Average MPG - Longterm - GTI

[geob]

had a short trip out today mostly town driving
showing 26mpg about same as my mk5 gti.
this would always increase in warmer weather,
especially on long runs when i would see 40mpg
i would expect my mk7 to get better with more
miles on clock.

[Mr Savage]

A clear run to work this morning with the DSG box (GTI) and the car managed 35MPG in sport mode the entire time but in Drive (Automatic) on the gearbox. Normal driving. To compare the same trip in Eco mode usually lands me at 37-39MPG. So the Eco setting is good for DSG , mostly because of the auto-coasting feature.

[FNJ-GTI]

A clear run to work this morning with the DSG box (GTI)

Me too, strange driving to work and not stop/starting all the way here. I got to work an hour early! managed 33.5 mpg (DSG GTI in normal)

[2014GTi]

I am getting between 36.1 to 39.9mpg on long-term stats
Weekly commute to work I am getting 40mpg+ 
Car has just passed 1100miles 

[Simon C]

Hi Guys

Only had my car a few days now and been keeping a close eye on MPG v distance v speed. This post includes results and photos from a 100 mile trip the other day:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=262995.0

Today I had a trip taxying my mother from Keighley, West Yorkshire to Blackpool. Journey results below:



On the outward journey we took a slower route that was more urban. I was being careful on the full outing.

On the return journey we took a longer but quicker journey where I was on motorway for the best part of the journey. I had the speed limiter set to 70 MPH and the car was ticking over for the full outing.



I was being very careful on both journeys with the car in eco mode at all times. I think / hope the car would have been more economical, however I put this level of performance down to the fact that I am still running on my first full tank of fuel. When bedded in I would hope the car would return nearer to 40 MPG. Does that sound reasonable?

Tomorrow I am heading back up to the north-east and refilling on the way. I think Ill adopt a more 'normal' drving approach and am anticipating closer to 30 MPG.

Happy eating folks.

Si

[Raymondo]

Car has 2,200 on the clock.  DSG non performance pack using 95RON.  Just about to try 98RON for a few tanks.

Commute consists of 90% motorway (22 miles door to door), some stop starting after I come off the motorway and I am averaging 35.5-40.5 mpg in eco mode.  To get the latter, I am really having to be gentle and the former is normal driving.  Full tank lasted about 380 miles.

Bit dissapointed with those mpg figures.  I know we don't buy petrol cars for their ever lasting fuel tank, but no one seems to be getting close to actual figures from what I've read on many posts:

Urban - 34.9
Combined - 44.1
Extra Urban - 53.3

Those figures say to me that in good driving conditions on a long motorway run, we should be mid to high 40's.  Before my GTI I had a CC 170 TDI DSG (non blue motion) and combined on that was about 47 and I'd easily get that and more with spritied driving.  The car before that was a MK5 Golf GTI (manual) and I believe the combined figure was about 32 mpg which was easily achievable on a decent motorway run.

I know a lot of posters state that figures quoted by VW are based on certain driving conditions and therefore "too attractive", but how come I have got close to/as good as on all my previous cars, but not this one?

But it doesn't detract from what a great car it is and I knew that coming from a 170TDI to a GTI would be with a bang.  I just wish VW had been a tad more realistic with figures.  Though I'm hoping over the next few thousand miles and in good weather the mpg starts to show close to its stated true colours.

[Mk1Macca]

The new figures are listed as for 'comparative purposes'. As I understand it, something has changed in the testing process which is making numbers look a lot better than they ever will be in real life.

They have to be high so that the competitors don't look wildly better, even though they are also meaningless numbers.

Shame really.

[FNJ-GTI]

My Gti Dsg has just clicked over 1000 miles and im getting an average mpg of 32. My commute to work is stop / start all the way for 18 miles and I only get about 24, but if its clear on the way home this goes up to 40. Overall im ok with the consumption, didn't expect great fuel economy but what im getting is ok considering the route I have to travel to work.

[mullermn]

My work route is 7 miles in heavy traffic (took an hour the other day! Bristol traffic..) and I have had mpg figures at the 11/12 mpg mark before, and that's using the stop start once it's available.

On the other hand 3 hours of aggressive driving in south wales at the weekend left me at 30ish.. The car likes being driven hard a lot more than sitting in traffic.

[GTI_for_her!]

For those interested in mpg we picked car up in Gillingham yesterday with 10 miles on odometer. Drove home to Forfar and its now showing 541 miles.
Average mpg = 40.8

Trip was heavy traffic on M25 and M1 probably about 40-50mph and a few slow moving queues. Busy up M6 and then light traffic past Manchester. It included me dropping gears, slowing and accelerating up to 4000rpm to try and vary engine speed as much as possible and 5 detours off motorway for rest break / food and to drive a bit on A roads to break it up.
More than happy with the above figure.

For comparison my Mk 5 Gti from years gone by averaged about 32-33 mpg on my daily commute from Forfar to Dundee. Approx 15 miles with 10 being dual carriageway and the rest town driving.
My current Audi A4 Avant Quattro 177 diesel only does about 42-43 for the same trip and the wife's previous A3 1.8Tfsi was 36 so all in all the new Gti is doing well enough so far.
Sorry for blethering on but to summarise if we end up averaging about 35/36 overall I'd have no complaints. I didn't buy it for the economy and her right foot would appear to be heavier than mine!!!