Thirsty ?

[Ess_Three]

If I was doing a 60 mile stop and start commute then I would have seriously thought about buying the car as consumption does start to dip in those scenarios. However, it's the same old story - you takes your choice. I was really bored with diesel and it sounding like a tractor every morning (the wife still has a diesel) but I don't regret for a second the return to petrol and the inevitable extra few quid it costs a month.

I'm of the same view now.
If I was getting twice the economy, and a rewarding drive...I may have stuck with a diesel and put up with the noise and awful smell of the stuff.
But, when the difference is down to under 10 MPG, to have a quieter (less diesel rattle anyway) and ultimately rewarding car, then I'll take the hit.

[DDRFan]

Done a 60 mile round trip tonight and it cost me basically £12 for those 60 miles.

All we were doing was something like 90% motorway and the rest normal roads. Never went over 70mph as were still breaking her in.

Is this the norm then for the mk6 ? She's a thirstly little b!tch if thats the norm.

if i had to choose between spending £12 on a monthly bus pass, or spending £12 on some unleaded so i could drive a kick arse GTI, i would choose the bus pass.
joke.

[Snoopy]

You should have gone for DSG
Sorry, couldn't resist

Then he would be doing at least 3mpg average less 

Thats the difference in real life between our mk5 GTI and our company mk5 GTI DSG in regular use on identical trips brim to brim driven by me (im old person so its driven normally im not a boy racer or young person with something to proove on the road)
The mk6 has similar gear ratios so i expect the same will be true with the mk6. I will wait and see as the company DSG Mk5 has just been replaced with a mk6 GTI DSG which due to been new is drinking fuel.

The funny thing is the 1.8 Mk1 does 38mpg average on a commute into the city ~13 better than the mk5  . Not far off the TDI130 we had  The joys of low weight and smallish engines.

[R32UK]

I do find it offers slightly better consumption when filled with 99RON. Stopped using this a few tanks ago and I am now struggling to get 30mpg when driven normally and is restricted to busy road conditions. It also definately has less pull on 95RON.

[Rhyso]

should have bought a diesel 

Its a GTI at the end of the day - what does fuel consumption matter?? (unless you're getting under 20mpg on a normal drive which would indicate a problem)

[mac7]

I was really bored with diesel and it sounding like a tractor every morning (the wife still has a diesel) but I don't regret for a second the return to petrol and the inevitable extra few quid it costs a month.

If I was getting twice the economy, and a rewarding drive...I may have stuck with a diesel and put up with the noise and awful smell of the stuff.
But, when the difference is down to under 10 MPG, to have a quieter (less diesel rattle anyway) and ultimately rewarding car, then I'll take the hit.

Agree with all this - you chose to pay extra for a GTI because a lower model Golf wouldn't meet your requirements and it's the same with choosing petrol over diesel.

Having said that, if you really want to get higher mpg out of your car, there are driving techniques which will help (Warning: driving a GTI economically may induce coma).

[Rolfe]

I drove over to Glasgow on Friday evening, and the M8 was quite busy.  I was forced to drive economically, and even though the car is still young (about 1,000 miles) and a DSG, I was averaging 40mpg.

It does dip if you get enthusiastic though.

I also would wish for a bigger tank.  The Peugeot took about 63 litres and I could rely on 400 miles to a tank, often 450, occasionally pushing 500 if I'd been really economical. Not a hope in the Golf, although obviously it's cheaper to fill the smaller tank.

Rolfe.

[FroGTI]

It does dip if you get enthusiastic though.

Boy howdee

I also would wish for a bigger tank.

Me too: 55 litres is pretty disappointing. My Transit has a 110 litre tank and I can do 1200 miles before I need to refuel 

[Ess_Three]

Its a GTI at the end of the day - what does fuel consumption matter?? (unless you're getting under 20mpg on a normal drive which would indicate a problem)

I would have thought that would indicate a driver having a great time!

[Rhyso]

Its a GTI at the end of the day - what does fuel consumption matter?? (unless you're getting under 20mpg on a normal drive which would indicate a problem)

I would have thought that would indicate a driver having a great time!

as in commuting to and from work, traffic, normal speeds and NOT like you've been stung up the backside by a wasp