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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: JAY1 on 02 April 2006, 12:49
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hi, as title what do you guys get as average mpg. i get about 20-24 max city driving and30-32 m/way driving. is this good/bad/average? cheers
jay
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city seem about right but m/way seems a bit low. my 8v does about 40mpg cruising at 70-80.
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I'm guessing thats where the 16v is getting a bit "cammy", so the HP is starting to build rapidly from that point?? My 8v's used to do about 40 at motorway speeds too.
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i get 31mpg around town ,
and 38mpg on motorway,
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I get 24 mpg on the journey to work, 5 miles of stop start stuff. Country/motorway journeys are around 35+ though...
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Mine does about 30 around town and 34 on a spirited country road session using almost all of the rev range. I havent done many motorway miles yet
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Never reset my figures and have had the car over 3 years now. Current reading is 31.7 mpg
Thats a mixture of driving and I always thrash it when I can!
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just read my mpg again and it says 18.4?!!! im doing something wrong!!
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something very wrong...
Just done a trip to Northampton and back (166 miles). Driving like a wet sissy I was up to 43 mpg... then the roadworks finished. Finished the trip at 36.4...
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Bit of 8v input...... over a distance of 1485 miles, it's averaging 31.8mpg.
And with refence to driving style, if I'm not braking the accelerator is flat to the floor.
B4.
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I've got a 16v.
My average over a lot of miles is 31ish aswell.
Around town 24, Best ever of 43 was achieved today, lots of m/way sticking to speed limits.
Did 320 miles yesterday, Reading - Leicester - Huntingdon - Reading average 36.
Hope this helps
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00 00 and 00 my Mfa is fubared! ! ! ! but before I got about 35mpg motorway and 29mpg town driving.
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had it back in garage today and noticed whoever las changed the dist cap had snapped one of the bolts and not changed the rotor arm! sorted now and mpg better, but still not great. I only seem to get good mpg at the start of the journey then it goesdown again. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
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okay i would like to find out what mpg my golf gl is doing but the only functions that i can find is basically trip meter and total miles. in the owners manual it shows a picture of the wiper stork with the controls but mine hasnt got these controls. does this mean i am buggered finding out the mpg
cheers martyn
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okay i would like to find out what mpg my golf gl is doing but the only functions that i can find is basically trip meter and total miles. in the owners manual it shows a picture of the wiper stork with the controls but mine hasnt got these controls. does this mean i am buggered finding out the mpg
cheers martyn
It's a pain, but you can work it out by:
1)Fill tank to brim
2)Reset trip meter.
3)Drive around for a while.
4)Fill tank up again, note how many litres you put in.
5)Note how many miles you did (trip meter)
6)Divide Litres used by 4.546. This gives Gallons used.
7)Divide miles by Gallons. Should give you miles per gallon...
e.g. Used 27.3 litres, and covered 200miles.
27.3 / 4.546 = 6.0053 Gallons
200 / 6.0053 = 33.3Mpg.
More time consuming than just reading off the display, but this will always be accurate (whereas trip computer may suffer if the various sensors are off at all) The more miles you do between the fillings, the more accurate it'll be.