With an aim to get an R with DSG next have been playing with the 'economy' mode this last month under the conditions of being on an A road or a Motorway doing reasonable distance.
These journeys do not really need the power, just get to pace that want and sometimes with the ACC just cruise the journey.
This is on a GTD with DSG but you can see the MPG increasing markedly as each mile passes and yesterday the 70 miles estimate left to refueling went to 80 miles after travelling a fair distance.
Not sure how this translates to the GTi or the R so be interesting to see others who use economy on long distance runs?
No intention of compromising the sport experience when get the R, intend to enjoy that, but when conditions turn the car into a cruiser be nice to save a little bit.
Only really works for the cruise though as its quite slow in picking up if in any traffic.