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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Obbzi on 14 October 2008, 09:34
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I think I have decided to go for a Mk5 GTI.
I currently have a BMW 330d sport and I need 4/5 doors due to having to small kids. I bought the BMW for fuel economy as I do approx 1600 miles a month :cry:
But after having lots of modified performance cars, I really miss it so I have decided to go for a GTI.
What is a rough mpg, mainly motorway miles and how many miles to a full tank are people getting (not track days :wink:)
Thanks guys and hopefully will be on here a lot very soon when I find the right car :smiley:
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Firstly hello Obbzi :smiley:
If its mainly motorway miles then tuned or not your going to be looking at around 30 MPH maybe even a couple more. :smug:
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Firstly hello Obbzi :smiley:
If its mainly motorway miles then tuned or not your going to be looking at around 30 MPH maybe even a couple more. :smug:
30mph :shocked: I was hoping for more speed than that from a GTI :wink:
30mpg is good though cheers pal :smiley:
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Town - 24-28
Mway - 28-33
Extra Urban anything up to 38 I have seen
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Ok then can you give me a rough figure on how many miles to a full tank.
In my BMW I am getting nearly 500 miles and approx 37 mpg, I know i wont get anywhere near those figures but just to give me some sort of idea :smiley:
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i get 25mpg, i think its bad, i dont drive hard most the time and have mixed town/motorway to work... :(
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I'm getting around 300 to 350 to a full tank when driving around town using Shell V-Power.
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On a motorway run I can get 35mpg+ and between 300-400 miles from a tank depending on how Im feeling :wink:
Oh BTW, welcome to the nut house! :grin:
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300 - 400 miles to a tank are fine with me, my previous car before the BMW was a highly tuned Civic Type R and I was getting 200 miles to a tank :shocked:
Time to start looking for a GTI :laugh:
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I do mainly town driving and I would say about 250 is good - TBH I dont like to look :wink:
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I currently do around 3K a month and get around 325 miles to a tank on average from mixed Mway and A roads.
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35mpg :shocked:
How do you people drive?
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i dont get it, i have tried driving like a complete granny and still never get near to 30!! im always about 25/26 with easy driving... :(
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Jeez... you guys must drive like tw*ts! :evil:
I've got a Mk5 R32 and easily get 350 miles a tank from non-motorway driving. I've had an average 40mpg on the motorway. :laugh:
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i dont get it, i have tried driving like a complete granny and still never get near to 30!! im always about 25/26 with easy driving... :(
I reckon you'll see an improvement once remapped.
I've got a Mk5 R32 and easily get 350 miles a tank from non-motorway driving. I've had an average 40mpg on the motorway. :laugh:
300 is more realistic :tongue: i too quite often see 38/39mpg on the motorway though.
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can u explain again why remap helps?
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because you only have to feather the throttle to get going quickly, you can drive the rev range pretty much like a diesel and still get where you're going quicker than anyone else
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It's ofter the slower driver that gets poor mpg. They slow right down for corners and accelerate hard out of them. The faster driver keeps up his speed without lots of braking.
I average 30 mpg and the tank is about 12 gallons.
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I often average 35+ mpg and have even hit over 40 on a good motorway run. Im always getting over 300 miles to a tank, I think its nearer 350 miles per tank! :cool:
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I often average 35+ mpg and have even hit over 40 on a good motorway run. Im always getting over 300 miles to a tank, I think its nearer 350 miles per tank! :cool:
You are not allowed to comment, you run everywhere now and your mrs in your sig distort's the figures. :laugh:
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I often average 35+ mpg and have even hit over 40 on a good motorway run. Im always getting over 300 miles to a tank, I think its nearer 350 miles per tank! :cool:
You are not allowed to comment, you run everywhere now and your mrs in your sig distort's the figures. :laugh:
ROFL! :grin: :laugh:
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40 on motorway?! :shocked:
I get 28 tops on highway. Then I go 120-160kmh.
In the city I get 25 tops.
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Welcome Obzzi, :cool:
Even on my modified Edition 30 I still get around 250 out of a tank when using in town. On a run I've seen over 350 miles from a tank. These are based on brim to brim fills.
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GTI 24 mpg
R32 22 mpg
Drive like stolen / keep with traffic ish 50/50
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i dont get it, i have tried driving like a complete granny and still never get near to 30!! im always about 25/26 with easy driving... :(
Steve, you do short journeys every day, so you will never get 30's, as your cars only done a few thousand miles in a year of ownership!. Its only when your cars been run longer for 20-30 mins after the things warmed up that the Mpg readings will raise above what your seeing.
Get out and use it more steveS!!!. and dont sit in too many traffic cues or conjested inner city road cues!!. Visit the Country!!, and get what
other people are getting MPG wise.
I went to cornwall on holiday, got 34 average town mpg, back to Southampton, traffic light capital 27 mpg.
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see my blog , I have tried to post all the MPG for each tank I use.
