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Title: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 18 May 2011, 19:08
On my way home from work today, the trip computer on the car produced the following results:

Journey = 9 miles
Time = 1 hr 3 mins
Average speed = 9 mph
Average mpg = 17.7

So pleased with this.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: JC on 18 May 2011, 19:10
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worthwhile owning a GTi then .  NOT


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Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 18 May 2011, 19:25
Chuff: I feel blessed.  :rolleyes:

It's not the cost that annoys me, it's being hoodwinked by the official figures.

Oh, my dealership's Warranty Manager has moved into my street, 10 doors down. Now how weird is that? She is rather lovely.   :wink:

Natural balance, sort of, has been attained.  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: The Doc on 18 May 2011, 19:29
I had an Evo 6 that returned low ninteys to a tankfull  :rolleyes:

Fun though  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: pumaboat on 18 May 2011, 20:32
Aye, I used to see this type of mpg at a steady 70mph from a RX8. Having just come from a diesel I guess it's easy to focus on the running costs, IMHO it's always the depreciation that's the killer, I think we are well placed with the VAG (even though its feels like someone has put your testicles in a vice when you visit the pumps). :shocked:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: R32UK on 18 May 2011, 20:34
i can get that on a journey home. only 8 miles in 8 minutes no motorways...  :evil:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 18 May 2011, 21:46
i can get that on a journey home. only 8 miles in 8 minutes no motorways...  :evil:

O dear!  :shocked:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: Hurdy on 19 May 2011, 00:16
Easy, 55 litres in 8 laps of the Nurburgring and sprint GP circuit = 118 miles/12 gallons = 9.8 mpg over a full tank :evil:

Although mine was in the slightly less efficient MKV TFSI  :grin:

Lifetime average over the time I had the car was 18.7mpg. :shocked:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 19 May 2011, 16:46
Easy, 55 litres in 8 laps of the Nurburgring and sprint GP circuit = 118 miles/12 gallons = 9.8 mpg over a full tank :evil:
Although mine was in the slightly less efficient MKV TFSI  :grin:
Lifetime average over the time I had the car was 18.7mpg. :shocked:

So far my 1year and 2 month avarage is 20.4 mpg. Charming, I say!  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: Saint Steve on 19 May 2011, 19:40
Easy, 55 litres in 8 laps of the Nurburgring and sprint GP circuit = 118 miles/12 gallons = 9.8 mpg over a full tank :evil:
Although mine was in the slightly less efficient MKV TFSI  :grin:
Lifetime average over the time I had the car was 18.7mpg. :shocked:

So far my 1year and 2 month avarage is 20.4 mpg. Charming, I say!  :rolleyes:

I get the feeling your falling outa love with Wolfgang asker, and now wished you brought a GTD instead?

or you could do what i did  :embarassed:.......

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/5661997382_67813b1a25_z.jpg)
makes you feel better. My £20 lasts a whole week rather then a day  :laugh:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 19 May 2011, 19:57
Easy, 55 litres in 8 laps of the Nurburgring and sprint GP circuit = 118 miles/12 gallons = 9.8 mpg over a full tank :evil:
Although mine was in the slightly less efficient MKV TFSI  :grin:
Lifetime average over the time I had the car was 18.7mpg. :shocked:
So far my 1year and 2 month avarage is 20.4 mpg. Charming, I say!  :rolleyes:
I get the feeling your falling outa love with Wolfgang asker, and now wished you brought a GTD instead?
or you could do what i did  :embarassed:.......
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/5661997382_67813b1a25_z.jpg)
makes you feel better. My £20 lasts a whole week rather then a day  :laugh:

No Steve. Very much in love and lust. We are going to re-take our wedding vows soon.  :laugh:
The bad fuel consumption will not break the bank for me by a long stretch. What really p!sses me off is the over-optimistic mpg figures these manufacturers present us with.
 I will always buy a petrol over a Diesel, because that's the sort of gal I am.  :grin:

Now, who is the gal in the photo? Is that you?  :undecided:  :kiss:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: Saint Steve on 19 May 2011, 21:18
No asker, that's my very happy wife, receiving the keys..

My car gets used by me, in anger when I feel like it. :cool:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 19 May 2011, 21:32
No asker, that's my very happy wife, receiving the keys..
My car gets used by me, in anger when I feel like it. :cool:

Thank you for enlightening me.
I sincerely hope your good wife uses you in anger too. It would be a shame to be left out. Hopefully, the reverse also applies with both you good people.  :evil: :laugh:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: GolfTi on 20 May 2011, 19:51
(http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy244/darrong/IMG_0199.jpg) :shocked:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: Komenda on 20 May 2011, 19:56

25.8 miles
Avg speed 17mph
Avg mpg 29.8













Oh yeah thats in an R32.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 20 May 2011, 19:59
I was actually looking for sh!t mpg figures!  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: Komenda on 20 May 2011, 20:06
I was actually looking for sh!t mpg figures!  :grin:

I'll see what I can do this weekend. Shouldn't have much trouble hitting single figures with a spirited drive through the lanes.   :evil:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: GolfTi on 20 May 2011, 20:07
I was actually looking for sh!t mpg figures!  :grin:

 :grin: :grin: :grin:

15 mpg easy on a fun run.

