MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG

[Mohsin]

Had a good 100 mile round trip yesterday, returned 57.5mpg from setting off and parking up back home. Had climate control on (no AC), car set to Normal, ACC set at 80 on the journey there (with quite a bit of variation of speed due to cars coming in front) and no ACC on the return journey.

Only got approx. 300 miles on it yet, but I am extremely happy with that.

Also, on the way to work which is 18 miles from my home, I returned exactly 50 mpg from setting off to parking up. Although traffic was quite bad, it is 90% motorway. Can't complain at all.

[stuart.cameron]

100 mile round trip to Aberdeen on Saturday morning. Only achieved 49mpg, pretty poor considering it was 95% dual carriage way sitting at 70mph-80mph. On the way home I set the ACC to 75mpg and the mpg just dropped, so turned that off pretty quick.

Checked my tyre pressure this morning, they were all sitting at 26psi... Topped up to 32psi, so hopefully things should improve.

[mcmaddy]

I'm still no where near 50 even on a run! Got it booked in for a puncture repair tomorrow and an ecu update apparently.

[dippy_x]

I did a solid 150 miles today on a mix of A roads and B roads and motorway.  Ambient temps approx 12 degrees.  Got relatively poor 48 mpg!

mcmaddy - would they say what the ecu update is for?  Is this something that would be done as standard on a service or something you would need to specifically request?

[mcmaddy]

ECU update was for abs system apparently. It'll be done when your car is next in as a matter of course although the lady on the phone when I booked in kept saying it was a recall and then quickly changed her mind to a factory update.

[Skinnee D]

Checked my tyre pressure this morning, they were all sitting at 26psi... Topped up to 32psi, so hopefully things should improve.

The min tyre pressure listed on the fuel flap for my GTD is 36psi (light load, set with cold tyres of course).  I run mine slightly above that.

[stuart.cameron]

Checked my tyre pressure this morning, they were all sitting at 26psi... Topped up to 32psi, so hopefully things should improve.

The min tyre pressure listed on the fuel flap for my GTD is 36psi (light load, set with cold tyres of course).  I run mine slightly above that.

Might have to knock that up a little then!

[monkeyhanger]

I had a saintly 8 mile drive home today at 12.5C and achieved an indicated 58.5mpg, probably an actual 53mpg considering the 9% optimistic MFD reading I have with the DTUK box.

[Pob17]

First full tank now nearly empty. First half of the tank was pretty much all motorway, second half mostly local short-ish journeys with a bit of putting foot down mixed in. Average for tank 50.2 which I'm happy with.

[CR4ZYHOR5E]

Like most cars the way you drive has a big effect on mpg. I got 56 mpg on a trip from Sussex to Cambridgeshire at the weekend and then 44 mpg on the way back. Needless to say I was keener to get home.