Average MPG - Longterm - GTI

[CraigW]

I think like a few others I've found I get better mpg in sport mode than I do in eco for some strange reason. Eco mode seems lousy for me.

Mind you the last time I was in eco mode some young upstart tried to undertake me in a bog standard Clio and I thought i'm not having this and floored it. Didn't help my economy much  . The  on your shoulders eh

[Ginagee]

I'm with you CraigW, Sport seems to give better mpg, than normal and eco. What's that all about? I'm just under 1000 miles now, best mpg average is 32.8.

Talking  …A Civic R had a go a few days back entering a motorway. He was on the RH lane of slip road. I kept in front right up to 70  but I wasn't going to be a nutter and loose my licence. NB: He was a nutter and deserved to loose his.

[stuart.cameron]

Over 3500 miles I've only seen 50mpg once in my GTD!

[Ap69]

Over 3500 miles I've only seen 50mpg once in my GTD!

What's the av you're getting, what sort of journeys and how do you drive it?

The 50 was hard and over a Decent length (50 miles) and inc fair bit of motorways.

Mines doing 37 average short 10 mile commutes at normal other traffic speeds and 45 on my 50 mile other office commute. :-)

[gazmondo35]

Not sure what mpg I'm getting in the gti,I Prefer to know what I'm doing to a full tank & that's about 320 miles ,about the same as my old mapped my mk5 gti.

[stuart.cameron]

Over 3500 miles I've only seen 50mpg once in my GTD!

What's the av you're getting, what sort of journeys and how do you drive it?

The 50 was hard and over a Decent length (50 miles) and inc fair bit of motorways.

Mines doing 37 average short 10 mile commutes at normal other traffic speeds and 45 on my 50 mile other office commute. :-)

Average is 41mpg.

20 mile commute in the morning.
- 1 mile B road (sit for about 30 seconds waiting to join the dual carriage way)
- 2 miles Dual Carriage
- 1 mile B road
- 1 mile through town (normally one set of traffic lights)
- 12 miles B roads (two junctions, normally clear)
- 2 miles through town into the office (two junctions, normally clear)

Coming home varies, depending on the day it can be anything from 20 to 80 miles. Normally all A/B Roads.

Long stretches on the dual carriage way normally only average about mid 40's between 20 and 50 miles.

[matchboy]

Average is 41mpg.

20 mile commute in the morning.
- 1 mile B road (sit for about 30 seconds waiting to join the dual carriage way)
- 2 miles Dual Carriage
- 1 mile B road
- 1 mile through town (normally one set of traffic lights)
- 12 miles B roads (two junctions, normally clear)
- 2 miles through town into the office (two junctions, normally clear)

That's 19 miles 

[GiT1984]

Mine's only got 380 miles on the clock - but I'm already up to 32mpg and I don't exactly hang around!

Commute is 20 miles each way on a mix of B road, Dual Carriageway and speed restricted / de-restricted A road. The final element of my journey involves at least 10 mins sat in stationary traffic; waiting to get onto the roundabout for the business park. (Reading is famous for it's traffic issues).

Whilst I'm still running in - I've not been light with the throttle loads - but I have only opened her up fully a couple of times. I reckon I'll end up averaging around 35mpg day to day - which is perfectly acceptable in my book!

Eco Pro is dull - but it does seem to produce a 10% improvement over Normal on my commute - you just have to remmeber to keep your distance from the car in front and lift off the throttle early as it "coasts" on the DSG ... 

Sport is about 10% worse than Normal - but much more fun!

[GiT1984]

Over 3500 miles I've only seen 50mpg once in my GTD!

What's the av you're getting, what sort of journeys and how do you drive it?

The 50 was hard and over a Decent length (50 miles) and inc fair bit of motorways.

Mines doing 37 average short 10 mile commutes at normal other traffic speeds and 45 on my 50 mile other office commute. :-)

Average is 41mpg.

20 mile commute in the morning.
- 1 mile B road (sit for about 30 seconds waiting to join the dual carriage way)
- 2 miles Dual Carriage
- 1 mile B road
- 1 mile through town (normally one set of traffic lights)
- 12 miles B roads (two junctions, normally clear)
- 2 miles through town into the office (two junctions, normally clear)

Coming home varies, depending on the day it can be anything from 20 to 80 miles. Normally all A/B Roads.

Long stretches on the dual carriage way normally only average about mid 40's between 20 and 50 miles.

Jeez you must drive hard! My A3 Quattro (with the added drag of the 4WD and an older generation of your engine) used to average 46.5mpg. I could get 33mpg average out of it when driving absolutely flat out ..... I best I saw was 67.9mpg on a 15 mile A road run!

Anyway - back to the GTi subject of the thread ..... a few more miles on the clock (now over 450 - phew) and I've seen a few runs of 36mpg (limiting myself to a max of 80mph) and tonight I got it up to 38, despite a full throttle launch off a roundabout! 

[Ap69]

A shortish run to the office.

From cold inc stop starting shutting the gates etc. Country lanes, B road. A road and about 23 motorway miles