Help!! GTI 16V - How Thirsty?

[oz7]

 Can all you MK3 GTI 16V owners please tell me what MPG you get from your motor, while spinning around town & on a long motorway run.

Cheers

[TOFF]

Motorway driving i normally get around 34 mpg...round city driving is more like 24

[i-espedair]

Wow! I had no idea the 16v was that thirsty!

My 8v does 32 around town and 42 on long journies!  

[mrwotto]

i get 30ish round town and 36 - 38 on a run on the mororway, less if i am in a hurry

Depends a lot on how much ya boot it tho

[Bodhi]

Err, I wonder if something is up with my 8v in that case. Round town I get around 24 (I've seen this go as low as 13 before) and on the motorway I'm very lucky if I break 32, 29-30 being the norm cruising at 90-95.

[golfvr6]

Must be that fast tuned up engine you got! he he he  

[mrwotto]

must be somthing, as i can get 35+ easy out of my 16 valver

[Jo_Cabriolet]

Valvers are more economical then 8v 2.0's period. If you reckon your getting 42 mpg out of a 8v? I would say your lying.

I have had two eight valves. One in GTi form and my current in cabriolet, and the highest i got from my gti in summer = 35 the lowester 13, the highest in my cab - 39 - lowest 17.

42 from an 8v? lol dont be stupid.

Hey vr6 dude you cant laugh, this is a MPG thread! I would have to remortage my house to afford to take a VR6 to work and back!

[golfvr6]

Yep, how can you say a 16v is more economical than an 8v? that is what you said?

[FastGTI]

I own an 8v (which I'm trying to sell!!!) and a 16v.

My 16v is definately more thirsty but there isnt much difference, it just depends on how you drive it.