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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Duroo72 on 26 January 2014, 00:52
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I recently asked the same question of GTD owners and am interested to see what the GTI tank range is?
(Fyi my GTD is getting a little over 400 miles at the moment).
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I usually fill up with 40-50 miles left on the range and get 300-320 miles showing on my trip. That's a 30/31mpg according to the OBC. I don't do many long runs so I'm happy with that
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Depends, I normally get about 350 miles before the fuel warning comes on during my normal motorway and dual carriageway commuting.
If I do cross country driving its nearer to 300 miles a tank :)
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300. Seems to be pretty consistent :shocked:
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400-450miles
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360 before the light appears...
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Full tank fill ups each time, 315 seems to be my average before the light comes on
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I'm getting 330-350 miles per tank. Around 30MPG as an average.
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I have 1570 miles on the clock and tank range is 370-390 miles. I'm waiting for it to improve :smiley:
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I have 1570 miles on the clock and tank range is 370-390 miles. I'm waiting for it to improve :smiley:
How is that even possible?! U must do plenty on motorway stuff?
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Gti. I have had 430 on motorway run with tuning box. I always get no less than 380 unless I hammer it and still get 360.
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Gti. I have had 430 on motorway run with tuning box. I always get no less than 380 unless I hammer it and still get 360.
What does your computer say about average MPG?
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About 370-390 for me.
Mostly work commutes which largely consist of motorway travel. MPG for a tank normally comes in at 34-36.
Tried both 95 and 98 RON and don't get any noticeable difference.
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Gti. I have had 430 on motorway run with tuning box. I always get no less than 380 unless I hammer it and still get 360.
What does your computer say about average MPG?
Usually about 36mpg mate
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Thanks for your replys - my GTD only gets a little over 400 per tank.
I'm on a 3 year lease so when that's up I'm going for the GTI.
Out of interest the tank ranges your quoting are they with a heavy right foot? I'm not a top speed king but do you enjoy hard acceleration......a lot!
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What way are you driving your GTD??
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What way are you driving your GTD??
Hard acceleration - flat out to legal limits, if it was the GTI would I expect less than 300 miles from a tank?
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Both my MK5 and MK6 GTI's returned around 250 - 300' to a tank, Golf R was 200 - 220 the worst being 180 on a hard long run, long term the GTD will be a lot more economical it will also have a stronger residual over 2 - 3 years, to me it's all about what you prefer. :smiley:
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GTI, DSG - I'm getting around 380 per tank. Mostly motorway and decent A roads.
Lifetime avg mpg hovering around 36 mpg (and that's using almost constant ac). Not bad at all for the power on tap :evil:
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What way are you driving your GTD??
Hard acceleration - flat out to legal limits, if it was the GTI would I expect less than 300 miles from a tank?
Thanks for the reply - so potentially with a GTI and a heavy right are we talking 250 or less p/tank - it would be good to know as I'm company car driver I wouldn't want the embarrassment of explaining how the fuel spend had doubled going for a GTI!!
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Thanks for the reply - so potentially with a GTI and a heavy right are we talking 250 or less p/tank - it would be good to know as I'm company car driver I wouldn't want the embarrassment of explaining how the fuel spend had doubled going for a GTI!!
I like to accelerate hard occasionally but generally traffic doesn't permit that. My weekly run is around 215 miles with 180 of them being motorway miles either using adaptive cruise or with the speed limiter on gives me an average tank of around 35mpg. I was late for a meeting last week and absolutely hammered it (when I could) to get there, still averaged 32mpg on that trip.
It's better than previous GTI's but you don't really buy one for fuel economy :smiley:
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I have 1570 miles on the clock and tank range is 370-390 miles. I'm waiting for it to improve :smiley:
How is that even possible?! U must do plenty on motorway stuff?
Not much. 1/3 of these miles are motorway miles but the other 2/3 are B-roads (could easily call them F-roads..!) I don't give it much pressure yet (going to just 4500rpm -once I hit 5500rpm for a moment) but I alter the revs as I'm running it in. Worse consumption was 28mpg. Best 41mpg. Long term 33.3 now after a lot of cold starts and short distances.
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Not much. 1/3 of these miles are motorway miles but the other 2/3 are B-roads (could easily call them F-roads..!) I don't give it much pressure yet (going to just 4500rpm -once I hit 5500rpm for a moment) but I alter the revs as I'm running it in. Worse consumption was 28mpg. Best 41mpg. Long term 33.3 now after a lot of cold starts and short distances.
