What have you done to your mk8 today?

[Watts]

Drove home from a family visit near the west Norfolk coast today. Was amazed to see after an hour's steady run, mpg peaked at 49.4! It was only because I hit a faster road that it stopped going up. Amazing for this kind of car, I'm sure had the steady run continued it would've hit 50.

  nice! i do c. 60mpg on my way from the in-laws which is half-hour drive, mind you though it's downhill all the way to my home. Other than that i'm averaging 31mpg for the past 10k miles in a mixture of motorway, city drive and mountain drive. Pretty happy, if only 98ron prices went back to what they were a few months back

What do you do on the way there, slip stream or get a tow?

I saw a lovely Jensen Interceptor on the same route last year on the back of a truck. I reckon that was probably cheaper on fuel than driving the car!

[JamesR27]

I am amazed you’re getting nearly 50 out of a Clubsport. I am lucky to get anywhere near 40 taking it steady on a long run.

[Watts]

I regularly get 43/44 on a long run. Today's economy was a surprise, I'd have swapped it for clearer roads though!

[candywhite12]

Drove home from a family visit near the west Norfolk coast today. Was amazed to see after an hour's steady run, mpg peaked at 49.4! It was only because I hit a faster road that it stopped going up. Amazing for this kind of car, I'm sure had the steady run continued it would've hit 50.

  nice! i do c. 60mpg on my way from the in-laws which is half-hour drive, mind you though it's downhill all the way to my home. Other than that i'm averaging 31mpg for the past 10k miles in a mixture of motorway, city drive and mountain drive. Pretty happy, if only 98ron prices went back to what they were a few months back

What do you do on the way there, slip stream or get a tow?

I saw a lovely Jensen Interceptor on the same route last year on the back of a truck. I reckon that was probably cheaper on fuel than driving the car!

never on the slip stream, too afraid of nasty stone chips  yeah forgot to mention that on my way up there it's a nightmare in terms of consumption but kind of evens itself out on the return leg

[tommy_n]

Today was a good day to put my flaking Adelaide rim in a new layer of clearcoat

[davo245]

Today was a good day to put my flaking Adelaide rim in a new layer of clearcoat

Been refurde before had it i would say.

[Watts]

Squeaky bottom moment with mine today when on starting a warning pinged up as 'drive error - visit workshop'. Stopped and re-started but it came on again. It drove home totally fine so I had lunch (fried egg bap with cheese and avocado btw, very tasty) then popped out and started it up and now it seems okay.

Just a glitch to be ignored or should I still get it booked in? I have a few long drives coming up soon and I don't want to be in for Mr Cockup...

[MilgeS]

I had this last year, numerous error messages etc, got it picked up on a truck to the dealers, turns out the battery needed a really good charging! Hopefully yours is nothing to worry about.

[Watts]

I had this last year, numerous error messages etc, got it picked up on a truck to the dealers, turns out the battery needed a really good charging! Hopefully yours is nothing to worry about.

Thanks. I think it was having a moment. Was fine today.

[Exonian]

(fried egg bap with cheese and avocado btw, very tasty)

What type of cheese Watts?
Hopefully it’s just one of those random warnings that pop up and then vanish