a want. If I just wanted my car to blast for the weekend then I certainly wouldnt have an R32 but would go for something more performance based. Like if I wanted a car just for work purposes I wouldnt have an R32 either and would probably just get something to get me about.
We cant all afford different cars for different things, so get something that fits the bill for both purposes. I do generally drive my car the way that it should be... but on the few occasions I choose not to atleast I know I can get good mpg :wink:
I completely agree. I cant afford to run two or three cars at the same time. Nor would I want to. I just want one!
I, like yourself, need a car to get me to work and back, as well as for the weekends. Thats exactly why Im considering the ED30 now. Practical enough for getting me to work and back, a good family car (looking for a 4 door model) for my two young daughters, and more then enough power to have a blast on weekends, or on the way home from work!
Im looking for a DSG, which will probably run in 'D' automatic most of the time getting me to work and back, so hopefully I'll get some good MPG - especially since most of my drive to work is down a motorway and dual carriageway, with only a little traffic at one point. I can then empty my tank on the weekends by sticking it in sport! lol
I cover around 280-300 miles a week. The way I see it, if I can get away with filling the tank up once a week, then Im happy. It will get me to work and back during the week, and then hopefully have some left for fun at weekends!
I currently only have a Fiesta Zetec S, which is a 1.6, but pretty good on fuel consumption - giving me just over 40mpg with 'normal' driving. I get around 300 miles from a tank, and its costing me around £25-30 a week to fill up, depending on fuel prices obviously. Am I correct to assume I'd be specing around £50-55 a week to fill up the tank in an ED30? I dont mind the extra jump up in cost when I consider the extra fun I'll have ;)
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Ifti - Just picked up your PM but it would not let me reply :huh:
Anyway.............yeh its up for sale 08 ED30, Steel grey, 3 dr, manual.
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Ifti - Just picked up your PM but it would not let me reply :huh:
Anyway.............yeh its up for sale 08 ED30, Steel grey, 3 dr, manual.
I would have been very interested if it was a 5 door :(
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I only try to save petrol when it's a trip to one of the wifes relatives.
She forced me to go to Warrington on Friday, 140 miles round trip.
The DSG GTI achieved 40.0 mpg overall.
If you were the chap in the black GTI that overtook at speed sorry about the miserable grimace on my mush, a constant 60 mph does no favours for the enjoyment of life.
In the real world (relatives aside) I average about 27 mpg.
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sounds similar to my current Audi TT, which is good.
motorway i've seen upto 40mpg average over 100miles+ journey (on the TT), so good reassuring read