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Offline gizzywizzy

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Chuffed to bits.
« on: 20 March 2011, 13:42 »
Just returned from a week away in cumbria, filled the tank up the night before we left and set the trip computer, so for the week I got 379 miles from my full tank and average consumption was 38.3. 

I feel at long last the car has settled into itself and is finally delivering some good figures - all good when the cost of fuel is so high.  Managed to get fuel at 129.9 at Asda in Kendal, it's 132.9 here at home.

How's everyone else doing with their fuel consumption and miles to the gallon etc.

Gizzy
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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #1 on: 20 March 2011, 14:05 »
I only do urban miles so get average of 24 mpg.  I also use Tesco Momentum so I spend £1.38 a litre :cry:


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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #2 on: 20 March 2011, 14:27 »
Recently did a trip to Cornwall and returned low thirties MPG in mixed driving, no super fast stuff and no heroics (4 up with luggage much of the time).

Literally got back an hour or so ago from a trip going from Devon to the West Mids and back again, all motorway, light to medium traffic, 3 up and not much luggage as only an overnight stay. Going up it was 34.4mpg average and that included needing to get a bit of a move on as we had a table booked! My old mk5 would have done that trip with around 31-32 mpg showing at best.
Coming back this morning I decided as we were in absolutely no rush that I'd stick to the limit all the way and averaged 66mph on the computer for the trip; 36.4 on the trip computer for the return leg of the journey.
So in my fully considered scientific conclusion, there's only 2 mpg to be gained by being a goody two shoes, I frequently got baulked by traffic whilst sticking to the speed limit and the journey was boring as hell coming back - so enjoy your GTIs folks and drive them like you stole them* the journey up was much more enjoyable...... :smug:








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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #3 on: 20 March 2011, 14:30 »
Quote from: gizzywizzy on 20 March 2011, 13:42
Just returned from a week away in cumbria, filled the tank up the night before we left and set the trip computer, so for the week I got 379 miles from my full tank and average consumption was 38.3. 

I feel at long last the car has settled into itself and is finally delivering some good figures - all good when the cost of fuel is so high.  Managed to get fuel at 129.9 at Asda in Kendal, it's 132.9 here at home.

How's everyone else doing with their fuel consumption and miles to the gallon etc.

Gizzy
Fantastic, that's only 0.4mpg short of the official combined figure.
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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #4 on: 20 March 2011, 14:52 »
Quote from: Jimmymature on 20 March 2011, 14:05
I only do urban miles so get average of 24 mpg.  I also use Tesco Momentum so I spend £1.38 a litre :cry:


Jim

I'd love to try that fuel. But there aren't any Tesco petrol stations/supermarkets that have it on the shelves near me. So I just use supermarket unleaded. That will be a sacrilegious comment to some I know, but I have used the car on V-Power for a time and noticed no difference apart from 10p a litre.
Quote from: lowdown on 20 March 2011, 14:30
Fantastic, that's only 0.4mpg short of the official combined figure.
It's a bit worrying to know that there are people who know what the published MPG figures are for their car.  :huh:  :grin:


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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #5 on: 20 March 2011, 15:35 »
I get 38-40 extra urban and 50-55 on MW and thats not driving like a fairy  :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug:
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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #6 on: 20 March 2011, 15:39 »
My total average over the past 2700 mile is 31.8mpg and thats been all commuter trips of 16 miles each way were theres 33 sets of traffic/crossing lights. The commute in the morning is not too bad as its before the main rush hour so 99% of the time im moving were as the return trip is in the main rush hour traffic which distroys my average mpg as im sitting for ages.
My previous commuting TDI average was +11mpg more over a 16,000 2 year period i used it for the exact same trips.
EDIT: Just done the calculations for my total average milage a year, (yes im borred and was curious to see how much this had changed since the last time i worked it out), if i used the mk6 exclusivly all year round, compared to the TDI i was using the mk6 in fuel only would cost me £315.69 a year more.
That may sound alot to some until you think that is less than 90p a day so less than a couple of cans of pop or cups of tea a day. I can live with that difference.

My cars a manual one, i noticed with the mk5's i drove i got ~10% more mpg out the manual on average compared to the DSG version, i don't know if the mk6 has a similar difference.
 
Theres an intersting post on the R forum about mpg
http://www.rforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=1250.0
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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #7 on: 20 March 2011, 16:22 »
Iv just escaped sh!tty Cumbria for a weekend in Manchester, got an average of 38mpg on the way there and back, pretty pleased with that seen as the ST was kicking out 22 on average!  :sick:
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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #8 on: 20 March 2011, 16:40 »
Quote from: Exonian on 20 March 2011, 14:27
Recently did a trip to Cornwall and returned low thirties MPG in mixed driving, no super fast stuff and no heroics (4 up with luggage much of the time).

Literally got back an hour or so ago from a trip going from Devon to the West Mids and back again, all motorway, light to medium traffic, 3 up and not much luggage as only an overnight stay. Going up it was 34.4mpg average and that included needing to get a bit of a move on as we had a table booked! My old mk5 would have done that trip with around 31-32 mpg showing at best.
Coming back this morning I decided as we were in absolutely no rush that I'd stick to the limit all the way and averaged 66mph on the computer for the trip; 36.4 on the trip computer for the return leg of the journey.
So in my fully considered scientific conclusion, there's only 2 mpg to be gained by being a goody two shoes, I frequently got baulked by traffic whilst sticking to the speed limit and the journey was boring as hell coming back - so enjoy your GTIs folks and drive them like you stole them* the journey up was much more enjoyable...... :smug:








* Disclaimer: I'm an idiot and should be ignored at all times so don't come crying to me if you get done for speeding..... :laugh:



PS. Are you always on holiday Amanda?  :smiley:

No, not always  :grin: just had some leave to use up before 1st April.  No hols now until June  :cry:
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Re: Chuffed to bits.
« Reply #9 on: 20 March 2011, 16:54 »
Quote from: quinnii on 20 March 2011, 16:22
Iv just escaped sh!tty Cumbria for a weekend in Manchester, got an average of 38mpg on the way there and back, pretty pleased with that seen as the ST was kicking out 22 on average!  :sick:
Whats wrong with Cumbria? My brother lives in windermere and i go up every chance i get! I'm confused by some of the low mpg figures for motorway driving, on the trip from my house to Windermere i average about 43 ish mpg doing about 75 ish all the way on a good day, i only live about a mile from the motorway so perhaps it's something to do with that?
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