What MPG do you get?

[minid0m]

How many MPG's do you all get on average? On either 8 or 16v  MK2 Gti's Or miles per tank?

The reason why I'm asking is to find out if mine is using too much fuel. I filled up last week and for the first half of the tank I have managed to get 150 miles. I'm hoping to get 300 miles from the tank, but I think this is going to be wishfull thinking.

I do cain the car when its warm but never hit the rev limiter, when I find an empty bit of road.

So what do you get from a tank;

1. When you cain it.
2. Average driving
3. Occasional fast driving?
4. What about using stantard unleaded or super?
5. Do aftermarket air filter's improve fuel consumption.

Interested to see the answers.

[Dizzie]

300 miles off a tank if I'm sensible.
Running on 97 RON

probably about 36 mpg when I go very sensible
about 15 mpg when I cane it

1.8 20vT mk2

[Veedubgt18v]

i get about 350+ with normal driving its a mk2 8v

[wellfan]

I am on my third 8 valver. I am very disappointed with the fuel consumption of my present car. Tankful can get me 350 miles, works out at best 34MPG and worst 30MPG. My last two cars averaged 38MPG and I could get 41MPG when driving very carefully (not very often). My fuel consumption on my present car has improved slightly to the 34MPG figure since I replaced the thermostat, it had been stuck slightly open. I do get a strong smell of fuel when driving with the sunroof open so I think I may have a problem somewhere, however, seems I may just have been lucky with my last 2 Gti's getting on average 38MPG. Be interesting to hear what others are managing to get.

[Horney]

I get about 36mpg out of my 8v when driven normaly. Giving it some beans and it does about 20mpg.

This is going on calculations rather than the MFA which is screwed and reads WAY too low!

[LPG'd Oakie]

On petrol my 16v used to do 300 miles a tank, spot on more or less everytime. A tank cost £38 quid.

On LGP, i get 300 miles out of o tank, but that only cost £22

Only another 6000 miles till I have paid off the conversion!

[maximous]

Has anyone else here got a 16v on twin 45s, if so whats their fuel consumption like?

[mrwotto]

I get 75-80 miles out of a tenna 80.9p a litre

Thats in a 1.8gl with a carb

[piggy]

I get 75-80 miles out of a tenna 80.9p a litre

Thats in a 1.8gl with a carb

That'll be £10 worth of fuel put in by the better half Wotto?
Rumour has it that your wallet hasn't seen daylight since the turn of the century, 20th century!

Yeah, I know 150...150....The Stellas on its way!

[gstar-dubworld]

Best case scenario 37mpg and worst case 24mpg, some days are happy 70/80 mph days and others are dumb o'clock at 90+mph sprint runs across the Chiltern Hills.

All our cars are set to run on Optimax unleaded, the demo vehicle also runs a slightly re-mapped engine management, in total we've gained an approx 20/30 miles per a tank full.

All of the above figures are based on a 8v GTi model, with a fairly healthy engine.