MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG

[MaccaGTD]

Im on 17k now and MPG has massively improved recently to be able to hit 50+ easily.

Had 64.7 last week on a 60 mile journey, the forever roadworks on the M6 helps 

Oil change soon...

[Gordor]

125 miles to Salisbury on Friday night yielded 44.4, with motorway pretty much all the way, did 80 the first half and 70 the second half. 5 degrees ambient.

Coming home just now was mainly 7 degrees, 46.9mpg having averaged 63mph doing 70 all the way, very poor imo. Coming north on the motorway it was constantly doing around 42 instantaneous and was actually lowering the average.

1100 on the clock now. Oil temp heading home never went lower than 98.

That 303 really canes my mpg... Up and down hills like an up and down thing that goes up and down a lot! Totally agree about sport mode....or individual mode to be more exact... Also agree with the "just drive it" argument. I am generally nicely surprised when I don't chase the mpg.

[C2K]

Averaged 57.5 over Surrey to Manchester and back.

510 miles since last full up and have over a quarter of a tank left

that's excellent stuff. Wish mine would behave like that.

What miles you got on the clock now, what BW were you?

[KyleB]

Averaged 57.5 over Surrey to Manchester and back.

510 miles since last full up and have over a quarter of a tank left

That's cracking going that.

I take it you're not using ACC and doing about 60-70mph?

[KyleB]

Yep, no cruise used and sitting at 70 with the occasional overtake at 80. I also did some B roads, sat in roadworks for 40 minutes stop starting and before that I was at 58.4mpg

That's fantastic MPG mate - I thought mine was good at 54!

[AdmiralGant]

Finally seen the better side of 50mpg, drove home from Gloucestershire to Suffolk with car in Eco mode, gearbox in Drive and Radar cruise on and she managed 50.3mpg and doing 80mph most of the way home.

But then yesterday did a short 20 run to a local town and did get stuck in some traffic and it returned the lowest ever seen of 33.3mpg

I remain highly impressed with drive all round, 2700 miles on the clock now, 700 miles done this week and feel fresh and ache free when I parked up.

I am still slightly confused by the DPF regen - how can I tell when one is taking place?

[Skinnee D]

Yep, no cruise used and sitting at 70 with the occasional overtake at 80. I also did some B roads, sat in roadworks for 40 minutes stop starting and before that I was at 58.4mpg

I found my speedo to be about 3mph optimistic at 70, but even allowing for similar that's a decent result.

Avoiding the cruise control does seem to help.  If I do use it I usually keep the cruise setting it in Eco, which some people find a bit too pedestrian on acceleration but I find it's okay if you're not in a hurry - and a bit more efficient I reckon.

[Pob17]

Finally got my car on April 1st. Straight from the off mpg has been impressive. Daily commute is 140 mile round trip, about 80% motorway, remainder mix of A and B roads. Average over yesterday and today is approaching 52mpg, and I saw nearly 57mpg on way home tonight. Quite pleased with that.

[stuart.cameron]

Finally got my car on April 1st. Straight from the off mpg has been impressive. Daily commute is 140 mile round trip, about 80% motorway, remainder mix of A and B roads. Average over yesterday and today is approaching 52mpg, and I saw nearly 57mpg on way home tonight. Quite pleased with that.

What sort of temperatures are you getting these results in?

[monkeyhanger]

Finally got my car on April 1st. Straight from the off mpg has been impressive. Daily commute is 140 mile round trip, about 80% motorway, remainder mix of A and B roads. Average over yesterday and today is approaching 52mpg, and I saw nearly 57mpg on way home tonight. Quite pleased with that.

What sort of temperatures are you getting these results in?

I think just as an important factor with the 57mpg result Pob got is that he does a 140 mile a day commute. If I did 70 miles on dual carriageway in one trip, doing 80mph all the way, i'd easily scrape 50mpg at 0-2C, and be pushing high 50s at around 8-10C. I regularly do a 75 mile round trip to see relatives, and was getting around 49mpg in freezing temps, and around 53mpg at an ambient temp of 8C.