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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Godzilla on 30 July 2012, 17:22
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Hi
In the past 6-7 years of being on here I have had a good few MK2 GTI's, MK3 GTI's and VR6.
Looking at some MK4 GTI's now. The 1.8 Turbo (150bhp) gets ok reviews but what about its MPG? I do about 45-50 miles a day, this is A roads and town driving. How much does it cost to fill a MK4 GTI Turbo up from empty and how many miles can you get to that, lets say average driving style.
Thanks in advance :smiley:
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£70, 280-300 miles. 70% town driving 30% motorway driving. But Im using v power at £1.40/L.
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50 miles a day 4 days a week running AGU 195bhp stage 1 remap.
That costs me £40 mixed driving between town and 'A' roads :wink:
Fill up is about £70 but I never drive normal with full tanks :evil: so weekly £40 for me haha
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Can get £74 in AUQ.
Pussy footing around being economical looking at 34mpg averaging 75 on motorway. Average 85 and down to 27mpg.
50/50 A and motorway gonna struggle to average 33 unless doing 60mph.
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Thanks for fast replies.
So not that bad then. My VR6 used to make me :cry: at fill up times......200 miles to a tank!! She was RR'd @ 184.8bhp so I was very happy till I took on a MK4 GTI thinking I was going to walk all over it.....He won, looked standard from outside but must have had a re-map or something? I have been in a MK4 and they feel solid and fairly comfy. Trouble is my daughter is now 14 and wants to be seen in something a bit flash so a Golf GTI MK4 seems a good choice as they look good, go well and fairly practical as I have an American Bulldog who needs a bit of boot space.
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Yeah and if you get post 2001 you will already have a k03s turbo which a remap alone on a good standard car will achieve 210bhp quite easy.
Mk4's are getting way too cheap these days :sad:
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My AUM costs me about 60-70 to fill her up, i got 318 miles out of my last tank and i do have a heavy foot at times, worst i have had is about 268 and i mainly do town driving. My misses lives about 20 miles from my house and i drove bk the other week (motorway) kept her at 60 all the way home (was just relaxing) and got 43MPG on my trip :D
Also to add tois my engine ant running right ether, changing my thermo and temp sender tonight and i also got the lovely 17705 error code :(
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Just filled mine up from empty, £68 of Tescos finest 99 RON :smiley:
I get roughly 220 miles to a tank but that's all stop/start driving over here :rolleyes:
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Just filled mine up from empty, £68 of Tescos finest 99 RON :smiley:
I get roughly 220 miles to a tank but that's all stop/start driving over here :rolleyes:
£68 is what i got in from empty
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I get around 27-28mpg day to day driving, this creeps up to just over 30 on the motorway and drops to the teens when driving spiritedly
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£70 full tank 340miles using tesco 99 80% motorway.
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240 out of a tank using either tesco 99 or V power (I do have a faulty lambda though lol) and I have heavy foot :grin:
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My long term average is 31.2 I think.
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£65 quid a week. 64miles a day average 90% motorway. 350 a tank average 38mpg ish
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This is my last 6000 of driving:
http://www.fuelly.com/driver/dom069/gti (http://www.fuelly.com/driver/dom069/gti)
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600 miles to £65 of the finest black stuff :cool: :laugh:
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Full tank and mixed driving around 250 to 300 miles.
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i put 50 pound in other day and with doing fair bit of driving over weekend mainly a roads abit of motorways ive goten just over 200 miles to 50 pound of super, driving 90 percent of the time normal, i dont fill my car oftern but when i have done ive had it to about 280 mainly round town. if you keep off the boost they seem to be rather good! my mpg gauge just goes to a flat line after giving it alot of stick for a little while haha :)
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600 miles to £65 of the finest black stuff :cool: :laugh:
soy source?
