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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: No Golf Clubs at all on 31 March 2008, 18:43
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Hi all, I know its a dull subject but I just want to sanity check what MPG i seem to be getting.
I think its a little on the low side. If I am right, do I dare bring it to the attention of the dealer or will they just take it for a fun run and use up some more of the boost juice?
A typical journey for me is a 20 mile a day round trip into the City Centre and back, this is largely start stop in dull traffic, however theres a four mile motorway trip where hitting 70 mph is generally the norm.
I am getting somewhere about 250-270 from a tank full, thats 55 litres = 12.1 Gallons. So, if my arithmetic is correct I average around 22.3 MPG on my average journey.... :cry:
TBH I was expecting nearer 30 for my kind of driving, does anyone think that there is anything wrong? I have a DSG and a milltek quad exhaust fitted but no remap or any other performance mod.
I didnt buy the car for economy, but just need to know if this is normal, hope you can help.
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im on 99 octane ,do alot of town running and get 26-27 average. 24-25 on normal 95 octane.
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sounds about right for your driving routes imo
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http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=80975.0
There'a lot of peoples figures on this thread.
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Yep on 99 Octane just now too, Tescos Finest :smiley:
I think i will get out on a longish motorway journey to see how it improves....just seems low when I havent been booting it, just sticking to the 20,30, 40, 60,70 limits.
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how long does this journey take in traffic
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The stop start driving is what is killing it, remember USE THE TORQUE, when I have to drive in traffic I miss gears 1st to 2nd to 4th to 6th I find this helps, might be hard to do that if you have DSG however.
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i get about the same, although mine has been bluefinned, the right foot foot is busy as it is a bit addictive, sod the fuel consumption :evil: i don't think you buy a gti or ed30 to worry about things like that, that is what diesel was invented for :grin:
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My DIS 2 is currently indicating 32.8 Mpg, this morning in traffic on the M27, after a 90 mile drive from Somerset, DIS 1 was registering 36.7.
Last week the same journey, but at 5:30am, DIS showed less than 30, I have always got at least 350 from a tank of V power.
The car is an Ed 30, with 2700 miles on the clock.
I am happy with the economy, my FR TDi was only getting high 30's. And Golfy is a far better place to be!
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never get close to that, 270-290 at best. not bovvered when i'm having fun :grin:
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I don't think I've ever seen the 30's on my display, for any trip, short or long :shocked:
My average is 27mpg
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I think I have got 300 once after 4500 miles in my ED30 so far, I cannot control my right foot with it. I just love feeling the boost at 4500rpm, its addictive!! :evil:
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On my runs to work this week so far i have averaged 37.5 mpg, thats having little fun and sitting at a fairly constant 40-50 mph, thats with a bluefin, milltek combo and dsg in auto, running on ultimate. plus my cars been run in for 16k now too.
although my average is still only 29 mpg in general :tongue:
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I think mine is definately too low :sad:
From all the replies 27-30 should easily be achievable..however 21-22 is just wrong. I NOT driving enthusiastically, in fact at the moment I am driving with the instantaeous MPG display trying to get stay on the most economical value for as long as possible, but on my drive to work today the ave mpg on computer 1, showed 18MPG!!
Perhaps I am driving it too slowly! :evil:
Is this something a stealer EVER successfully resolves? Has anyone EVER taken their car to the dealer with an issue like this and found a successful fix?...on ANY car?
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How far is your journey to work?...
ok ive read the beginning, 10 mile each way, and a lot of it stuck in traffic, sounds about right to me.
the car wont even be warmed up.
ive seen 34 out of mine and that was a 40 mile journey, 30 mile of it on a motorway never doing more than 70.
ive seen people on here quote some ridiculous figures for mpg, when you get to the bottom of it they get there figures by resetting the mpg when they hit the motorway.
at the end of the day its a 2litre turbo, what did you expect?
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I get a nice 17.1 average on my run to work. It is only about 8miles tho! No traffic thankfully :smug:
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about 22mpg, i never see it over 25 :sad: :sad:
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27-30 on average yes.
However as other posters have said when its cold the avg drops significantly for the first 2 miles or so
You say instantaneous readout on comp1 , but thats averaged too , so looks really bad at the start of a journey from cold but improves as you go further/warmer
The next option along (another press) is instantaneous rapidly changing
This should show high values when off the throttle , up to 170 mpg ish where it then goes '----' on liftoff of throttle.
Very short journeys will hurt the mpg badly , but I still think from what you said with a std GTI you should be getting more.
Check your tyre pressures too :wink:
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Call me a noob but how do i find out the fuel consumption??
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you dont Manu , for R32 drivers its a special number generator that has a max value of 18 :grin:
for the rest of us its part of the MFD options displayed , scrolled through using s/wheel buttons etc
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Well, i topped up today and reset the counters and then set off for my journey from Stockton-on-Tees to York (Centre). I averaged 35.7MPG !!!!
Did 55miles and the computer was saying i had 345miles in the tank.
Thats the best i've ever had.
I did set my tyre pressures to 30 PSI all-round before i set off so maybe that helped....?
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also one more thing to add, try turning off your air con system . That will drain some horsepower and also increase you mpg. stick it on econ rather then auto setting.
HTH
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Just had a 250 mile round trip, averaged 32.8 on the computer, last full tankful run to range on computer of 368 miles, completed 340 with 28 remaining.........how accurate is the computer? Could be all BS really :wink:
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Best 37 mpg taking the Mrs away for the weekend to N Yorkshire. :kiss:
Worst 14 mpg ( was that a M3 :wink:)
Weekly average anywhere between 27 - 30 mpg (depends how the traffic is on the M1.)
For the first 5 miles the MPG average is very poor (in the teens) while the engine gets warm. However, it gets warm a damn sight quicker than my GT TDI ever did.
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I think mine is definately too low :sad:
Has anyone EVER taken their car to the dealer with an issue like this and found a successful fix?...on ANY car?
What are you actually basing your mpg on ? Your first post seemed to assume your tank was completly empty each time you filled up, which is unlikely to be the case - did you check the receipt and what actual number of litres you put in ?
My journey to work displays around 18-20mpg for the whole journey, but over the whole week, with longer trips I avearge 27mpg
Your probably best waiting until you have a longer drive, at around 60mph on a dual c/w or motorway. Reset you're trip comp. just before you start it.
If you don't get near 30mpg on that, then I'd look into it further.
You could check out the real mpg by taking notes of mileage & gallons used each time you fill up.
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Hi guys, yep I was factoring in the amount used.
Anyway, I completed my normal journey today....this time switching off both A/C, the heated seats and the 1000watt subwoofer in the boot. (Ahem nothing to do with me, it was there when I bought the car HONEST..., besides at my age you prefer the boot space rather than the bass boost)!!!
My trip MPG seems to have changed from 22.1 to 27.5....now.....that seems more like it :smiley:
Journey as normal, start/stop. You wouldnt think that the seats, the a/c and the MASSIVE speaker in the boot could effect fuel ecomony that much! :rolleyes: Anyway, i am sure its not the full picture...I will try the longer journeys and see how it progresses, I was just concerned about there being a fault, it appears its ok. :smiley:
And on the same journey home....29.5MPG, with woofer, seats and A/C all off! what a difference! Am I going mad...? surely these gadgets cant draw that much power that cause a 7-8MPG difference??
:shocked:
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Hi guys, yep I was factoring in the amount used.
Anyway, I completed my normal journey today....this time switching off both A/C, the heated seats and the 1000watt subwoofer in the boot. (Ahem nothing to do with me, it was there when I bought the car HONEST..., besides at my age you prefer the boot space rather than the bass boost)!!!
My trip MPG seems to have changed from 22.1 to 27.5....now.....that seems more like it :smiley:
Journey as normal, start/stop. You wouldnt think that the seats, the a/c and the MASSIVE speaker in the boot could effect fuel ecomony that much! :rolleyes: Anyway, i am sure its not the full picture...I will try the longer journeys and see how it progresses, I was just concerned about there being a fault, it appears its ok. :smiley:
And on the same journey home....29.5MPG, with woofer, seats and A/C all off! what a difference! Am I going mad...? surely these gadgets cant draw that much power that cause a 7-8MPG difference??
:shocked:
Quite possible, aircon increases consumption by 10-15% depending on conditions, so there is up to 4.5mpg
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I am chuffed to bits with the fuel consumption of my MK5 GTI, I am only on my first tank of fuel but have done about 240 miles and still have just under half a tank of juice left. Massive improvement from the 24-28 mpg's I was getting with my 1.8T Beetle Cab, only managed to get 230-250 miles from a tank on a good day.
I did a 100 mile trip yesterday and my average MPG was 37, admittedly I was sticking rigidly to speed limits but having the average MPG right in front of me helps, no such luxuries in the Beetle!
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That's because it's been well looked after :wink:
Mark, I would regularly get 37+ out of it on the way to work (M42 50mph limit) and around 40!! on a run into Stratford and back :shocked:
I know you don't buy a GTI for economy, but I think it's fantastic there's all that power, and economy if you want it :smiley:
Still pleased? Have you done anything to her yet?
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I'm on my first tank of fuel since picking it up last Monday and I'm hoping to get at least 300 (currently done 250 and the MFD says I have a good 120 left).
If I get 325-350 I'll be delighted. I use Shells V-Power juice, which is recommended by most people on this forum.
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Yep well....I am happy enough with the economy now that I;
a) switched the heated seats OFF
b) switched the a/c OFF
c) switched the 1000W subpoofter in boot OFF
d) engaged the (now fixed) cruise control on longer straight roads.
Before this i was on low 20's! NOW, I easily get 32.1 MPG on my daily commute...leaving more miles in the tank for my weekend FUN :evil:FUN :evil: FUN :evil: !!!! which is EXACTLY why I bought a GTi :laugh:
Bring on the summer !! :smiley: