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Offline Sootchucker

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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #780 on: 28 May 2014, 12:57 »
Had some of my best MPG yesterday. Went for a day hiking in Snowdonia and on the way home, left Ogwen Cottage on the A5, and checked my MPG just after Betws y Coed (a total of 14 miles) and was astounded at what I saw. Now I know it's pretty flat from those two points with a few downwards gradients and it was.............wait for it ...........96.8 mpg  :shocked: Blinking heck, nearly 100 mpg, and that's after 14 miles (not just a quick 1 mile run).

Anyway, did the rest of the journey home, and followed the Navigation which took me over the tops on a fabulous 18 mile twisting mountain road across the fells. Full of steep upwards paths, hairpins (just right for gunning out of), and long undulating straights (I'll have to get the map out and see the name of the road).

Anyway, checked the MPG again when I got home (over 80 miles and 2 hours later), and despite some horrendous hold ups, I got this:


GTD MPG by Sootchucker, on Flickr

Got to be pleased with that especially as mine is a DSG  :grin: Car was in normal mode for the whole journey, with the gearbox in "Drive" (not sport), and  ACC off. It keeps getting better and better !
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #781 on: 28 May 2014, 16:26 »
Quote from: Sootchucker on 28 May 2014, 12:57
Had some of my best MPG yesterday. Went for a day hiking in Snowdonia and on the way home, left Ogwen Cottage on the A5, and checked my MPG just after Betws y Coed (a total of 14 miles) and was astounded at what I saw. Now I know it's pretty flat from those two points with a few downwards gradients and it was.............wait for it ...........96.8 mpg  :shocked: Blinking heck, nearly 100 mpg, and that's after 14 miles (not just a quick 1 mile run).

Anyway, did the rest of the journey home, and followed the Navigation which took me over the tops on a fabulous 18 mile twisting mountain road across the fells. Full of steep upwards paths, hairpins (just right for gunning out of), and long undulating straights (I'll have to get the map out and see the name of the road).

Anyway, checked the MPG again when I got home (over 80 miles and 2 hours later), and despite some horrendous hold ups, I got this:

Got to be pleased with that especially as mine is a DSG  :grin: Car was in normal mode for the whole journey, with the gearbox in "Drive" (not sport), and  ACC off. It keeps getting better and better !

Firstly sounds an amazing drive out. Think people forget what a beautiful country we live in as get complacent and simply do not go out and experience it.

Recent trips to Manchester have gone up to my personal best of 57 MPG (180 miles each way)

Think would struggle to break that now for this particular journey but good to see someone genuinely break 60 MPG

Both my Audi improved over time so was not panicking at early reports of not great MPG returns.
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #782 on: 28 May 2014, 17:13 »
Your so right bud. Here's a couple of images I took on the walk






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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #783 on: 29 May 2014, 19:38 »
Epic pics and mpg chap.  :)
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #784 on: 02 June 2014, 13:45 »
Cracking pics sootchucker, if you had managed to hide your GTD in the distance in one of them you could have been a contender for best GTD pic. :)

I've done just over 1400 miles in mine now, the long term is looking pretty good (it was reset after the first 60 or so miles):


Had my longest trip last week, 200+ miles on the M4 and into central london for, ahem, Katy Perry  :laugh: Traffic was terrible in London (took over 2 hours for about 15 miles) but still did a 54mpg for the trip.

Was my first go with the ACC too, very cool indeed, I was certainly covering the brake with my foot the first time we went from a 70 into a 50 zone though! One funny thing with ACC, it's nice following someone in a 50 motorway zone, but I was forgetting the car still wanted to go 70+, so as soon as someone pulls over... vroom, opps :)

Need to read in the manual, but I couldn't see a way to 'resume' ACC, I got only turn it off and then set it again with a new speed.
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #785 on: 02 June 2014, 19:45 »
Well after first tank managed 33mpg with 200 miles around town very short trips and 130 motorway miles. Hope it will get better with time.
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #786 on: 02 June 2014, 20:50 »
Quote from: ffrank on 02 June 2014, 13:45

Need to read in the manual, but I couldn't see a way to 'resume' ACC, I got only turn it off and then set it again with a new speed.
Press the RES button rather than SET
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #787 on: 03 June 2014, 07:44 »
Drove from Sunderland to Arran yesterday and managed to get 57mpg. Would have been way more but the overtaking at Greenhead bank killed the mpg and it took a good while for it to recover. Plus the last 20 miles was foot down all the way as time was catching up with us for the ferry crossing. (Can't remember how to add pics into posts either)
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #788 on: 03 June 2014, 09:18 »
Quote from: peterdoherty on 02 June 2014, 20:50
Press the RES button rather than SET
Ah, as easy as that? Not sure what I did as I ended up thinking RES stood for reset, will try again - thanks!
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Re: MK7 GTD - Real Life MPG
« Reply #789 on: 03 June 2014, 09:24 »
Res = Resume in cruise control speak.
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