What MPG do you get?

[Ant]

I agree with Overseer, keep it consistant and high gears/low revs.

I'm currently trying to get 400 miles out of my tank (trying to reduce from 5 fillups per month to 4), 200 miles just over half a tank and MFA reports 34mpg, so looking good.

[Organisys]

Doesn't this talk of economy defeat the point of owning a GTI ? might as well have a diesel Fiesta ! LOL

[Volkswagavin]

Don't think my K&N filter has helped my fuel economy at all, however my stainless steel exhaust system has improved economy on a run by a few mpg.

Organisys! Decent fuel economy means we can spend more time driving our dubs before running out of money!

I'd love a V8 powered beast but I'd never afford the petrol!

[SarahD]

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.


1. bout 19mpg
2. not sure how to work it out ive never driven it normally
3. bout 130miles to £20
4. only ever use optimax
5. ive taken mine off cos it reduced my fuel consumption and restricted the car

[eyeletboy]

100 miles to £15 worth of optimax on the 16 valver around town driving.

[swinie]

hey all,

all this talk of 300 miles to a tank on a 8v is getting me really worried!!!
ive just driven glasgow to aberdeen which is 160miles and that took me near enough 1 full tank. Now im hoping that for some reason my tank is half the size of all yours!!it cost about £20 for a full tank on my car, is that around the same as all yours?? its motorway driving so im goin 70mph and the revs are about 3-4 but i dont think this counts as caining it.

id be interested to see if my cars f**ked or if its just a smaller tank size.

cheers all

[wellfan]

swinie, costs me about £40 to fill my tank and I get about 350 between refills. You must have a hell of a wee tank. I do the Glasgow to Aberdeen run now and again and it is possible to get good MPG on that run, there are so many speed cameras between Dundee and Aberdeen, you can't speed.

[888v]

about 35 - 40mpg normally but f*ck all when i boot it.......between 13 & 25 i guess (if computer is still accurate)

[Organisys]

Organisys! Decent fuel economy means we can spend more time driving our dubs before running out of money!

I'd love a V8 powered beast but I'd never afford the petrol!

To be fair, the economy on my 8v is very good, especially when driving 'sensibly' I can get 350 miles to a tank for £40 ish.

Compare that to my V6 Syncro, which does around 300 miles to a tank for about £50 !! (I dont drive it 'sensibly') unless I get on a long Motorway trip.

[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!

can you get 300 miles from petrol and then switch to lpg and not stop annd get 600 miles?

Yeah, and I don't even need to stop or slow down! as long as its over 2500revs then the switch is faultless(ish)