1.8T Running Costs

[CM690]

What's a 1.8T really like to run? I do 50 miles a day, A roads and motorways in my 1.6 mk4 and it's costing me about £10 a day (33mpg) average. I'm after a new car and it's either a tdi or 1.8T.

So many cheap 1.8t low mileage examples around within my budget of £3000 but I'm worried that they will sting me on fuel. I've been looking at A3's/Leons/Ibizas and Golfs but I imagine they are all similar being the same engine!

Cheers

[Perryd84]

I do 14miles a day and I scrape 20quid a week at around 25-28mpg in heavy traffic.
If I do a motor way trip like London to Brighton I can easily do a weeks worth of petrol or more in one trip 
Not the most fuel efficient car but what a way to spunk that petrol away

[CM690]

I do 14miles a day and I scrape 20quid a week at around 25-28mpg in heavy traffic.
If I do a motor way trip like London to Brighton I can easily do a weeks worth of petrol or more in one trip 
Not the most fuel efficient car but what a way to spunk that petrol away

Wow, that's pretty high haha! Might rethink the TDI!

[navmk4gti]

If you worry about fuel just go for a diesel.

[dom]

It all depends how you drive, mine is running circa 220bhp and makes a nice noise when you plant your right foot so my long term average over the last 18,000 miles is 29mpg - this is worked out using fuelly.com

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/dom069/gti

It's all down to driving style though, mine will quite happily return 36-37mpg but I didn't but a 1.8t to drive like miss daisy

[Nino]

My 1.8t av between 370-390 per tank, full to light.

[baka]

I usually get 33-37mpg, stock map, 95 RON.

Whenever I borrow my mums 1.6 SE and do the same journey, I get the same MPG.

[Wazzzer]

I get 28mpg in mine due to loads of short runs

[james18t]

I'll get about 150 miles out of £40 of v-power. Worth every penny

If you're worried about fuel, buy a diesel. The tax on a 1.8t is £250 (double to price of a diesel), might be something to think about as well.

If you do go for the petrol it's well worth looking into having it mapped as this will improve fuel economy if you can resist temptation to floor it everywhere

[Scott D]

1.8T's can be cheap to run if sensible with the right foot.

staying off boost and coasting when in gear i'm getting close to 40mpg driving to work and done over 300 miles since last filled up with £60 of v-power with 1/4 left.

different story when driving properly though