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Offline Mk2George

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17.1 mpg!
« on: 20 December 2006, 19:00 »
Ok just playing with my new toy and I noticed the button on the end of the wiper stalk and had a flick through. Got to the fuel consumption and its reading 17.1 mpg and its not shifting even though ive been driving it over a week now  :shocked:

Is it buggered, does it need resetting or is my car genuinely drinking petrol like a Rolls Royce??

And advice is appreciated  :rolleyes:
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Offline monkeyalan

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #1 on: 20 December 2006, 19:55 »
is it setting 1 or 2 ? if its setting 2 check how many miles have been done . if it's loads then it'll take ages eg.

if you've done 1342 miles at an average of 17.1 ,  a weeks  driving won't change it.
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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #2 on: 23 December 2006, 13:58 »
Yes mate id reset them both and start a fresh then you know where you stand..... :smiley:
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Offline boneybradley

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #3 on: 23 December 2006, 16:16 »
This does give an average fuel economy and on setting 1 try resetting it and then join traffic....I had mine showing 3.6mpg coming out of the vw festival (heavy traffic and just reset trip comp)..If I do load's of short journey's mine averages 19.1mpg on setting 2 but the week's I only do longer journey's it show's 36.5mpg....
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Offline Pete Taylor

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #4 on: 14 January 2007, 12:21 »
I've only taken my new golf on very short journeys to and from work since i've had it. I had similar when i played around with it, getting 23mpg max. Take it for a spin for 5 mins then reset 1 whilst driving. Mine Showed 34mpg when i did this yesterday
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Offline Kamaya

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2007, 09:39 »
As its been said, it all depends what type of driving you do really. If you do inner-city stop-start journeys, then your fuel economy is bound to be abysmal. I've managed to get just over 41mpg through filling up, then straight onto a several hour motorway journey.
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Offline monkeyalan

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2007, 13:27 »
Quote from: Pete Taylor on 14 January 2007, 12:21
I've only taken my new golf on very short journeys to and from work since i've had it. I had similar when i played around with it, getting 23mpg max. Take it for a spin for 5 mins then reset 1 whilst driving. Mine Showed 34mpg when i did this yesterday

thats what kills me driving to/from work.
I start from cold and it's only a 2 mile/15 minute journey with an average speed of about 8mph so I barley get up to temperature.  :huh:
I might as well bloody walk, shame I'm a lazy bastard :laugh:
« Last Edit: 17 January 2007, 13:29 by monkeyalan »
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Offline neil_1821

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #7 on: 17 January 2007, 14:34 »
what buttonon the end of the stalk?? I'm guessing it's only on the posher versions of the mk3, like the vr6 or the Gti.
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Offline [han]

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #8 on: 17 January 2007, 14:39 »
jon got 11 miles out of his when we went blasting around, lol. but that was a short journey changing gears a lot. he can get real good mileage out of it too. £35+ on runs to mine.

where as cab is doing about 20mpg on a run!  :shocked:
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Offline Kamaya

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Re: 17.1 mpg!
« Reply #9 on: 18 January 2007, 08:45 »
Quote from: neil_1821 on 17 January 2007, 14:34
what buttonon the end of the stalk?? I'm guessing it's only on the posher versions of the mk3, like the vr6 or the Gti.

Yes, it's the MFA trip computer. Shows things like MPG, distance/duration travelled etc.
« Last Edit: 18 January 2007, 11:05 by Kamaya »
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