9.5mpg WTF!!!

[Dogbucket]

So your fuel gauge had dropped from full to three quarters empty in only 74 miles? did you leave the handbrake on 

[Hurdy]

Some kind of normality has been resumed

Filled up today with super and had travelled 230 miles on 34.5 litres.

230/7.6= 30.2mpg

The wifeee looked a bit coy when I asked her about it, so I'm presuming she reset the trip (as she does regularly in her own car) and not fessed up

[treacle]

Hi

Just been browsing the forums for mpg feedback on ed30's and found this thread. Been worried of late about our mpg readings which seem to be around 21-23mpg. Car is not really canned and is driven around town most of the time. I am very surprised it is so low and wonder if there is something wrong or if it needs an ecu update or something.....

Cheers

Treacle.

[Hurdy]

Hi

Just been browsing the forums for mpg feedback on ed30's and found this thread. Been worried of late about our mpg readings which seem to be around 21-23mpg. Car is not really canned and is driven around town most of the time. I am very surprised it is so low and wonder if there is something wrong or if it needs an ecu update or something.....

Cheers

Treacle.

I can understand people buying a TDI and then complaining about it not getting the last few mpg out of it, but if you buy a 240bhp car you must understand that it is not going to be particularly frugal in the fuel cosumption department.

However I must say that 21-23mpg does sound a little on the low side for town driving (unless you are always stood in traffic)

[Russ.C]

Hi

Just been browsing the forums for mpg feedback on ed30's and found this thread. Been worried of late about our mpg readings which seem to be around 21-23mpg. Car is not really canned and is driven around town most of the time. I am very surprised it is so low and wonder if there is something wrong or if it needs an ecu update or something.....

Cheers

Treacle.

Seems normal to me, I never get much better than 23ish around town. But it goes right up to 33ish on motorway runs, you tried yours on a motorway run yet?  As a rough guide I get about 300miles from a tank, which I'm pleased with as my old R32 only did about 240miles & my Ed30 is much quicker!! 

[treacle]

agree totally with what you are saying, but 22-23 does sound a tad low in my book. My 996 had a much better MPG, as did my Cooper S works.

[treacle]

agree totally with what you are saying, but 22-23 does sound a tad low in my book. My 996 had a much better MPG, as did my Cooper S works.

goes up to about 27-28 on motorway driving. But as an overal since buying the car is about 22-23 and as i say we dont cane it either (as much as i would love too!)

[illyun]

18-24mpg is normal for me on a trip to town. 

Unless I go into manual economy mode of course which means letting the car glide down hills in neutral and come to a stop in neutral when faced with traffic or traffic lights and of course being ultra light on the gas.      Then I get around 30mpg.

[Lynsey]

Today I picked my car back up from having a new MFD instrument binnacle in the dash, which also involved reprogramming of keys and whatever else  

My mpg was a shocker of 34 on the way home!! Because I've lost all my previous figures, I've got some serious granny-esque driving to do, to get back my overall average of 49 back!!  

[athol]

Have to say - my ED30 does around 25mpg in mixed driving (10 mile motorway run to work then same again round town and 10miles back home). My old GTI did 30mpg. I reckon a loss of 5 is quite a lot for just an extra 30bhp. I've also got a bmw z4m coupe with 343bhp that does 24mpg. All Tesco 99 by the way. Every time.

But who cares? If you do you need a GT TDI.