driving

[jonesltd]

Thanks for the tips.....I get fuel from morrisons or asda mainly,no longer near a shell station.

Ill get it scanned again as my vagcom is out of date I believe

[Dan.B]

Mine averages 40-45mpg on my daily commute which is 15 miles of town driving.

Done 25 miles on m25 last night at 60-70mph and averaged 55mpg

Mines stage 2 with DPF delete DSG.

[jonesltd]

Remapping and more money....however I do get decent mpg on motorway.Thibnking it may be putting fuel to half tank aint gonna help I need to fill it up to benefit?

Also a remap for my GTD....which is the best? Price? and also will I save fuel in some respects or is a remap just for more power and drink more fuel?? My last one on mk4 was fuel and power but that was back in 2009 with rapidremap in Cannock.

[RocketRossUK]

Thanks for the tips.....I get fuel from morrisons or asda mainly,no longer near a shell station.

Ill get it scanned again as my vagcom is out of date I believe

Thats your problem then, did you not see that programme on Petrol, Morrisons came out worst off ALL the petrol stations in the UK.

They buy a basically watered down version for much cheaper. Switch to Shell or main petrol station for a week and you will be blown away with the difference. Shell is like 4p more a litre , so like £2-£5 depending on how much you put in, but will return Soooo many more miles.

Let us know after a week

[M3 SHAM]

Thanks for the tips.....I get fuel from morrisons or asda mainly,no longer near a shell station.

Ill get it scanned again as my vagcom is out of date I believe

Thats your problem then, did you not see that programme on Petrol, Morrisons came out worst off ALL the petrol stations in the UK.

They buy a basically watered down version for much cheaper. Switch to Shell or main petrol station for a week and you will be blown away with the difference. Shell is like 4p more a litre , so like £2-£5 depending on how much you put in, but will return Soooo many more miles.

Let us know after a week

I generally buy my diesel from Asda just because it is cheaper/convinient.  I have never noticed a drop in MPG from when I would use Shell previously.... infact i think its got a little better???

[jonesltd]

Better? People in here say otherwise?

gonna go to shell and put the usual amount in and go from there

[p3asa]

Sounds like you are guestimating the fuel you are using by looking just at the fuel guage?

Best thing to do is fill the car up, do a weeks driving (or however long) and then refill it.  Look at how many miles you've covered and how many gallons you've just put in and that'll tell you the real world fuel economy.

I agree with Buck ^^

The fuel gauge isn't linear. I found when I filled my golf up to the brim I could drive nearly a couple of hundred miles before the needle would even move. It would then move slowly until it was half full then it seemed to plummet from halfway to empty.

Chances are when you have been in Ireland you've had the tank mostly full hence why the needle hasn't moved much then when you came back home you haven't had it as full so it appears to use it faster.

Brim the tank and then run it till empty and post back how many miles you managed.

[Ess_Three]

Gtd should return 42-50mpg
Even if I drive like I stole it at stage 1 Revo it still does 43mpg

It sure should.

My older mapped 170PD does 46.x average no matter how you drive it (short runs to Tesco, blast on a backroad, dual carridgeway or 80ish on a motorway...it always does 46.something MPG on Tescos cheapest diesel.
The GTDs common rail TDI should be better on fuel.

[jonesltd]

So keep using tesco,asda etc not BP, esso and shell?

[devilscaff]

Does having the engine chipped increase fuel economy? If you don't drive flat out?