MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG

[Sootchucker]

Interestingly today, I had to nip somewhere at lunch (see my other thread for the scratch that occurred as a result). 18 miles each way of motorway plus a few miles of A roads etc, and because I was in a hurry, decided to not cosset the car so 80-85mph all the way and some heavy acceleration to boot - not in the least bit concerned over economy.

Only checked the MPG on my return (expecting to see 35 or something) and was very surprised to see 53.1mpg for the 36 miles trap at an average of 58mph. Not too shabby, maybe I need to drive it harder more often ?

[monkeyhanger]

On a motorway stretch after shorter journeys, I would definitely say drive it a bit harder because you're more likely to clear your DPF out, and the car is warmer for a larger proportion of the journey on a longer run.

[ROO1]

Interestingly today, I had to nip somewhere at lunch (see my other thread for the scratch that occurred as a result). 18 miles each way of motorway plus a few miles of A roads etc, and because I was in a hurry, decided to not cosset the car so 80-85mph all the way and some heavy acceleration to boot - not in the least bit concerned over economy.

Only checked the MPG on my return (expecting to see 35 or something) and was very surprised to see 53.1mpg for the 36 miles trap at an average of 58mph. Not too shabby, maybe I need to drive it harder more often ?

If you place 50mpg as an acceptable level then drive it however you wish

[monkeyhanger]

Just under 45mpg (indicated) on a return trip to the Metrocentre (31 miles) on uncluttered roads and felt a little low on power, back down to the levels experienced with V-power. It has been poor for a few days now with a regen going on for my last few commutes, but not today. Absolutely sh!te - an easy 53mpg journey in my Scirocco. My tyre pressures are spot on and i've checked the air filter to make sure it hasn't been put in backwards or something daft like that. I have done about 1500 miles now.

Going to book an appointment with the dealership to get them to look at my low mpg and power, sort the dash rattle/buzz @1500rpm and sort my squeaky front drivers side shock out. I'm sure there's something else minor to sort out too, but can't think what it is. When I had my 170TDI PD MK5 Golf, that was plagued with DPF regens and low mpg until they gave it an official service remap that sorted everything, Maybe more of the same is required.

If i'd have known I would be looking at the realms of 40-43mpg (actual) for a GTD, I'd have got a GTI and aimed at a realistic 35mpg. If the situation doesn't improve, this will be the last TDI I buy.

[ROO1]

Just under 45mpg (indicated) on a return trip to the Metrocentre (31 miles) on uncluttered roads and felt a little low on power, back down to the levels experienced with V-power. It has been poor for a few days now with a regen going on for my last few commutes, but not today. Absolutely sh!te - an easy 53mpg journey in my Scirocco. My tyre pressures are spot on and i've checked the air filter to make sure it hasn't been put in backwards or something daft like that. I have done about 1500 miles now.

Going to book an appointment with the dealership to get them to look at my low mpg and power, sort the dash rattle/buzz @1500rpm and sort my squeaky front drivers side shock out. I'm sure there's something else minor to sort out too, but can't think what it is. When I had my 170TDI PD MK5 Golf, that was plagued with DPF regens and low mpg until they gave it an official service remap that sorted everything, Maybe more of the same is required.

If i'd have known I would be looking at the realms of 40-43mpg (actual) for a GTD, I'd have got a GTI and aimed at a realistic 35mpg. If the situation doesn't improve, this will be the last TDI I buy.

That mpg is dogsh!t

[2014GTi]

Just under 45mpg (indicated) on a return trip to the Metrocentre (31 miles) on uncluttered roads and felt a little low on power, back down to the levels experienced with V-power. It has been poor for a few days now with a regen going on for my last few commutes, but not today. Absolutely sh!te - an easy 53mpg journey in my Scirocco. My tyre pressures are spot on and i've checked the air filter to make sure it hasn't been put in backwards or something daft like that. I have done about 1500 miles now.

Going to book an appointment with the dealership to get them to look at my low mpg and power, sort the dash rattle/buzz @1500rpm and sort my squeaky front drivers side shock out. I'm sure there's something else minor to sort out too, but can't think what it is. When I had my 170TDI PD MK5 Golf, that was plagued with DPF regens and low mpg until they gave it an official service remap that sorted everything, Maybe more of the same is required.

If i'd have known I would be looking at the realms of 40-43mpg (actual) for a GTD, I'd have got a GTI and aimed at a realistic 35mpg. If the situation doesn't improve, this will be the last TDI I buy.

How many miles has the car done?

[monkeyhanger]

2013GTI: 1500 miles. Some might say "give it to 5000", which is probably what the dealership will say, but i've never had appreciable mpg gains on my previous 6 TDIs bought from new, certainly not 10% more than where i'm at now, to put me where I realistically thought I would be.

I wonder whether the car's ECU is set up for a cold start protection routine, where it limits output for the first few minutes of operation, and perhaps mine is staying on. I really feel that something isn't right with the car when low mpg is going hand-in-hand with slightly lower than expected output.

Will be getting it booked in. The other thing that needs sorting is recalibration of the sensors involved with the handbrake system after I had a failure that the MFD flagged. The autohold has switched itself off a few times after that.

[2014GTi]

2013GTI: 1500 miles. Some might say "give it to 5000", which is probably what the dealership will say, but i've never had appreciable mpg gains on my previous 6 TDIs bought from new, certainly not 10% more than where i'm at now, to put me where I realistically thought I would be.

I wonder whether the car's ECU is set up for a cold start protection routine, where it limits output for the first few minutes of operation, and perhaps mine is staying on. I really feel that something isn't right with the car when low mpg is going hand-in-hand with slightly lower than expected output.

Will be getting it booked in. The other thing that needs sorting is recalibration of the sensors involved with the handbrake system after I had a failure that the MFD flagged. The autohold has switched itself off a few times after that.

MPG is such a unpredictable aspect of a car but I would say it will improve and that 1500 miles is way too early.
My Polo Bluemotion is now retuning me 10mpg more than when it had delivery mileage on it. It was around 20k miles before it really opened up.
Get the dealer to give it the once over just in case there is something amiss.

[mike77t5]

Will it average 50mpg? Because I would be happy with that.

[johanr77]

I've only done 300 miles so far, averaging 38mpg since the beginning. I was tinkering with some settings and I noticed that the air con profile was set to run at medium, changed that to light and mpg has improved doing the same runs the last few days. I do wonder if the mk7 is like the mk1 focus in that the air con is assisting demisting etc even though the indicator light isn't lit.