Average MPG - Longterm - GTI

[geob]

went to york from durham on saturday got 45 mpg since refuel thats not bad

[mrzen]

36 mpg is the best I can get driving like a saint, in ECO mode on a mixture of A roads and dual carriageways with little or no traffic. I've only done 500 miles so far, so hopefully this should improve as the engine beds in.

If I drive normally I'm getting around 31 mpg.

My previous car was an Audi A3 170 TDI, same route driving like a saint would get me close enough to 60 mpg and when driving normally 50 mpg was quite normal.

I'm not all that bothered, and was expecting not to get the figures quoted, but how do VW think the quoted figures bear any relation to what is achievable in real life?

[blade67]

Went to Brighton this weekend (from London) and did 38mpg on my down and 37 coming back. Not too bad considering I was doing 80mph on the motorway  . I only have 300miles on the clock so should get slightly better as it beds in. It's definitely more economical than my previous mk5 GTI. So far very happy with the new car 

[mullermn]

My long term is about 34. On the 155 mile run to Manchester this morning (through what seems like never ending average speed roadworks) I got 40mpg.

PP GTI with 6300 on the clock. I only use either comfort or individual modes (which for me is basically sport mode with comfort DCC), I use ACC at 83 (speedo - 80 GPS speed) all the time on motorways, climate control is always on and I put my foot down at almost every opportunity.

The worst type of driving is my congested commute - I get better efficiency driving like I stole it than I do on my usual 7 mile crawl to work.

[andygou]

36 mpg is the best I can get driving like a saint, in ECO mode on a mixture of A roads and dual carriageways with little or no traffic. I've only done 500 miles so far, so hopefully this should improve as the engine beds in.

If I drive normally I'm getting around 31 mpg.

My previous car was an Audi A3 170 TDI, same route driving like a saint would get me close enough to 60 mpg and when driving normally 50 mpg was quite normal.

I'm not all that bothered, and was expecting not to get the figures quoted, but how do VW think the quoted figures bear any relation to what is achievable in real life?

Hi MrZen

in your comparison, please don't forget that the previous A3 computer was typically 5-10% optimistic. My A3 140 TDI SS averaged 48 mpg by calculation, against 55 according to the computer.

The GTI computer in comparison seems spot on. I've averaged 38.1 according to the computer and 38.0 by calculation over the first 1000 miles.

[Ap69]

Just tried today the commute to my Liverpool office 50ish miles to see what difference the the roof rack made. Normally with the same style 48 today 45 about 7% difference. My club though think it looks better with it fitted especially with the tour of Flanders sticker under the Gti !

[mrzen]

Hi MrZen

in your comparison, please don't forget that the previous A3 computer was typically 5-10% optimistic. My A3 140 TDI SS averaged 48 mpg by calculation, against 55 according to the computer.

The GTI computer in comparison seems spot on. I've averaged 38.1 according to the computer and 38.0 by calculation over the first 1000 miles.

That's interesting - I did wonder about the accuracy and never actually checked reality - also interestingly in the A3, the (claimed) MPG improved 15-20% after a recall to replace the injectors - with such a big difference I did wonder if this was down to tampering with the computer!

GTI did 39 MPG the other day on a mostly motorway run, so seems to be loosening up.

[GiT1984]

36 mpg is the best I can get driving like a saint, in ECO mode on a mixture of A roads and dual carriageways with little or no traffic. I've only done 500 miles so far, so hopefully this should improve as the engine beds in.

If I drive normally I'm getting around 31 mpg.

My previous car was an Audi A3 170 TDI, same route driving like a saint would get me close enough to 60 mpg and when driving normally 50 mpg was quite normal.

I'm not all that bothered, and was expecting not to get the figures quoted, but how do VW think the quoted figures bear any relation to what is achievable in real life?

The engines are amazingly tight when new! I didn't get over 34mpg until I'd done over 500 miles. Now that it's over 1,200miles it's completely different - the engine is smoother, freer revving and much more economical. Now I can easily get 36mpg on a longer run, even with plenty of overtaking / higher speeds. Best is 40mpg and worst is 27mpg, with a long term average of 32 mpg (since new) and climbing steadily .....

Compared to the MK5 GTi my girlfriend used to run (long term average of 27mpg - worse than the E90 BMW 330i Auto I had at the time) - it's amazing!

[mrzen]

The engines are amazingly tight when new! I didn't get over 34mpg until I'd done over 500 miles. Now that it's over 1,200miles it's completely different - the engine is smoother, freer revving and much more economical. Now I can easily get 36mpg on a longer run, even with plenty of overtaking / higher speeds. Best is 40mpg and worst is 27mpg, with a long term average of 32 mpg (since new) and climbing steadily .....

Update - milage now just over 1000, and managed 39mpg without thinking about it too much, so what 1984 is saying here (and what plenty of others seem to be saying) is true - it really does loosen up nicely...

[mullermn]

Bristol-Manchester run again this morning. Took it slightly easier this time with cruise at 75 rather than 85 (other than roadworks of which there are several stretches). Over the 155 miles it came out at 44.5mpg average.