Which would suggest that on average your maximum range is (based on the long term average) is 366 miles and to be safe probably more like 330-340 its an 11 gallon tank. even at 41 your safe range is not going to be much more than 420-430...
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Not much. 1/3 of these miles are motorway miles but the other 2/3 are B-roads (could easily call them F-roads..!) I don't give it much pressure yet (going to just 4500rpm -once I hit 5500rpm for a moment) but I alter the revs as I'm running it in. Worse consumption was 28mpg. Best 41mpg. Long term 33.3 now after a lot of cold starts and short distances.
Which would suggest that on average your maximum range is (based on the long term average) is 366 miles and to be safe probably more like 330-340 its an 11 gallon tank. even at 41 your safe range is not going to be much more than 420-430...
Yes Corgi, but I wrote that now, after a lot of cold starts and small distances the long term is 33.3mpg. Last week was full of this starts and I have not refueled since then. So, this tank will make very little mies. My lot of runs are near the 40mpg figures. You also noticed that I have few miles on the car, so the average mpg can be easily changed, up or down.
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Reading this is making me wonder why I bothered with the GTD :(
Driving very sensibly my first couple of tanks are showing about 430. Factor in the extra cost of the fuel and I should have just got the sportier petrol!
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Reading this is making me wonder why I bothered with the GTD :(
Driving very sensibly my first couple of tanks are showing about 430. Factor in the extra cost of the fuel and I should have just got the sportier petrol!
You're not the only, I get 400 miles when driven hard from my GTD but I reckon by the comments on here I reckon the GTI would do sub 250 miles when driven in the same manner.
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Reading this is making me wonder why I bothered with the GTD :(
Driving very sensibly my first couple of tanks are showing about 430. Factor in the extra cost of the fuel and I should have just got the sportier petrol!
This is exactly why i didnt even look at a GTD. I've previously owned a Golf Bluemotion and although the MPG figures are impressive by the time you work out the extra cost of fuel and usually higher servicing costs of a diesel the GTI works out £5 more expensive per week for the miles i do (around 250). For me that is a no brainer.
J
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Now I have passed the 4k mark my daily commute (15 miles each way) is continually providing better MPG. I achieved 42MPG this morning for a GTI that's impressive...
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Now I have passed the 4k mark my daily commute is continually providing better MPG. I achieved 42MPG this morning for a GTI that's impressive...
That's better than my commute in my GTD. 20 miles @ 40mpg
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I'm guessing/hoping the tank range will improve further when summer arrives. The engine will be fully bedded in and I won't be hammering the climate control on every journey. Might even sneak over 400 miles per tank if I'm very lucky (DSG too). I think that's extraordinary given the power on tap (when you want it).
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I should also say I do think fuel economy is at its best in sport mode.
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I should also say I do think fuel economy is at its best in sport mode.
As long as you have a manual.. :whistle:
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Now I have passed the 4k mark my daily commute (15 miles each way) is continually providing better MPG. I achieved 42MPG this morning for a GTI that's impressive...
Nice one very impressive that I've got a similar commute couple days maybe 3 then others on M6 to Liverpool about 50 each way, looking forward to see how mine does (only 2 more sleeps!)
Re better mode were you suggesting sport was better than another one? If so is a gut feeling or puter readout? Exactly same speed and circumstances of journey?
Many thanks
adrian
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380 ish for me. The best was 420.
Long term average is almost 37 after 9k.
Don't forget the mk7 computed mpg is very accurate, the mk6 tended to exaggerate, up to 10% in some cases.
I have consistently got more miles per tank but with a 5 litre smaller tank. The mk7 is better but not the 18% VW claim, probably due to the way the official tests are set up and the fact that stop/start doesn't actually make much difference in the real world.
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380 ish for me. The best was 420.
Long term average is almost 37 after 9k.
Don't forget the mk7 computed mpg is very accurate, the mk6 tended to exaggerate, up to 10% in some cases.
I have consistently got more miles per tank but with a 5 litre smaller tank. The mk7 is better but not the 18% VW claim, probably due to the way the official tests are set up and the fact that stop/start doesn't actually make much difference in the real world.
I find that Stop Start makes a world of difference, especially in traffic. The MPG goes down alarmingly fast at idle.