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i can get 50 miles per 1/8 of tank reading on mine but thats fannying about with country roads, drove to gatwick and back on saturday from Ipswich and did it out 1.3 of a tank, 70mph, sensible me...but then i get the urge to pull past every gary boy in the village as they as they come on to the A12 in the mornings and evenings in their Saxos and Corsas :sick:
34MPG if im being good and seeing that i think its a 55ltr tank its not bad
18MPG when im being a a menace to the chavs
...no mods yet either but get remapped and i hear you can add another 10MPG...dont know if this is true though
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600 miles to £65 of the finest black stuff :cool: :laugh:
Bloody 'ell Steve.......Which TDI do you have? From what I know they do a 100, 130 and 150bhp versions? Are the engines called 'PD'?
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Thnks he's got a GT TDI 150 :)
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Thnks he's got a GT TDI 150 :)
That he does; well a 190ish bhp version anyway :smiley:
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...no mods yet either but get it remapped and I KNOW you can MINUS another 10MPG...do know if this is true though
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190BHP and getting 600 miles from a tank......That is very impressive!! The torque must be shocking.
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...no mods yet either but get it remapped and I KNOW you can MINUS another 10MPG...do know if this is true though
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I was about to say, you'll never see an extra 10mpg. Theoretically you'll see a slight increase if you drive in exactly the same way, realistically this will never happen.
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...no mods yet either but get it remapped and I KNOW you can MINUS another 10MPG...do know if this is true though
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I was about to say, you'll never see an extra 10mpg. Theoretically you'll see a slight increase if you drive in exactly the same way, realistically this will never happen.
I have read about this Dom......How if driven in the exact same manner after a re-map increase MPG......This has always confused me.
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The theory is you dont have to push the car has hard to make the car go faster if that makes sence.
With 150bhp you have to push it harder to get to 70 for example than a remapped 1.8t
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so in some ways i heard correctly? so confused now :huh:
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190BHP and getting 600 miles from a tank......That is very impressive!! The torque must be shocking.
Should be around the 300lbs ft mark possibly a little more
I'm getting 540ish out of my A3 with 205bhp and 320lbs ft
On a run fuel economy should improve as the engine is working more efficiently. Your engine needs to be in good health though. Any minor problems will be highlighted by a remap
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so in some ways i heard correctly? so confused now :huh:
What are you confused about mate?
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so in some ways i heard correctly? so confused now :huh:
What are you confused about mate?
well Rtech and AMD both say increased MPG due to better torque is this right? granny driving obviously?
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yes thats right. or so they say....
I can get 320 to 340 miles from a tank, but that is sensible driving mind.
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yes thats right. or so they say....
I can get 320 to 340 miles from a tank, but that is sensible driving mind.
with a full tank i can get about 100miles out of 1/4 and thats unmodded, thinking should have better performance once my decade old PCV system is yanked out and all the useless pipes are gone, better engine better fuel economy right? then i'll throw in a miltek or alternative, a spec1 from Rtech and try n lighten the car somehow :sad:
...and stop driving my girlfriends plump mother around and not get an ounce of gratitude for it :lipsrsealed:
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so in some ways i heard correctly? so confused now :huh:
What are you confused about mate?
well Rtech and AMD both say increased MPG due to better torque is this right? granny driving obviously?
Yup, theoretically the engine will be working more efficiently, therefore using slightly less fuel. In reality this will not happen as you will enjoy planting the throttle too much. I've already posted a link to my fuel consumption over my last 6000 miles of driving, long term average is 27mpg. Before the remap it was 30ish.
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i'm all sensible me....anyone ever fitted nitros? :laugh:
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I've already posted a link to my fuel consumption over my last 6000 miles of driving, long term average is 27mpg. Before the remap it was 30ish.
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That is not that bad then Dom as a re-map can add on an extra 40-50bhp, so for a 190bhp car 27mpg over 6000 miles is good, well I think so! My VR6 over 4000 miles was 23mpg :cry:
So what would 0-60 times be on a re-mapped Golf GTI and what would top speed be?
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Im in a 1.6 16v and averaging 44mpg using 99 tesco momentum! :laugh:
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Im in a 1.6 16v and averaging 44mpg using 99 tesco momentum! :laugh:
dump a 1.8t in there and cry every friday when you fill up lol though i do quite well with £30 top up a week. slightly annoyed though coz my mate has a Honda Vtech and only fills up once every 3 weeks :shocked: and tbf the polo GTi is filled up 1 every 3weeks too....i hate my mum
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Im in a 1.6 16v and averaging 44mpg using 99 tesco momentum! :laugh:
Do you see a difference in MPG using momentum to normal unleaded?
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Im in a 1.6 16v and averaging 44mpg using 99 tesco momentum! :laugh:
dump a 1.8t in there and cry every friday when you fill up lol though i do quite well with £30 top up a week. slightly annoyed though coz my mate has a Honda Vtech and only fills up once every 3 weeks :shocked: and tbf the polo GTi is filled up 1 every 3weeks too....i hate my mum
I put £70ish a week in my smoker :sad:
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That is not that bad then Dom as a re-map can add on an extra 40-50bhp, so for a 190bhp car 27mpg over 6000 miles is good, well I think so! My VR6 over 4000 miles was 23mpg :cry:
So what would 0-60 times be on a re-mapped Golf GTI and what would top speed be?
Mine was 205bhp & 245lb/ft when first mapped, I have since added a 3" turbo back exhaust with decat and silicone boost pipes & TIP, so I'm not sure what it is running now.
Again, not really sure on 0-60 time, it's not much slower to 60 than my mates 3.2 TT, and from a rolling 40-50mph start there is nothing between them. Top speed is something I have never tried, it has seen the naughty side of 140 on an old airstrip but I ran out of road :wink:
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I'm so impressed and happy with my petrol GTI-T (150bhp) I thought I'd share it: £70 to fill, reset counter and driving through London I've done 300 miles when the fuel light comes on - that's good HOWEVER the last two tanks have taken me over 400 miles before the light comes on! No lie! That's what 'd expect from a diesel!
Forget about motorways - my last two tanks were driven on A-roads where my speed fluctuates between 40-50-60 in low traffic. Along with an economical driving style this is easily achieved. Remember that most if not all mass produced cars peak around 56mph for optimal mpg.
On the MFD reset the MPG"2" view at every fillup, and you can be sure it's pretty damn accurate! I say always keep an eye on the MPG"1" view (per trip) and play games with yourself to keep these numbers high.
Considering the power, build, comfort, style, economy etc the MK4 GTI Turbo (decent one for £2000) is 10/10!!! :laugh:
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I'm so impressed and happy with my petrol GTI-T (150bhp) I thought I'd share it: £70 to fill, reset counter and driving through London I've done 300 miles when the fuel light comes on - that's good HOWEVER the last two tanks have taken me over 400 miles before the light comes on! No lie! That's what 'd expect from a diesel!
Forget about motorways - my last two tanks were driven on A-roads where my speed fluctuates between 40-50-60 in low traffic. Along with an economical driving style this is easily achieved. Remember that most if not all mass produced cars peak around 56mph for optimal mpg.
On the MFD reset the MPG"2" view at every fillup, and you can be sure it's pretty damn accurate! I say always keep an eye on the MPG"1" view (per trip) and play games with yourself to keep these numbers high.
Considering the power, build, comfort, style, economy etc the MK4 GTI Turbo (decent one for £2000) is 10/10!!! :laugh:
+1
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Im in a 1.6 16v and averaging 44mpg using 99 tesco momentum! :laugh:
Do you see a difference in MPG using momentum to normal unleaded?
yes mate a big difference, last time i filled up with 95 i got no where near that mpg!
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Im in a 1.6 16v and averaging 44mpg using 99 tesco momentum! :laugh:
dump a 1.8t in there and cry every friday when you fill up lol though i do quite well with £30 top up a week. slightly annoyed though coz my mate has a Honda Vtech and only fills up once every 3 weeks :shocked: and tbf the polo GTi is filled up 1 every 3weeks too....i hate my mum
haha i think i will cry every day once ive done the conversion! i spend £70 a week on fuel as it is! i do lots of miles!
