MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG

[J400uk]

55.9mpg on the first run into work this morning (47 miles mostly motorway). For a brand new car I'm happy with that and only a couple of mpg of my Mk6 indicated (140 TDI DSG), I suspect the Mk7 is more accurate

[Diehammer]

49.9mpg on 5 mile commute to work this morning 17c outside, would have been higher if there wasn't a van going around 30mph in a 40 for a couple of miles.

very impressed with this from a cold start.

[fredgroves]

Doing 30 in a 40 shouldnt effect your MPG really, quite the reverse really.

The only thing that badly effects it is stop start traffic.... rolling along at 30mph you should easily get 50mpg on a not cold day.

[Diehammer]

Doing 30 in a 40 shouldnt effect your MPG really, quite the reverse really.

The only thing that badly effects it is stop start traffic.... rolling along at 30mph you should easily get 50mpg on a not cold day.

It depends what gear you are in as well. I was in 3rd but if i hit 32mph it tells me to go into 4th and at 41mph it says shift up to 5th. If you are in the suggested gear your rev counter will be sitting at approx 1200rpm and if you are in a lower gear it will be sitting around 1700rpm.

[Diehammer]

1200 miles in and averaging 46.7mpg. Thats 4mpg better than my 3 series which didn't have near as much power.

So far i am very happy with that

[Restlessnative]

1200 miles in and averaging 46.7mpg. Thats 4mpg better than my 3 series which didn't have near as much power.

So far i am very happy with that

That's only about 16mpg more than my 3.0 straight six 315bhp!.

[fredgroves]

1200 miles in and averaging 46.7mpg. Thats 4mpg better than my 3 series which didn't have near as much power.

So far i am very happy with that

That's only about 16mpg more than my 3.0 straight six 315bhp!.

What did you expect?

I had a Golf Bluemotion 1.6 TDI as a loaner a little while back. In the several days I had the thing it reported 50mpg - whilst breathlessly trying to get up hills and generally being a gutless POS.

I'd say it was quite remarkable that something as powerful as 184PS was capable of easily cracking 50mpg whilst never being short on torque....and you 30mpg 3.0l six costs 1500 quid a year more to fuel for 20k and presumably about 400 quid in road tax.

If you are made of money fine I guess!

[mcmaddy]

Drove up to Arran yesterday with 4 people and luggage (tight squeeze for the luggage) and just got 50mpg. Just had 4 new tyres replaced last Saturday and they are either losing pressure or aren't balanced properly as I was getting a vibration from under my seat. Even with car fully fully loaded it's still got loads of torque when needed. 50mpg isn't bad but thought I may have got more as wasn't hoofing it up. Pull up at ardrossan ferry terminal to find its doing a regen! 14°c yesterday when I checked the tyres and they were perfect. 10c this morning and they've lost an exact 1psi.

[Diehammer]

Drove up to Arran yesterday with 4 people and luggage (tight squeeze for the luggage) and just got 50mpg. Just had 4 new tyres replaced last Saturday and they are either losing pressure or aren't balanced properly as I was getting a vibration from under my seat. Even with car fully fully loaded it's still got loads of torque when needed. 50mpg isn't bad but thought I may have got more as wasn't hoofing it up. Pull up at ardrossan ferry terminal to find its doing a regen! 14°c yesterday when I checked the tyres and they were perfect. 10c this morning and they've lost an exact 1psi.

I drove down to Alton Towers and back when the car had only 150 miles on the clock, total of 550 miles. Boot was full because of all the stuff a 2 year old needs and got 51mpg. Last year I drove to York and back in my 3 series and got 60mpg but the car had 33000 on the clock.

[J400uk]

Still finding mine pretty variable. 3000 miles in and I get anything between 47 - 56 mpg on the same daily journey! Its not bad as the reported figure seems pretty accurate unlike my old Mk6, but the annoyance is the limited tank range.