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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: search on 26 May 2012, 15:26
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one of the reasons I like my 1.4 is due to fuel pretty good about a tenner will get me from Poole to Weymouth and back. that's about 45 miles round trip I think. what's the vr6 like? even gti? as I'm on side lines to upgrade to one lol.
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my gti 16v costs me about 35 quid a week to do 180 miles to and from work on A roads usually around 35 mpg but its terrible in town traffic
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Hi mate, I live in Weymouth. My 8v gti will go to Poole and back for between 10-15£ which is alright but as said above round town and real short journeys it's pretty poor tbh, just find myself massively avoiding short journeys where possible
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one of the reasons I like my 1.4 is due to fuel pretty good about a tenner will get me from Poole to Weymouth and back. that's about 45 miles round trip I think. what's the vr6 like? even gti? as I'm on side lines to upgrade to one lol.
mate that is sh!t
my S3 engined MK3 will do more than that to a tenner
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Unless my maths is out you are doing 27 mpg (@ 1.38 pence per litre). :shocked:
My 8V GTi is lucky to see 30 mph on the crawl to work and spends 1/3 of that at more like 5 mph. Has a stuck open thermostat. And still does 30 mpg on that journey.
I would expect to see at least 35 mpg from it on your journey.
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I just took my vr6 out. Put £30 quid super unleaded and it did 17mpg on some b roads :grin:
You don't buy a vr6 to go slow and get good mpg :laugh:
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one of the reasons I like my 1.4 is due to fuel pretty good about a tenner will get me from Poole to Weymouth and back. that's about 45 miles round trip I think. what's the vr6 like? even gti? as I'm on side lines to upgrade to one lol.
mate that is sh!t
my S3 engined MK3 will do more than that to a tenner
1.8t's are good on fuel and alot more tunable than a vr6
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Hi mate, I live in Weymouth. My 8v gti will go to Poole and back for between 10-15£ which is alright but as said above round town and real short journeys it's pretty poor tbh, just find myself massively avoiding short journeys where possible
Thats cool man, im down weymouth a lot of the time. sounds the same as mine but mines just a 1.4 hmmm might just got for a 8v GTi
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People its £10 for the whole trip there and back not just £10 there and then £10 back i think that pretty good :-/ (just googled my journey and it says it was 75miles all in all. bit more than i thought lol.
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A gallon is just over 4 1/2 litres when i put £10 it give me just under 8 litres and i'm doing generally 45 miles on this. (dual carriage trip) thinking about it this includes picking friends up and a stop at tesco.
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£10 is 7.25l @ £1.38. Divide by 4.54 to get gallons = 1.60. 45 miles with 1.6 gallons used is 28 mpg.
It could be your 1.4 is a bit heavier on juice at dual carriageway speeds. Mine is the first car I have had for many years where the consumption is definitely worse at 75 than 65 - due to the short 5th gear I presume. Somewhere between 4-6 mpg. I couldn't tell the difference on the 3.0 MV6.
A VR6 will probably be loping along at those speeds and may well be much better than the 1.4. But if you had a VR6 you probably wouldn't be doing 'those speeds'... :grin:
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If the first thing that comes to mind is fuel consumption maybe a VR6 is not the right car for you.
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one of the reasons I like my 1.4 is due to fuel pretty good about a tenner will get me from Poole to Weymouth and back. that's about 45 miles round trip I think. what's the vr6 like? even gti? as I'm on side lines to upgrade to one lol.
mate that is sh!t
my S3 engined MK3 will do more than that to a tenner
1.8t's are good on fuel and alot more tunable than a vr6
More tunable yes, good on fuel no! My 1.8T is tuned and I see about a 28mpg average, 22-23mpg around town and 32-33mpg on a motorway run.
I'd expect similar from a VR6.
If the first thing that comes to mind is fuel consumption maybe a VR6 is not the right car for you.
Definitely, going from a 1.4 to a 2.8 will be a big hit to the wallet. If your concerned about fuel consumption then don't buy a VR6.
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yeah my bank account says NO! insurance is a b!tch to EH!!!
but yeah turns out i did 75 miles on ten thats got to be fair for a 1.4?
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More tunable yes, good on fuel no! My 1.8T is tuned and I see about a 28mpg average, 22-23mpg around town and 32-33mpg on a motorway run.
Agreed, mine is worse than that :sad:
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I put 50 quid at least a week in my 16v.
When I went to Manchester and back on the weekends (150 miles) that would cost 40 quid alone.
Now it's off road and I'm using the bus..... I should save some money lol
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my 1.8t gives 32 mpg on roads and motorway can get 36-38 mpg obviously driving on the roads getting 32mpg i take it easy
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Had a 20 min blast today and got 11mpg in the vr6 :laugh: