Average MPG - Longterm - GTI

[GTI-7-Performance]

Only 150Kms on the clock and yesterday went on my first longer run of 80kms with a mix of autobahn (120kph limit) with ACC and twice a fairly queue of stop start traffic for 3kms each through towns. A total mix of driving including 3 or four short blast on the gas. In a DSG Gti PP in comfort mode this averages 8l per 100km - that's 35.3MPG.

I am not disappointed... 

[Croz13]

This is what I got on a recent trip down to North Wales from central Scotland. Was set in Eco mode & ACC on at 70 most of the way. Think the car roughly had 1000 miles on the clock

[mullermn]

I've done 950 odd miles in the first week, some of it motorway runs (Bristol - Manchester) and some an A road trip to North Wales. I've had it at 40mpg during the Manchester run (3 adults in car, ACC on moderately busy motorway, comfort mode) and about 35-37 mpg on the North Wales trip, and that was 'having fun' (a lot of fun) in sports mode the whole way.

In contrast my very sensibly driven daily run to work (5 miles or so, fairly congested) on a cold engine is more like 30.

I agree with all the comments about the car's gear choice - I think it's always too high for the speed and I've generally seen better efficiency driving more aggressively in lower gears than I do when I follow the advice.

This is a PP manual GTI.

[Mr Savage]

Ragging the car makes it drink fuel like nothing I've ever seen. I went on a "fun" drive the other night and it drank over quarter of a tank in 60 miles, around 20 of that was driving normally too. Came out with an average of 25MPG.

My work commute driving like miss daisy in Eco mode I now consistently manage 37-38mpg and that's city driving. 30/40 roads with a very short drive on an A road, moderate traffic. So I have no doubt the claimed 44MPG is achievable on empty roads, constant speed and with gravity on your side.

It doesn't really feel like a GTI when you're trying to get reasonable MPG out of it though but what the heck. You don't need it to always feel mental.

Driving with a mix of sensible and spirited bursts I lose 10MPG down to 28-30.

I've seen it drop as low as 22mpg on Eco mode in heavy rush hour traffic.

[CraigW]

Have I recorded the lowest so far. Killer of a journey to work this morning 

[2014GTi]

Picked up my GTi today, drove straight home in moderate traffic.... 30mpg. 

[CraigW]

A neat little feature of the graphic displayed is that the car moves towards the petrol pump the closer it gets to needing filled up. It was moving bloody quickly towards it today 

[Robbo]

Have I recorded the lowest so far. Killer of a journey to work this morning 

Blimey!  1 mile in 1hr 16........Ouch  

Is the computer giving you an average speed of 2 mph though? 

[CraigW]

Have I recorded the lowest so far. Killer of a journey to work this morning 

Blimey!  1 mile in 1hr 16........Ouch  

Is the computer giving you an average speed of 2 mph though? 

I'm assuming it was just due to the figures being rounded

[mullermn]

My first 1000 miles at an average speed of 26mph came in at 32.1mpg.