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Offline Mark V GTD

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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #770 on: 18 May 2014, 13:39 »
I'm on 1,500 miles now - long term mpg is reading 49.9.  Hoping to break 50 mark with warmer weather!

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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #771 on: 18 May 2014, 19:14 »
4 months and just had my first decent run out, 180miles and mix of motorway A and B roads averaged 51mpg which is not bad, car is loosening up and has just turned 2800 miles, 42 the trip is showing from new, oh and I do use my right foot..
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Offline adekil

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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #772 on: 19 May 2014, 17:21 »
My long term is 39.8 after 4000 miles but I do a lot of short journeys which probably don't benefit, I did get the GTD over the GTI thinking it would have a bigger tank and therefore less petrol station stops, I was wrong.
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #773 on: 20 May 2014, 09:05 »
I did get the GTD over the GTI thinking it would have a bigger tank and therefore less petrol station stops,

????

That information was available pre-purchase... you didn't have to use guess work.

It would be quite unusual for the size of the fuel tank to differ between models unless there was a very good reason (e.g. the 4WD version of the 996 Carrera has a different design and size of fuel tank to the 2WD because the 4WD gubbins get in the way)...
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #774 on: 20 May 2014, 10:08 »
yep, like I said, I was wrong
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #775 on: 20 May 2014, 20:35 »
My long term is 39.8 after 4000 miles but I do a lot of short journeys which probably don't benefit, I did get the GTD over the GTI thinking it would have a bigger tank and therefore less petrol station stops, I was wrong.

Regardless of the fuel tank size, lots of short journeys in a GTI will see it doing MPG in the 20s, so I wouldn't say you made a massive mistake.
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #776 on: 21 May 2014, 21:32 »
So largely mine has been doing well as of late.  140 miles to Wigan followed by wedding duties in Liverpool City centre saw 53 for the 300 miles of the weekend with ambient around 15,  oddly it regenned as soon as I got to Wigan,  but it must have been spotless as it had just done one last use.  Long journeys seem to incite one.

I went to the peak District on Friday in rush hour m1, 20 odd ambient.  75 miles with lots of stop start traffic did 54 mpg,  return leg with no traffic but lots of slow driving/passing cyclists/sightseeing saw 55.5, best yet,  and it was in the twenties at one point such were the nuisance cyclists.  Just passed 2500 miles here. That was large amounts of acc too.

Car went back to Peterborough vw today to sort out some delivery damage,  which resulted in 54mpg at 18 ambient, and I played with a mk6 gtd  mid way. I'm easily attaining 500 miles to a tank if I use motorways,  and have managed over 50 litres on fill up with 35 indicated to go. Depressingly though,  courtesy car is a 150 blue motion that had 6 miles on the clock,  did a pretty effortless 60 coming home with a dpf regen at the end! Started at operating temp though but still..
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #777 on: 26 May 2014, 13:45 »
So my first tank full has turned up a 45.7mpg average without even trying. This included a long trip down to Wembley and back from Derby (c.240 miles) and commuting to and from work (20 mile round trip). Have to say I'm happy with that, I have been trying to vary the revs as the engine is new, also I know it has done at least one regen.
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #778 on: 26 May 2014, 16:02 »
This included a long trip down to Wembley and back from Derby

I bet that was a long trip home  :cry:
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #779 on: 27 May 2014, 09:31 »
This included a long trip down to Wembley and back from Derby

I bet that was a long trip home  :cry:

Tell me about it.... :(
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