The 47 mpg journey was a very painful, careful journey of 12 miles to work.
I did it mainly to compare mk5 to mk6 to bluefin.

Result - mk6 around 3mpg better than mk5. Bluefin around 2mpg better than stock.


You do have to drive like a granny on prozak though...

I won't do it again. Ever.  :embarassed: :embarassed: :embarassed:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 20 May 2011, 20:12
BTW, my 3 mile run along the Marylebone road gives me an average of 7.9 mpg.  I am blessed and blessed again.
I'll take a picture of the MFD next time I go through this living hell.  :cry:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: GolfTi on 20 May 2011, 20:18
All this fuss about making cars more fuel efficient.

What about making the roads more fuel efficient...


Save a fortune and the planet.


Even the oil burners will have poor mpg in the traffic jams. :angry:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 20 May 2011, 20:24
All this fuss about making cars more fuel efficient.
What about making the roads more fuel efficient...Save a fortune and the planet.
Even the oil burners will have poor mpg in the traffic jams. :angry:

And that, my dear sir, is the truth of the week, nay year!  :smug: :cool: :smiley:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: The Doc on 20 May 2011, 20:42
I was actually looking for sh!t mpg figures!  :grin:

I'll see what I can do this weekend. Shouldn't have much trouble hitting single figures with a spirited drive through the lanes.   :evil:

47 is sh1t  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: GolfTi on 20 May 2011, 20:52
I was actually looking for sh!t mpg figures!  :grin:

I'll see what I can do this weekend. Shouldn't have much trouble hitting single figures with a spirited drive through the lanes.   :evil:

47 is sh1t  :grin:
(http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy244/darrong/imagesCALQL6E1.jpg)

So is diseasal.
Chugga    Chugga   Chugga
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 20 May 2011, 21:01
I don't know if I can bring myself to clean the Diesel pooh from the rear pipes.  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: The Doc on 20 May 2011, 21:09
I don't know if I can bring myself to clean the Diesel pooh from the rear pipes.  :grin:

Yours are WAY more dirty than mine mate  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 20 May 2011, 21:15
I don't know if I can bring myself to clean the Diesel pooh from the rear pipes.  :grin:
Yours are WAY more dirty than mine mate  :grin:

You know what? You may be right. All 3 pipes are a pain in the arse to keep clean. So I wash & dry regularly. Put it down as an Eastern thing! :sick: :grin:






















Just had a go at all 3! :sick: :sick: :sick:  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
































I know, TMI.  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 20 May 2011, 21:41
4.3MPG
Mk2 16v (slightly breathed upon)



















I was having some 1/4mile fun most of the day though. :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 20 May 2011, 21:49
4.3MPG
Mk2 16v (slightly breathed upon)
I was having some 1/4mile fun most of the day though. :grin:

I think we've got a winner.  :grin:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: mortygt140 on 22 May 2011, 16:43
my old scooby used to get a regular pounding and returned around 6mpg, my previous Focus ST got a regular 13mpg and my golf gt tdi get around 23mpg but it gets hoof'd about quite regular....so much so the intercooler ate the turbo and spat the turbo through the floor,
 
:grin:
(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/mortygttdi/Photo0021.jpg)

My nice new hybrid :wink:
(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/mortygttdi/Photo0023.jpg)

I can guarantee you it will be getting stonked about.

Darren
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: R32UK on 22 May 2011, 16:48
Not sure what them pictures are of Darren.. but i know the bottom one looks alot better than the top one :grin:

p.s. look out for a new shape white corsa looking to pick fights  :shocked: dressed as a std but most definately not!!

p.p.s his gf was not happy when i last seen them fading into the distance  :evil:
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: mortygt140 on 22 May 2011, 17:24
The 2 pieces in the top picture are not suppose to be 2 pieces :grin: :grin:

Its the turbo

There is a couple of new corsa's round here but I hardly drive my car now so the wife will have to pick the fights :grin:

Darren
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: Snoopy on 26 May 2011, 19:01
I was actually looking for sh!t mpg figures!  :grin:

 :grin: :grin: :grin:

15 mpg easy on a fun run.

The 47 mpg journey was a very painful, careful journey of 12 miles to work.
I did it mainly to compare mk5 to mk6 to bluefin.

Result - mk6 around 3mpg better than mk5. Bluefin around 2mpg better than stock.


You do have to drive like a granny on prozak though...

I won't do it again. Ever.  :embarassed: :embarassed: :embarassed:
I got similar without trying too hard on a similar journey. I was getting much more than shown below but the nearer i got to the petrol sation the harder it got drove :grin:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/flogitg/Forum%20photos/Photo-0368a.jpg)
Title: Re: Can you better this mpg?
Post by: am1w on 26 May 2011, 20:17
Snoops: Snap!
My mileage just now 3617 too!
However, mpg 19.4 today.  :sad: