What Fuel to use - Super Unleaded or Standard - does it matter?

[Steve30]

Much happier today.
Fuel consumption much improved.
Now approximately 25 mpg in traffic.

Yea me too , was getting 38 in traffic around london hahahaha

[am1w]

Much happier today.
Fuel consumption much improved.
Now approximately 25 mpg in traffic.

Yea me too , was getting 38 in traffic around london hahahaha

I'll never get to your mpg levels, but it is now much better than the 13.9 mpg I was getting.
So far done 345 miles.
Got up bloody early to watch FI. Yawn.

[Steve30]

Much happier today.
Fuel consumption much improved.
Now approximately 25 mpg in traffic.

Yea me too , was getting 38 in traffic around london hahahaha

I'll never get to your mpg levels, but it is now much better than the 13.9 mpg I was getting.
So far done 345 miles.
Got up bloody early to watch FI. Yawn.

Any picture's yet? Got to be better than the type R???

[am1w]

Any picture's yet? Got to be better than the type R???

Pictures coming soon. Car filthy.
Type R not in the same league. Pooh in comparison in every way.
Love the car more and more each day.

[GolfTi]

Any picture's yet? Got to be better than the type R???

Pictures coming soon. Car filthy.
Type R not in the same league. Pooh in comparison in every way.
Love the car more and more each day.

Me too and I've had mine 6 months.

[Toon]

I just heeded the advice in the GTI brochure as follows :

"Thanks to the knock control, unleaded four star (at least 95 RON) can be used instead of unleaded Super plus. In order to achieve maximum fuel consumption benefits on the TSI engine, Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol (ULSP) must be used."

Result is an average around town of 32 and on motorways around 36. Seems reasonable to me for a 2 litre turbo.

[Awry]

I'm a bit confused. I just got my mk6 GTI. The manual says that there is no benefit to use more then 95 RON although you can use 98 RON. I have two choices. 95 RON V-power or regular 98 RON?

[Spartacus]

Have done 6000 miles now and only used 95RON once on a full fill up on an empty tank, never again. Engine note dropped, was a different car.

Now only use Shell V Power or Tesco 99.

Just been to Wales and back, 450 miles could have done it on a single tank. Computer read 44.5mpg and I was cruising at 75mph the whole time, virtually all motorway.

My MkV GT TDi 140bhp would do 50 mpg for the same journey.

Amazing engine, it has loosened up nicely now, quicker as well, particularly mid range.

[R32UK]

Agree with that... had an easy 450miles out of a full tank and that was in the 1st weeek of ownership.