MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG

[mcmaddy]

Mot testers have to visually inspect where the dpf should be. If it isn't on or looks like it's been tampered with then it's a straight fail. That's what I've been told by an mot test guy but I'm sure people will always take the risk.

[monkeyhanger]

It's so up and down with the temps at the moment, and my mpg is up and down like a yo-yo too:-

Yesterday morning commute to work (light traffic), -2C, 13 miles commute, 41.7mpg
Yesterday afternoon drive into Newcastle (moderate traffic), +14C, 8 miles, 45.7mpg
Yesterday night, drive home from Newcastle (very light traffic), +9C, 8 miles, 49.2mpg
This morning commute to work (light traffic), +3C, 13 miles commute, 41.9mpg

Last night's drive home was probably the least saintly, an Alfa Mito was hitching a lift (or so it seemed), until we passed the cameras on the Coast Road and it ate my dust as I left it far behind.

[Skinnee D]

Last night's drive home was probably the least saintly, an Alfa Mito was hitching a lift (or so it seemed), until we passed the cameras on the Coast Road and it ate my dust as I left it far behind.

And for that saintly deed you were rewarded with the best mpg - could that be a lesson to us all...

[Jthgti]

Having driven about 200 miles so far, and read all the contributions on this thread, I suspect that distance travelled and temperature are the biggest contributors to GTD mpg. My daily commute is about a 60 mile round trip, bit of town driving, mostly A roads and dual carriageways which seems to be helping push the average to decent levels.

I'm averaging about 53mpg so far which I'm more than happy with. My MK5 GTI returned around 31.5 mpg on the same roads. I find it incredible that such a superficially similar car performance wise can give such an economy increase. Although this may dip into the 40s once I've run it in properly 

[C2K]

Had a run back to Peterborough to do today. Driving quite regularly really, given I've a heavy right foot ordinarily.



It seems about all she was willing to give today, driven like a saint at times, though I was experimenting with cruise also. I have literally just crossed the 600 mile marker.

My Peugeot would deliver 50 on this run driven like a hooligan.I do a lot of town miles these days so it probably did a regen straight off, but still, finding it difficult to sustain over 50 - you go for the throttle and it plummets.

Cant see much of an oil temperature pattern on mine, it wanders all over the place even on consant speed runs. Cross the 100 marker briefly on a few occasions.

[205Rallee]

Mine's now got 6200miles on the clock. Averaging 48 over the last 3000 miles. Last two weeks it's been above 54mpg on ASDA fuel all the time. Today did a 60 mile journey, mixed roads through town, on ECO setting and averaged 37mph and 61mpg on the MFD. Finishing the journey with the fans on full blast mid regen

Mine will also do a regen at the end of a fast 200 mile journey, which doesn't make sense.

On the subject of stone chips, my paint is holding up well, but the windscreen looks like it's done 100k.....

[mcmaddy]

I think sometimes we think it's mid regen and the fans are blaring but I think it's just the fans trying to cool the dpf.

[monkeyhanger]

I think sometimes we think it's mid regen and the fans are blaring but I think it's just the fans trying to cool the dpf.

I think that's exactly what it is. With the DPF now being strapped to the back of the engine and potentially being 600C internally, you probably can't just let that thing cool down on it's own.

If i've been on a long/sustained dual carriageway drive, I quite often come back to the fan blaring, even if it has been driven very economically (like sat at 75/80 for 30+ miles).

[AdmiralGant]

Impressed by others recent MPG figures but I did a gentle run Friday, it was thick fog so had no choice and got 49.6MPG over a 14 mile trip to Ipswich in Suffolk.

At last a decent figure! Strangely I switched the air con on last week and will now keep it on until winter returns, I wonder if that has helped the MPG (you would think it would make it worse)?? 

250 mile sprint to Devon coming up Monday - will report on how that turns out.

[dippy_x]

Things are just getting crazy now.  57.4mpg on 11 mile trip home from work!