GTI & GTD official MPG

[CraigW]

Any pics of the missus? 

I was thinking that 

Excellent work Craig, making our wait a little more bearable! I especially like the vid, I think that should be a must for new owners along with pics!

Thanks Mark. I expect to see plenty of pics and vids from you guys when you collect your shiny new cars 

[monkeyhanger]

Thanks for the info, more than 40mpg yay!

Well yes and no - you can probably knock 10% off that for a reality check. Don't know how VW (and probably every other manufacturer) can get away with actual (brim fill method) and indicated being 10% away from each other. Probable 35/36 mpg in reality. My dad's GTD is indicating 10% more than actual and just today filling up my Scirocco my car had done 539 miles on 54.45litres (12 gallons), or 45 mpg - computer says 50.2mpg for the tankful. It's all relative though, if you've had a VW before and are used to trusting what the MFD says then indicated 40mpg vs 35mpg indicated on a MK6 GTI is still an improvement.

You will generally find the last 120 miles range on the tank as it counts down ends up giving 80-90 miles before it says zero, the last 1/4 tank depletion isn't very linear.

My car was supposedly within 0.5l of empty (55 litre tank, 54.45 litres added in fill) when I filled it today whilst it was saying there was 20 miles left. Based on a true 45mpg that would mean 2 litres of fuel left to zero, or 56.5 litres to zero. I know there is filling capacity in the filling tube, but I have run the car dry once (300 yards from the garage I was going to fill at) and only got 55.2 litres to filled. Can't help thinking I got diddled at the filling station today.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Point taken, but then I'm comparing to the read out of my Ford, which gets 38 and I want the GTI to be at least this.  The Ford presumably has the same measurement errors.  So for this purpose 40 really is 40. Actually that's what you said isn't it?

[mistertee]

Sorry to hi-jack thread, but seeing as you've physically got one..

Does it come with car mats?  What's the diameter of the steering wheel?

[CraigW]

Sorry to hi-jack thread, but seeing as you've physically got one..

Does it come with car mats?  What's the diameter of the steering wheel?

It comes with carpet mats but no GTI logo which I was hoping for. Not sure about the diameter of the wheel. I'll measure it tomorrow and get back to you 

[mistertee]

Cheers Craig. I'm glad it comes with mats, i was going to kick off otherwise!

[Sootchucker]

Just had a chat with my colleague over in Hamburg, Germany. He recently took delivery of his 5 door DSG equipped GTD, and last weekend, he went with his family from Buchen (near Hamburg) to Nuremberg a distance of approx 650km (400 miles), so an 800 mile round trip with a new car (has approx 2,100km on it so far).

According to him, travelling at approx 130km/hr (80mph) on the autobahn's (as he had his small child in the car), with cruise set for a good deal of the journey, for the overall trip he averaged 4.2 l/km which equates to approx 67mpg. Assuming approx 5-10% inaccuracy for the trip computer, it would translate to 60-64mpg true.

Not too shabby for a fully loaded car with DSG and 184hp.  I'd be well happy with that and should even improve very slightly as the miles pile on. Oh, and by the way, he said for cruising on the motorway, he's never been in a car so well suited. Quiet, supple, comfortable and with plenty of poke when the need arises. He loves his GTD (and he had a BMW 320d before).

[Simon C]

Dear fellas

Now we have some Gtis and gtds on the road can some of you lucky sods tell the rest of us what type of fuel economy you are enjoying..or not. And whether you are pleased with it.

Any insight would be really appreciated.

Best wishes

Simon

P.s. please post separately about how much fun your having too.

[CraigW]

Dear fellas

Now we have some Gtis and gtds on the road can some of you lucky sods tell the rest of us what type of fuel economy you are enjoying..or not. And whether you are pleased with it.

Any insight would be really appreciated.

Best wishes

Simon

P.s. please post separately about how much fun your having too.

If I can recall im sitting at approx. 33.5mpg after 1000 miles which is ok

[monkeyhanger]

Just had a chat with my colleague over in Hamburg, Germany. He recently took delivery of his 5 door DSG equipped GTD, and last weekend, he went with his family from Buchen (near Hamburg) to Nuremberg a distance of approx 650km (400 miles), so an 800 mile round trip with a new car (has approx 2,100km on it so far).

According to him, travelling at approx 130km/hr (80mph) on the autobahn's (as he had his small child in the car), with cruise set for a good deal of the journey, for the overall trip he averaged 4.2 l/km which equates to approx 67mpg. Assuming approx 5-10% inaccuracy for the trip computer, it would translate to 60-64mpg true.

Not too shabby for a fully loaded car with DSG and 184hp.  I'd be well happy with that and should even improve very slightly as the miles pile on. Oh, and by the way, he said for cruising on the motorway, he's never been in a car so well suited. Quiet, supple, comfortable and with plenty of poke when the need arises. He loves his GTD (and he had a BMW 320d before).

Currently achieving about 40mpg on my commute with a driving style that used to achieve 50mpg on my commute in my Scirocco 170TDI. Longer journeys averaging 46mpg that would have achieved an easy 53mpg with the Scirocco being driven a lot harder. Upper gear pull seems a little down vs my Scirocco, i'm wondering if the car is on some kind of running in cycle (My Scirocco seemed to get a new lease of life when it hit 310 miles/500km).