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Thanks Dom for telling me about fuelly.com! I'm really anal about this, I only ever fill to the brim (for accuracy), I keep every receipt and reset all counters at fillups. Then take photos of the MFD at all the "2" settings and go by the trip reading to show how many miles the tank gave me to the nearest 10th of a mile! I've also been building a fat-ass excel spreadsheet about the car. It's not that I don't have fun, just want to know what my car does exactly.
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i reset my counter everytime to mate but taking pictures really is going to another level :grin: :grin:
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I'm aware of that lol! Actually I only take pics of the MPG"2", avg MPH"2" and hours since last reset. I'm impressed how accurate the MPG readings are!
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deffo next level that! i take the odd picture when i get a record like this!
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/xtetx/a28b9d54.jpg)
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What I get sat at 70mph
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb74/kryptik_2010/05042009228-1.jpg)
What I get per tank
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb74/kryptik_2010/HTC/2012-02-18120636.jpg)
Plus Ive gone 50 miles past 0 before I bottled it :lipsrsealed: :laugh: :tongue:
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i reset my counter everytime to mate but taking pictures really is going to another level :grin: :grin:
serial killer level :grin:
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hahaha !!
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ok maybe i took a picture once and the mpg was only the best i have ever had cos i was driving like a f*g**t :grin:
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af149/cullygti/IMAG0395.jpg)
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Im in a 1.6 16v and averaging 44mpg using 99 tesco momentum! :laugh:
Do you see a difference in MPG using momentum to normal unleaded?
yes mate a big difference, last time i filled up with 95 i got no where near that mpg!
Weird from a low powered car my mates 1.6 fiesta sees no difference but good that you do :D
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This is the only time I have taken a picture of mine, this was the average of over 30 miles of driving:
(http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy183/codling1234/IMAG0744.jpg)
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EPC and engine light on.....MAF?
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EPC and engine light on.....MAF?
Fcuked :laugh: :laugh:
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ok my MPG is scared of going over 24 but i'm wondering if leaking boost pipes could cause the problem too? and i seem to do better miles with half a tank than with a full tank? could it be the extra weight?
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EPC and engine light on.....MAF?
Fcuked :laugh: :laugh:
Nah, ignition off and then back on hence all the lights :grin:
This on the other hand was my MAF throwing these up a couple of weeks ago :laugh::
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/376861_576765498013_879597428_n.jpg)
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Thats a low mileage 1.8t :cool:
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thats lower than mine and iv had 2 engines :grin:
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Thats a low mileage 1.8t :cool:
Yup, bought it with 51k on the clock just over a year ago :cool:
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Thats a low mileage 1.8t :cool:
Yup, bought it with 51k on the clock just over a year ago :cool:
Nige still has a lower mileage one though :wink:
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Thats a low mileage 1.8t :cool:
Yup, bought it with 51k on the clock just over a year ago :cool:
Nige still has a lower mileage one though :wink:
Yeah but nige does about 2 miles a week :grin:
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anyone get the feeling this topics been hi-jacked? lol :laugh:
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anyone get the feeling this topics been hi-jacked? lol :laugh:
take a look at every topic since 02' :grin:
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bunch of Topic Bandits!
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bunch of Topic Bandits!
:grin: :grin:
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My average
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc333/Wisey_123/c56cbfc3.jpg)
My best on an easy cruise between 55-70mph
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc333/Wisey_123/74d4e67a.jpg)
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mods?
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What App is that?
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100% standard AGU and normally run on tesco 95ron :grin:
The app is Road Trip there is a free one and paid one. Get the free one and if you like it get the paid one. Because you can transfer all the info over :smiley:. The free one is just basically the MPG cost per mile etc. And the paid one you can add all the expense of running a car like parts, servicing, tax etc and see how much your car is really costing you a year/mile :cry: :grin: