MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG

[mcmaddy]

Trip to Pickering over the weekend and got 52mpg on Friday going down which was A19 and then Sutton bank route through Helmsley. On the way home today got 44mpg coming back the Whitby road over the Yorkshire moors. Can't seem to get a consistent mpg on any trip no matter what settings I use on the driver profile or what style of diving I use. Very frustrating!!

[monkeyhanger]

Maybe you were keen to get home, or the wind had got up?

I took a little trip out last night and was in a strong headwind to my destination, which became a strong tailwind on the way back. A normal 45mpg short trip became a 36mpg trip down, and righted itself to 43mpg back.

[mcmaddy]

It was very windy coming back but with the amount of traffic and my yet again knackered back I was sticking to 50-60. I may as well have bought a gti at this rate or stuck with the 4wd tiguan that gave mid 40s all the time even with ruined tyres on.

[monkeyhanger]

It was very windy coming back but with the amount of traffic and my yet again knackered back I was sticking to 50-60. I may as well have bought a gti at this rate or stuck with the 4wd tiguan that gave mid 40s all the time even with ruined tyres on.

I must admit that my mpg without Millers is sh!te, worse than the Scirocco. Forget fuel economy and get a DTUK box to have more fun with the car. My actual mpg is the same with and without it, and I have a lot more fun with it on. I'm happy to get a solid 44mpg (actual) around the doors when I have 240PS at my disposal.

[mcmaddy]

So your actual mpgs haven't suffered at all with the box? I know the indicated on the mfd will be slightly out but it's good news if your actual is virtually the same.

[monkeyhanger]

Ive gone from an indicated 46mpg/actual 44mpg without the box to an indicated 48/actual 43 or 44mpg and active regens are a once in 800 mile event now (I think the ECU forces one every 800 miles, whether it thinks you need one or not). In fact when I took the box off for warranty work, my mpg suffered a bit because I was pushing the car harder to get the same result.

[mcmaddy]

Yeah talking of regens mine decided to go into full regen mode a half mile from home after the journey at the weekend!!!

[monkeyhanger]

Yeah talking of regens mine decided to go into full regen mode a half mile from home after the journey at the weekend!!!

Sure it wasn't just the DPF getting cooled once you're almost home and going a little slower (therefore the radiator is less efficient when the car is hot)?

[mcmaddy]

No this was definitely a full regen.

[Misterp]

Drive from birmingham m6 j6 to East London via a very busy m6 m1 m25 and then the a406 up to walthamstow  totalling 135 ish miles my mpg was reading 59-60.9 mpg mixture of 60-80mph. Best I've had since I purchased. But it was a full tank Brimmed. I will see what I get on the way back.

Back in Brum managed 56.6 in Eco mode both mway runs were.