Confusion RE MPG

[Running Man]

If it did 15mpg would you still feel the same way?

If this was all it could do I wouldn't buy one.  I buy for fun yes, but not at any cost.  To me this is no different than the price tag.  If they were asking £40k I bet everyone of us would buy a M135i instead.  Why should mpg be treated differently?

I wouldn't buy an M135i

[Poached]

MPG is important on a GTI since many use will use it as a daily driver which is what it's designed for.

If MPG was of no concern then there are many alternatives available for much less than the cost of a MK7 GTI.

[AAddict]

If it did 15mpg would you still feel the same way?

I'm pretty sure there will be days when it does do 15mpg 

[matchboy]

If it did 15mpg would you still feel the same way?

If this was all it could do I wouldn't buy one.  I buy for fun yes, but not at any cost.  To me this is no different than the price tag.  If they were asking £40k I bet everyone of us would buy a M135i instead.  Why should mpg be treated differently?

I wouldn't buy an M135i

I would, it p!sses on the GTI - but is too expensive to buy and run.

[Running Man]

If it did 15mpg would you still feel the same way?

If this was all it could do I wouldn't buy one.  I buy for fun yes, but not at any cost.  To me this is no different than the price tag.  If they were asking £40k I bet everyone of us would buy a M135i instead.  Why should mpg be treated differently?

I wouldn't buy an M135i

I would, it p!sses on the GTI - but is too expensive to buy and run.

and it's completely fugly

[monkeyhanger]

and it's completely fugly

Need to drive it fast to avoid being recognised!

[Running Man]

and it's completely fugly

Need to drive it fast to avoid being recognised!

 

[Jimble]

and it's completely fugly

Need to drive it fast to avoid being recognised!

I like this theory!

[Andy B]

As a starter of an MPG thread, the things at the back of my mind include:

• Some of us will keep the car we buy for a few years (as much as 10 in our case), and if fuel prices continue to rise, a low MPG will just keep hurting more and more over the years, so the more efficient now, the less cumulative pain!
• Most of the miles we do will be sat at a constant speed. Frankly, I want to pay as little as possible to be bimbling along in a vast mass of humanity on the M25 at 20mph, and that means good MPG.
• I hate petrol stations. If your car does twice the MPG with the same tank, you'll visit them half as much!
• On long journeys, assuming your bladder sphincter muscle can stand it  Missing out a fill up is a bit like 500 overtakes. Well, I made that up, but you get the point. Rabbit and tortoise and all that.
• Finally, in general, I like more efficient things over less efficient things, even if I can afford the less efficient thing. Going for the bigger engine bakes in a bit of inefficiency, so anything the engineers can do to make that effect less profound, the better for me. It's a sort of nerdy technology interest 

[monkeyhanger]

As a starter of an MPG thread, the things at the back of my mind include:

• Some of us will keep the car we buy for a few years (as much as 10 in our case), and if fuel prices continue to rise, a low MPG will just keep hurting more and more over the years, so the more efficient now, the less cumulative pain!
• Most of the miles we do will be sat at a constant speed. Frankly, I want to pay as little as possible to be bimbling along in a vast mass of humanity on the M25 at 20mph, and that means good MPG.
• I hate petrol stations. If your car does twice the MPG with the same tank, you'll visit them half as much!
• On long journeys, assuming your bladder sphincter muscle can stand it  Missing out a fill up is a bit like 500 overtakes. Well, I made that up, but you get the point. Rabbit and tortoise and all that.
• Finally, in general, I like more efficient things over less efficient things, even if I can afford the less efficient thing. Going for the bigger engine bakes in a bit of inefficiency, so anything the engineers can do to make that effect less profound, the better for me. It's a sort of nerdy technology interest 

Sounds like you want a GTD with a GTI badge.