MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG

[monkeyhanger]

Ive had good and bad mpg today.

It was sh!te going into Newcastle to drop the missus off for the match and head down to Hartlepool to see a cousin. About 45 miles all in. Some hefty stoppages for traffic for the first 12 miles, then the other 33 miles pretty much maintaining 80mph down the A19 (dual carriageway). First 12 miles was down to 41mpg (more regenning) and recovered slightly to 42mpg at the end of the trip. Almost no wind.

Came directly home from Newcastle to North Shields via the Tyne Tunnel (32 miles), maintained 80mph back up the A19 and the car recorded 53.3mpg for the trip. The wind had really picked up for the return leg, blowing southerly and was quite blustery. So strong headwind all the way back and still did 53.3mpg.

For almost the whole homebound trip the oil temp was 98 - 101C once warm. The whole day's driving has averaged 46.5mpg.

I presume the DPF is spotlessly clean right now.

[Gordor]

Ive had good and bad mpg today.

It was sh!te going into Newcastle to drop the missus off for the match and head down to Hartlepool to see a cousin. About 45 miles all in. Some hefty stoppages for traffic for the first 12 miles, then the other 33 miles pretty much maintaining 80mph down the A19 (dual carriageway). First 12 miles was down to 41mpg (more regenning) and recovered slightly to 42mpg at the end of the trip. Almost no wind.

Came directly home from Newcastle to North Shields via the Tyne Tunnel (32 miles), maintained 80mph back up the A19 and the car recorded 53.3mpg for the trip. The wind had really picked up for the return leg, blowing southerly and was quite blustery. So strong headwind all the way back and still did 53.3mpg.

For almost the whole homebound trip the oil temp was 98 - 101C once warm. The whole day's driving has averaged 46.5mpg.

I presume the DPF is spotlessly clean right now.

MH after reading your posts I checked my oil temp on my recent long trip and mine sticks at 90c. I'm using the acceleration of sport mode to get up up to speed quite rapidly and this seems to help my mpg.

[dippy_x]

My findings so far are that no matter what journey I make - I always seems to get much better mpg on the return leg.  Even counts for going to work in the morning and heading back home in the evening.  I would have put this down to external temps but it has been really mild lately.  13 degrees - that's almost a summers day for us here 

[monkeyhanger]

Just took a short trip for a takeaway, and the engine was still warm frmo my best ever mpg trip, but the stop-start was deactivated - surely not regenning after 65 miles of dual carriageway cruising?

[Gordor]

Just took a short trip for a takeaway, and the engine was still warm frmo my best ever mpg trip, but the stop-start was deactivated - surely not regenning after 65 miles of dual carriageway cruising?

Yep, used to happen to me before i started using the acceleration.

[Robbo]

I've had the car just over a week and managed to clock up over 1100 miles so would consider that the engine has had time to bed in.  MFD showing long term average of 41.7 at the moment, although for a run up to Stockport, saw 46. I've enjoyed the performance a bit, but generally it's been driven pretty well - even though it's a company car.

Couple of mornings this week I've been up to Stamford, around 30 mile round trip, 20 of which are on the A1 at a reasonably constant 70/75.  At best I've seen 43.5 and driving like Miss Daisy!  Today had a few of things to do around town, about 25 miles total, mostly dual carriageway with a couple of miles of 30mph areas. Drove a little harder to get up to speed and sat at 75. According to MFD, managed to hit a staggering 32 mpg!!

My last car was a 320d (184ps one) and I'd drive that pretty hard (75/80 on mway, but use the acceleration to it's fullest) and get around 44/45, could get 55 if drove carefully.  Not expecting to see 67 with the Golf, but was expecting 47-53.

Maybe it needs more time to loosen up rather than just the mileage?  I'll do around 600 miles next week so will be interesting to see if this improves, but so far, not impressed

[mcmaddy]

article in this months vw driver mag reckons you won't see the mpg's calm down until after first oil change!

[Skinnee D]

I'm finding that bouts of persistent junctions/traffic lights etc on a trip are really pulling the average mpg down - even with the stop/start in use.  Basic physics I know, but all that braking and reacceleration is making quite a difference when I'm comparing mpg between otherwise similar trips.

[Gordor]

article in this months vw driver mag reckons you won't see the mpg's calm down until after first oil change!

That's about 20,000 miles right?

[Skinnee D]

article in this months vw driver mag reckons you won't see the mpg's calm down until after first oil change!

That's about 20,000 miles right?

Good question...10k on fixed servicing, but I'm guessing maybe up to somewhere approaching 20k on long life/variable servicing for some long distance drivers?