« Reply #12 on: 04 July 2013, 13:50 »
Gotta be getting 40mpg to be honest.
How on God's Earth would anyone get that sort of consumption out of a GTI?
Its a drivers car and the mk7 is higher geared than the mk5/6 so you'd drive it like a 5 speed car most of the time in the UK to make sure you're 'in the zone' at legal speeds.
I'm far from a boy racer but these cars are meant to be driven not nannied. 258lb ft of torque is just there to be used!!
30mpg I reckon.
280 lb ft on the GTD? 45 MPG maybe? and an aching left elbow if you use the thing to its full enjoyment factor.
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