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Offline tekelili

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Fuel economy
« on: 26 October 2004, 13:10 »
Hi,

I've got a Mk3 16v (P-plate, 90K miles).

I'm consistently averaging 32mpg (motorway + urban) - is this good/bad/awful? I dont hoon it around particularly badly :-)

TIA

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Offline jte

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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #1 on: 26 October 2004, 13:31 »
Sounds fine to me. 

Mine used to average 29-30mpg and i often did hoon it around particularly badly.

I doubt there are many 16v GTI owners averaging much more than that. 
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Offline 8vgti

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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #2 on: 26 October 2004, 13:33 »
My 8v averages around 32-36mpg over a month (about 1500-2000 miles) and that is mainly dual carriageway and a lot of stop start town driving.....and then some weekend hooning around!!. On the daily drive (70 mile round trip) the MFA reads between 30 and 36 mpg.
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Offline tekelili

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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #3 on: 26 October 2004, 13:36 »
Thnx guys!
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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #4 on: 26 October 2004, 13:58 »
My 8v used to give 34 overall, upto 40 on 60 mph runs, I love 'em to bits, I'm looking for my 4th
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Offline Len

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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #5 on: 26 October 2004, 14:07 »
Think yerself lucky mate, mine averages 27/28 mpg

With a very heavy right foot! ;D
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mrwotto

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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #6 on: 26 October 2004, 20:29 »
mine averages about 32mpg general driving, and i got 38mpg out of it when i went to bug jam in the summer, was sticking to 70mph but still not bad for a  2litre 150bhp car
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Offline surreylad1980

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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #7 on: 27 October 2004, 13:48 »
just put a k and n induction kit on mine, so hopefully it will not make much difference to the fuel economy, i was getting around 300miles out of it. i got a 200mile journey on the weekend we shall see how it goes

fuel gauges have they got a mind of there own, cos i have only ever been able to get 45litres in it and it is suppose to be a 55litre tank, i have even gone past the red once and onto the white and still only manage 45litres. anyone had or got the same problem.

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Offline gti_taff

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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #8 on: 27 October 2004, 23:25 »
My fuel guage is completely nuts - it goes down a lot faster when its towards the right and seems to stay at 1/2 way for a while and then jumps down to the red. Also, sometimes I look down and notice the needle has suddenly jumped right down and then slowly starts to go back up!
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Re: Fuel economy
« Reply #9 on: 27 October 2004, 22:42 »
to be completely honest with you all, fuel ecomony is not what i would expect to be a prime concern for a GTi owner, as it is a performance car, not a ecomonical car.

I have a mk3, as you know which my girlfriend uses to go to work in as she does a lot less miles than me, so i use the more ecomical 1.4 astra.

And the mpg i get out of my mk3 16v is more than exectable for a car of its stature!

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