Average Miles Per Tank GTI/ED30

[smartypants]

Hmmm interesting, might well do that. Although its so consistent its not a worry - but its definitely "below par" until its up above 70+ degrees, probably for the best

[dTEA]

^ i'd say so 

[R32UK]

The DSG business has seriously warped my usual mpg... Im only managing 21mpg at the mo

[flyingzard]

my unmodded GTI is running at an impressive 33 average mpg. I have to say that surprised me!

[Obbzi]

My 2008 R32 gets nearly 300 miles to a full tank and nearly 25mpg.

Have a think about that.............................

[ifti]

Normal run on my way to work this morning, keeping at the same speed as the traffic in my direction, I managed a WHOPPING 39mpg at the end of my 45 min journey (21 miles total) on the A414 (3 roundabouts) for 2-3 miles, the M11 motoway for 10 miles or so, and the A406/A13 for the remaining 10 or so miles. Impressive huh!
Thats driving at around 75-80mph on the motorway, and around 50-60 on the A roads.

I can never get the same when driving back home though, since the roads are nice and open

[johnford60]

38MPG to work, country lanes, 44 other day to camber sands and back,

350 to 400 miles to tank.

[Rollini]

this week i did a little test with my journeys to work - bored yes, but what else am i going to do? lol

Journey to work is 15 miles - 3 miles on b roads till the motorway then 10 miles on the motorway and then 2 miles on a roads in traffic.

usually i tend to sit about 80-85mph on the motorway and maybe drive the a/b roads a tad over the limit if its safe - the result of this the range of my tank drops about 25 or 30 miles (28mpg) for the 15 mile jouney.

This week i decided to just sit on the motorway going 70 in the left lane and then keep to the speed limits on the a/b roads.

3 conclusions:

1. i get to work a lot more chilled than i used to
2. it does add about 5 mins to my half hour journey
3. the chilled approach only uses 5 or 10 miles (37mpg) off my range as opposed to 25 to 30 - the tank is going to last me 2 weeks instead of 10 days.

i'm still going to let my hair down at the weekends because why would i have a GTI if i wasn't going to use it properly but i thought it was interesting the difference it makes to the daily commute - i mean at the end of the day - WHY THE HELL AM I IN A RUSH TO GET TO WORK ANYWAY? LOL

[smartypants]

I now have the exact same approach to travelling to work - I sit at 70-75 on the M4 for 10 miles (at the moment through 2 miles of 50mph speed restriction)... no point hairing through there. The rest of my 30 mile commute is dual and single A road carriageway. I can do 36-37mpg quite comfortably even with a nice little blast on the final back roads to my office.

However occaisionally, like today, I meet up with something like a Focus ST, and I just cant help but giving it some beans and leaving them for dust with only the slightest of provocation

My mpg suffers then

[Spaced]

I just got an astonishing 50 MPG on an 18 mile trip, I was stuck in steady traffic for the journey The car felt extra brilliant today for some reason, probably because I had a quick look at a 5 Door GTI Mk6 this morning at the dealers.



BTW this is with a stage 1 remap, and yes following my earlier crisis of faith

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=114982.msg1004406#msg1004406

My Oscarli remap is back on, and I think now that the weather has warmed up it is fantastic to drive. I am convinced that colder temperatures made the turbo a little too fierce for my liking. But that is for another thread....