27 MPG average mixed commute+thrash occasionally
over 30 MPG on a long continuous run.
The speed at which you cruise makes a HUGE diff on the GTI , @60 its painful but great mpg.
Fuel type can help , so can making sure your tyre pressures are correct , plus I seem to remember a bod on here had terrible mpg when running a heavy sub ! turn off the 'goodies' and chuck the toolbox out the boot.
All small differences but cumulative can add up to lots.
but in reality Id say just get in and enjoy it, you wont be able to resist once you drive it :evil:
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hit a nail in steveS's head there john_o, dont you have a rather large Sub in your boot steve??!!! :grin:
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i am getting around 28mpg round town and about 32 on motorway
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lol, i drive 9miles each way to work now, though town and aroads.. a good 30min travel.. and nothing been in my boot for a while/..
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Fuel consumption is very sensitive to how you drive the GTi (well duh but I mean more sensitive than most other cars I've driven), cruising at 60 and gentle(r) acceleration has increased my mpg for my journey to work from around 25 to 33 mpg. Normally maybe cruised at around 70-80 and accelerated a bit more aggressively coming off roundabouts. Not a long journey either - bout 20 mins 50/50 ish dual carriage way and town.
Best I've seen was 38 mpg on a long journey but I could easily get better than that if I was trying.
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im looking for a better figures with my cruise control installed to try and resist from being too heavy with the right boot.
Not easy when your in a MK5 GTi!
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I get around 28mpg from shortish journeys and 34-36mpg on a long run.
When AutoExpress did a feature on how cars couldn't get near to the official published figures, the GTI was the only one that came close. (Within 1 mpg IIRC). The official figure is 35.3 (manual) and 35.8 (DSG).
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im looking for a better figures with my cruise control installed to try and resist from being too heavy with the right boot.
Not easy when your in a MK5 GTi!
So true! Regardless of whether I'm town driving or on the motorway, I've never travelled without booting it at least once! Completely wrecks the mpg but sooooo fun!
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I often average 35+ mpg and have even hit over 40 on a good motorway run. Im always getting over 300 miles to a tank, I think its nearer 350 miles per tank! :cool:
that is spot on :smiley: but have done 415 on a tank 55L 12 gallon on tescos 99ron thats all the gti nows.on a trip to wales sittin at 75 all the way
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SteveS I get better figures than you!!! I have averaged 26.2 over the last three tank fulls, yet only drive 8miles to and from work. I can even get over 30 on a round trip providing shes warmed up :smiley:
Usually I only drive economically for about half the journy to build up my mpg.. then thrash it the other half. Keeps things consistent that way :grin:
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mi really let down by the mpg on this car
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How many miles have you done Steve? It also might be worth getting it looked over to make sure it's breathing properly.
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Rather sadly I maintain a spreadsheet of my fuel economy for my ED 30 - I also kept figures for the previous Mk5 GTI I owned.
In the ED 30 over the last 6848.2 miles I've averaged 29.5 mpg.
In the previous GTI I averaged 29.1 mpg over 27322.7 miles.
All measurements were taken using full tank loads and only ever Shell V Power fuel. I commute about 80 miles a day - a mixture of dual carriageway, A roads, B roads and a bit of town roads.
The spreadsheet also calcs cost per mile (in petrol) and there are a couple of graphs. The graphs are quite interesting - they clearly show as a trend how fuel economy has improved as the car has gained more and more miles.
The range of mpg's per tank achieved is quite interesting - worst was 24.4 :evil: best was 38.6.
Anyway, anorak off now :)
Hopefully, spreadsheet can be viewed here.....
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pziXJrPF01oKyub_dqUuwMA (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pziXJrPF01oKyub_dqUuwMA)
Graphs reproduced below...
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a339/jacknelle/GTIFuelEconomy_htm_67e594fc.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a339/jacknelle/GTIFuelEconomy_htm_m6a3d1ddd.jpg)
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:shocked:
Those are some stats Jack, ive always thought that the ed30 is slightly better on fuel then my other Mk5 GTi's. Interesting that some say that even after a remap , it improves further still.
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Takes me back - previous car, a remapped Leon Cupra R I used to get as little MPG as possible, I had a fuel card and work paid for my private mileage so I wanted to make sure I got my monies worth :)
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:shocked:
Those are some stats Jack, ive always thought that the ed30 is slightly better on fuel then my other Mk5 GTi's. Interesting that some say that even after a remap , it improves further still.
Case for a remap i think Phil??? :grin: :grin:
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not for another year R32uk or i kiss goodbye £450 insurance premium
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not for another year R32uk or i kiss goodbye £450 insurance premium
I know im the same... cant do anything til next sept! Even then, these 8 points are a pain in the a$$
I got a whole load of mods waiting to bust out :undecided:
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i'm getting an average of 24mpg :shocked:, only 2 more than the manual mk5 R32 i had !! but 6 mpg less than my manual Mk5 K03 GTi ?? ?
Ah well its all good wastage ! :smiley: